Sr. Director, Procure to Pay, Accounting Operations

The Senior Director of Procure to Pay, Accounting Operations leads the Company's day-to-day centralized procure to pay (P2P) operations. Reporting to the SVP of Accounting Operations, this role will be responsible for driving the enterprise P2P operations providing day to day robust and efficient accounts payable services to SpinCo business partners.

Responsibilities

Service Delivery

• Manage the relationship with the P2P Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) team to ensure all operating and financial objectives meet business needs and adhere to contract requirements.
• Develop oversight procedures designed to ensure BPO processes are functioning as intended and exceptions are being adequately evaluated.
• Ensure invoice processing, disbursements, vendor maintenance and T&E processes are appropriately authorized and accurately made and accounted for in a timely manner in compliance with corporate policy.
• Guide the P2P accounting operations team in driving business escalation resolution including the documentation of root cause analyses and next steps requirements.
• Approve, document, and communicate any approved exceptions from standard process and policies.
• Ensure master data governance is in place for the key P2P end-to-end processes such as vendor master data. 
• Build and maintain strong customer-oriented relationships across Finance teams and key functional groups such as Tax, Treasury, Audit, IT, Procurement and Compliance.
• Own the relationship with SpinCo business partners and deliver high risk processes such as “white glove” vendor requirements.
• Provide input and recommendations on process improvement and technology opportunities and operationalize on standardization initiatives.

Standards and Controls

• Ensure compliance to policies and procedures as well as adherence to regulatory and audit requirements.
• Establish and maintain an appropriate control environment for enterprise wide P2P operations.
• Responsible for maintaining and updating P2P desktop procedures to ensure a set of documents that include an agreed governance and documentation framework as well as clear guidance to staff performing duties.

Performance

• Monitor and improve the overall performance of enterprise wide P2P operations and health of the relationship with the customer and other stakeholders via KPIs, SLA monitoring and relationship building.
• Oversee a robust governance program for P2P which ensures transparency in service delivery performance, engages key stakeholders and fosters a strong partnership with the BPO. 

People

• Lead a high performing P2P shared service team by providing guidance, development opportunities and coaching. 
• Attract, retain and empower the best talent which can drive results and innovation.
• Continually challenge and update the P2P organizational structure and staffing capabilities as appropriate for growth and changing business needs.  Including the optimization of resource allocation designed to both deliver business results and support the ongoing development of team members.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance or related field and 8+ years of experience managing P2P teams within large, diversified companies.
• 10+ years of experience required with demonstrated ability to develop and mentor staff at varying levels of experience.
• Experience with SAP Payroll or equivalent ERP based payroll systems
• Experience in a specific area of Entertainment Payroll and Union/Guild Payrolls

Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week. Subject to change based on Manager discussion or business need.

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to AccessibilitySupport@nbcuni.com.

Although you'll be hired as an NBCU employee, your employment and the responsibilities associated with this job likely will transition to SpinCo in the future. By joining at this pivotal time, you'll be a part of this exciting company as it takes shape.