Accounts Payable Transformation Analyst

Worldpac • Oak Brook, IL

6h

About The Position

WORLDPAC is a recognized leader in the automotive aftermarket distribution industry, delivering premium products and innovative solutions across North America. As we navigate an exciting carve-out from a public company, we’re building a modern, agile finance organization designed for the future.
This is a rare opportunity to join a successful, fast-growing company at a pivotal moment—where your expertise directly influences long-term systems, processes, and operational excellence across the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) function.
Join a Team Driving Transformation
At WORLDPAC, our people are the heartbeat of our success. We offer competitive compensation, strong benefits, and a collaborative culture that rewards initiative, innovation, and continuous improvement.
If you’re looking to elevate your career while helping shape a company in transition, this is the place to do it.
Role Overview
The Accounts Payable Transformation Analyst plays a critical role in modernizing our end-to-end AP and P2P operations. This position blends hands-on accounts payable experience with strategic process redesign, data-driven analysis, automation enhancement, and change management.
You will help build an AP function designed for scale, accuracy, and efficiency—supporting the company’s broader transformation as we separate from legacy systems and establish a best-in-class back-office environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Data Analytics, or related field; or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of AP, P2P, or accounting operations experience—ideally in a transforming, fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with proficiency in Excel and data interpretation.
• Experience with ERP systems, AP automation tools, OCR, or workflow management platforms.
• Proven ability to identify process gaps, recommend improvements, and support organizational change.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in carve-outs, system implementations, shared-services environments, or process reengineering.
• Familiarity with continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma.
• Exposure to tools such as Coupa, Ariba, Basware, Tipalti, Concur, or NetSuite.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across departments.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate existing AP workflows to identify inefficiencies, risks, and opportunities for standardization or automation.
• Support end-to-end redesign of AP and P2P processes to modernize operations and enhance visibility.
• Drive initiatives focused on digitalization, paperless invoicing, vendor collaboration, and remediation of legacy practices.
• Collaborate with Procurement, Accounting, FP&A, and IT to implement scalable, future-state solutions.
• Act as a subject matter expert for AP systems, ERP functionality, OCR tools, and workflow automation platforms.
• Support system configuration changes, testing, implementation, and user training as the organization transitions to new systems.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and analytics that highlight processing trends, exception rates, and performance metrics.
• Monitor automation performance and troubleshoot issues to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
• Assist with month-end AP close activities, including accruals, reconciliations, aging analysis, and reporting.
• KPI Reporting
• Partner with users across the business to adopt new processes, tools, and system capabilities.
• Document new standard operating procedures (SOPs), workflows, and training materials supporting the future-state environment.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and operational excellence.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level