Accounts Payable Governance Lead

**Career Area**:Accounting
**Purpose**:The Financial Systems Accounts Payable Governance Lead is a central role that partners with stakeholders across Caterpillar to optimize global accounts and freight payable processes, develop and maintain best in class systems and tools, and enhance governance and controls to support the Invoice-to-Pay cycle, managing risk and exposure across reporting and compliance.

**Job duties include but are not limited to the following**:
This position - part of the Corporate Financial Systems Team -, is an integral part of governing, developing, and implementing Accounts and Freight Payable solutions worldwide. This individual will work independently, as well as within a large team environment (matrix-oriented structure), to deliver world-class process and technology solutions in support of the business needs of our customers.

The Accounts Payable Governance Lead is knowledgeable on a variety of technology and accounting functions but generally have specialized areas of responsibility at this level. Incumbent has the ability to accomplish complex and/or technical analysis to render an opinion or business decision in support of a financial systems solution design. Incumbent will provide advice/recommendations to corporate, business unit managers and leaders often working on tactical and strategic business issues.

The position is responsible for maintaining and enhancing governance over Caterpillar’s global Invoice-to-Pay design, to ensure scalability and implementation consistency. This role will also be responsible for coaching and approving all design elements for existing and future accounts payables compliance/strategic initiative projects to ensure sustainability and integrity of our process and systems. This role will also support our Enterprise Invoice-to-Pay Process Owners in identifying and driving key opportunities as it relates to process and systems operating within the accounts payables space.

Specific areas of responsibility include:

- Subject matter expert for the Invoice-to-Pay area that will provide direction during process and system design activities and assist in resolving business process issues arising from financial systems implementations.
- Support, review, and approve all design elements for existing and future Accounts and Freight Payable compliance/strategic initiative projects
- Support Enterprise Invoice-to-Pay Process Owners in driving the future strategy for the global accounts and freight payable function
- Governs new requirements for changes in processes and technology.
- Liaison between technology and process teams and the Invoice-to-Pay Enterprise and Proxy Process Owners, representing the Accounts and Freight Payable Process Owners during financial systems design/re-design activities.
- Trusted Advisor with ERP Invoice-to-Pay Implementations/Functions, including support to ensure financial reporting integrity on system’s cutover
- Design, architect, and validate testing of system and process solutions related to Accounts and Freight Payable functions
- Definition of internal control requirements, including Sarbanes-Oxley (SOx) control documentation
- Guide and/or validate process documentation as part of the Accounts Payable ERP’s template(s) solution
- Provide leadership and education for the Invoice-to-Pay cycle
- Work on a matrix-oriented organization, and lead small cross functional teams

**Basic Requirements**:

- 4-year degree in Accounting, Business, or Information Systems/Technology
- Leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills to deal with sensitive issues, develop others, or persuade others inside and outside the department to take specific action
- 6-8 years of accounting, tax, and/or information systems/technology experience
- Invoice-to-Pay Cycle experience
- Experience with Direct and Indirect Procurement Technologies and its integration with Accounts & Freight Payable ERP Solutions
- Knowledge of SAP FI/CO, QAD EE, and/or Mainframe Based Accounts Payable and Freight Applications
- Knowledge of local statutory accounting, indirect tax and trade controls
- Knowledge of the Caterpillar organization, its products, policies and procedures
- Professional Certification (CPA, CMA or equivalent).
- SAP Certification
- MBA (or equivalent)

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