Purchase to Pay Workstream Lead - #188956

We’re looking for a Purchase to Pay Workstream Lead to shape, deliver and embed the future of our global P2P processes as part of our wider finance transformation.

You’ll take the lead on designing standardised, efficient and well‑controlled P2P processes across the organisation, ensuring they fully support accounts payable activity and integrate seamlessly with our IFS Cloud programme.

Working closely with Procurement, Finance and the Project Lead, you’ll ensure every initiative is well‑designed, well‑governed and delivered with clarity, confidence and strong financial controls.

**Please note this role is offered on an initial 2 year FTC basis**

What You Will Be Doing

• Leading the design of a future‑ready target operating model for Purchase to Pay processes, collaborating closely with Procurement and Finance stakeholders.
• Defining the tools, systems and applications required to support efficient global P2P operations.
• Establishing and maintaining the P2P process taxonomy and ensuring alignment with group standards and the William Grant Way.
• Using activity analysis to build baseline cost insights that inform future process improvements.
• Setting workstream goals and designing the initiatives needed to achieve them, supported by clear execution plans.
• Identifying interdependencies, risks and issues across the P2P landscape and ensuring robust mitigation, escalation or resolution.
• Assessing resource and budget requirements and supporting mobilisation of the right team capabilities to deliver the roadmap.
• Acting as the Subject Matter Expert for the IFS rollout, ensuring P2P processes, controls and ways of working are consistently embedded across all implementations.
• Owning the multi‑year roadmap for the P2P workstream, ensuring all projects follow governance standards and secure the necessary approvals.
• Designing and implementing standardised P2P KPIs across the group, ensuring they drive performance, visibility and continuous improvement.
• Continuously reviewing P2P processes to identify opportunities to simplify, strengthen and improve end‑to‑end efficiency.
• Ensuring clear and effective change management and communication practices support every P2P initiative.
• Working closely with the Programme Management Office to ensure all activity is coordinated, risk‑aware and delivered on time and within budget.

About You

You’re a process‑driven, detail‑focused professional with deep knowledge of Purchase to Pay or accounts payable processes. You enjoy bringing order and clarity to complex process landscapes and have a strong ability to translate operational challenges into structured, scalable solutions. With strong stakeholder engagement skills and a passion for improving the way organisations manage spend and supplier relationships, you thrive in transformation environments where standardisation and control are key.

This Role Would Suit:

• Someone with strong P2P or accounts payable process expertise, ideally in a global setting.
• An individual experienced in transformation, ERP implementation or process standardisation.
• A structured thinker who enjoys designing operating models, frameworks and future‑state processes.
• A clear communicator who can influence non‑finance and finance stakeholders alike.
• Someone who values governance, documentation and well‑defined metrics to drive performance.

If you’re energised by the challenge of leading P2P transformation and shaping world‑class processes, we’d love to hear from you.