Functional Principal Procure to Pay Leader

UGI Corporation•East Cocalico Township, PA

About The Position

The Functional Principal Procure to Pay Leader provides ongoing business support for procurement and invoice-to-pay processes and associated ERP solution functionality for the Natural Gas Division. The role evaluates change and enhancement requests, assesses their impact, documents requirements, and works with technical and project management resources to define scope, timelines, and cost estimates. It leads requirements prioritization and release planning for ERP upgrades and change requests, collaborates with business and IT teams to identify opportunities to improve existing functionality, and tracks the SAP solution roadmap to plan changes affecting UGI’s implementation. The position also supports SAP solution operations, process and change management, quality assurance, reporting and information, and training. It works with business subject-matter experts, IT, EBT, Master Data Governance, and other teams to resolve issues, improve data and solution quality, define process metrics, and support releases and system changes.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience in IT, Accounting/Finance, or another related area.
At least 2 years of experience in Accounts Payable or Procurement.
Depth or breadth of expertise in UGI general accounting and procurement procedures.
Deep understanding of UGI procurement and accounts payable processes and procedures.
Working knowledge of SAP ERP functionality.
Ability to facilitate discussions that bridge technical and business topics and to develop work plans.
Strong business analysis and documentation skills.
Working knowledge of IT processes and procedures.
Organized and detail-oriented.
Excellent verbal, written, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
Results-oriented.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in a business or computer-related field, or equivalent work experience.
Experience with SAP ERP and Vendor Invoice Management.
ITL Foundations, IIBA Business Analyst Certification, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

Provide ongoing business support for existing functionality in the integrated SAP solutions suite.
Anticipate solution issues and risks, and work with technical teams to prevent or mitigate production problems.
Receive and review incidents and change requests; work with business subject-matter experts and IT resources to diagnose and resolve incidents and problems.
Help document root-cause analyses, support ERP and procure-to-pay process and change management, perform administration tasks, and identify opportunities for training reinforcement.
Identify opportunities to improve solution usability and lead definition of the procure-to-pay workstream solution roadmap.
Collaborate with business, EBT, and IT resources to analyze and submit change requests and functional enhancements for prioritization.
Research the SAP S/4 roadmap and other UGI solutions, assess impacts on accounts payable, procurement, delegation-of-authority procedures, and related solutions, and define and execute plans to address those impacts.
Monitor procurement and accounts payable data quality and execute plans to improve data quality and solution use.
Develop testing use cases, support test-script development, and execute test plans for defect resolution, enhancements, quarterly releases, projects, regression testing, patching, and upgrades.
Work with Master Data Governance to update business data definitions and data governance.
Monitor tool utilization and investigate non-use, unexpected use, or incorrect use of functionality.
Define new or changed reporting requirements and work with Master Data, Business Intelligence, and others to implement report and dashboard changes.
Define and monitor process-performance and data-quality metrics, present them effectively to business leaders, and develop improvement proposals.
Work with the EBT Solution Training team to develop and update training materials and communications about solution releases, and prepare information to support business changes.