VP, Global GPO Transformation

The VP, Global Process Owner Transformation Lead provides integrated leadership and quality oversight across our clients’ finance transformation's core transactional process pillar workstreams, Record-to-Report (R2R), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), and Order-to-Cash (O2C). Sitting above the individual GPO leads, this role is responsible for ensuring cross-pillar consistency in design methodology, system configuration standards, and integration with the service delivery model. This leader is the primary escalation point for inter-pillar design conflicts, acts as the principal interface between the GPO function and the ERP system integrator and business process integrator implementation partners on process-related matters, and ensures that global process designs are commercially viable, operationally adoptable, and aligned with the finance transformation objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and integrated oversight across the R2R, P2P, and O2C GPO workstreams, ensuring design consistency and cross-pillar alignment.
• Establish and enforce a common methodology for global process design, including process documentation standards, design decision governance, and fit/gap assessment criteria.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for inter-pillar design dependencies, conflicts, and cross-functional integration requirements.
• Interface directly with the ERP SI and BI implementation partners to review and challenge process design proposals, ensure the clients’ global requirements are reflected, and maintain accountability for delivery quality.
• Partner with the VP, Finance Delivery Model to ensure process designs are compatible with the intended future-state service delivery model, including Shared Service Center migration and managed services scope.
• Represent the transactional GPO function in Steering Committee and executive governance forums, providing consolidated updates on process design progress and key risks.
• Develop and maintain the global process taxonomy, owner registry, and design decision log across all finance transformation transactional process pillars.
• Manage the performance and development of the three transactional pillar GPO Sr. Directors, ensuring adequate resourcing and clear accountability for each workstream.

Experience and Professional Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in finance process transformation or ERP implementation, with demonstrated leadership across multiple finance process domains.
• Deep process expertise across at least two of the three core transactional finance pillars (R2R, P2P, O2C), with working knowledge of all three.
• Experience serving as a GPO lead or equivalent in a large, multinational ERP implementation, including hands-on engagement with SI and BI partners on process design and system configuration.
• Strong program governance skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams at varying stages of maturity.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills with demonstrated ability to drive consensus in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field; CPA or advanced degree preferred.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in Oracle Fusion or Workday Finance as a GPO lead or process architect.
• Background in both industry (large corporate finance function) and advisory/consulting environments.
• Experience designing processes for shared services or outsourced delivery model contexts.
• Prior work in complex, multi-entity, globally distributed operating environments