Global S2P Process Owner - Strategy & Change

Balfour Beatty plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working with up to 40% remote

25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)

Pension and share incentive plan

Job summary

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Global Source to Pay Process Owner to govern end-to-end S2P design, controls and improvements on a worldwide scale.

You will own the global S2P process framework, balancing compliance with user experience, and lead deployment of the global technology stack while aligning with local requirements. This role drives governance, training and performance across a diverse, international business.

Qualifications

• Procurement Operations or S2P leadership experience.
• Experience leading large-scale S2P implementations.
• Ability to balance compliance, technology, and user experience in a global process.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Own, document and maintain the global Golden Map for S2P processes.
• Drive a unified global process model, accommodating local legal and tax requirements.
• Lead and manage teams supporting Procurement Analysts and data/reporting performance.
• Lead evaluation, RFP process and selection of S2P software solutions.
• Serve as functional lead for S2P technology deployments, aligning configuration with process requirements.
• Act as primary contact for audits, embedding controls into the workflow.
• Monitor process health to identify fraud risks, duplicate payment patterns and non-compliant spend.
• Design and monitor an Internal Control Framework across the S2P ecosystem.
• Define and monitor critical success metrics, including adoption, approval cycle times, contract compliance, spend leakage and discount capture.

Skills

S2P ownership

Stakeholder management

Data visualization

Process mining tools

Change management

Tools

Celonis

Power BI

Coupa

Ariba

Jaggaer

Oracle

Job description

Balfour Beatty plc is seeking a Global Source to Pay Process Owner to govern end-to-end S2P design, controls and improvements on a worldwide scale.

You will own the global S2P process framework, balancing compliance with user experience, and lead deployment of the global technology stack while aligning with local requirements. This role drives governance, training and performance across a diverse, international business.