Functional Principal Procure to Pay Leader

UGI Corporation•Denver, PA

About The Position

UGI Utilities is hiring a Functional Principal Procure to Pay Leader to provide 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, documents requirements, and works with technical and project management resources to define scope, timelines, and cost estimates. It leads prioritization and release planning for ERP upgrades and change requests and partners with business and IT teams to identify opportunities to improve and innovate functionality. The position also tracks the SAP solution roadmap and plans for changes that may affect UGI’s implementation. The role supports existing functionality across the integrated SAP solutions suite, helps diagnose incidents and problems, and works with business subject-matter experts and IT resources on resolution and root-cause documentation. It leads the procure-to-pay solution roadmap, supports quality assurance and data governance, defines reporting and process metrics, and helps develop training and communications for solution releases and business changes. The position requires strong knowledge of UGI procurement and accounts payable processes, SAP ERP, business analysis, and collaboration across technical and business teams.

Requirements

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 across technical and business topics and develop work plans.
Organized and detail-oriented.
Excellent verbal, written, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
Results-oriented.
Strong business analysis and documentation skills.
Working knowledge of IT processes and procedures.
At least 8 years of experience in IT, Accounting/Finance, or other related experience.
At least 2 years of experience in Accounts Payable or Procurement.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Provide ongoing business support for existing functionality in the integrated SAP solutions suite.
Anticipate 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 issues and document root-cause analysis.
Support process and change management activities related to ERP and the procure-to-pay process, execute administration tasks, and identify training-reinforcement needs.
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.
Track the SAP S/4 roadmap and other UGI solutions, assess impacts on accounts payable, procurement, and delegation-of-authority procedures and functionality, and plan and execute responses.
Monitor procurement and accounts payable data quality and develop and execute improvement plans.
Develop test use cases, support test-script development, and execute testing for defect resolution, enhancements, releases, projects, patching, and upgrades.
Work with Master Data Governance to update business data definitions and data governance.
Monitor tool utilization and investigate nonuse, unexpected use, or incorrect use of functionality.
Define reporting changes and work with Master Data, BI, and others to implement updates to reports and dashboards.
Define and monitor process-performance and data-quality metrics, communicate them to business leaders, and develop improvement proposals.
Work with the EBT Solution Training team to develop and update training materials and communications for solution releases.
Develop information to support business changes.