Principal Solutions Consultant - Invoicing/AP

Coupa Software; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology provider seeks a Principal Services Design Architect to act as a key expert in Procure-to-Invoice processes, supporting pre-sales efforts and driving customer design assessments. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years in procurement consulting with strong expertise in invoicing and tax compliance. This role offers the chance to collaborate with various teams, influence solution strategies, and make impactful recommendations, all within a dynamic and inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Procurement and Accounts Payable consulting.
• Expertise in global invoicing and regional tax compliance.
• Experience with software providers on enterprise spend management.

Responsibilities

• Act as a subject matter expert supporting pre-sales efforts.
• Drive customer design health assessments to propose optimizations.
• Collaborate with Sales to shape solution direction.

Skills

Procurement consulting

Accounts Payable consulting

Enterprise spend management

Interpersonal communication

Solution assessments

Job description

Coupa makes margins multiply through its community-generated AI and industry-leading total spend management platform for businesses large and small. Coupa AI is informed by trillions of dollars of direct and indirect spend data across a global network of 10M+ buyers and suppliers. We empower you with the ability to predict, prescribe, and automate smarter, more profitable business decisions to improve operating margins.

Why join Coupa?

Pioneering Technology: At Coupa, we're at the forefront of innovation, leveraging the latest technology to empower our customers with greater efficiency and visibility in their spend.

Collaborative Culture: We value collaboration and teamwork, and our culture is driven by transparency, openness, and a shared commitment to excellence.

Global Impact: Join a company where your work has a global, measurable impact on our clients, the business, and each other.

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The Impact of a Principal Services Design Architect at Coupa:

The Lead Solution Consultant will act as a functional Procure to Invoice subject matter expert supporting pre‑sales efforts and service scoping discussions to accelerate the close of professional services SOWs. In addition you will drive customer design health assessments within the install base to identify process inefficiencies and propose optimization opportunities across procurement and upstream systems.

What You'll Do:

• Act as a functional Procure-to-Invoice subject matter expert supporting pre‑sales efforts and service scoping discussions to accelerate the close of professional services SOWs.
• Drive customer design health assessments within the install base to identify process inefficiencies and propose optimization opportunities across procurement and upstream systems.
• Contribute to strategic value roadmap engagements, collaborating with Sales to shape solution direction and connect technology to desired business outcomes.
• Partner with Services Sales to scope functional services requests, aligning delivery needs with domain best practices and scalable product configurations.
• Support the handoff from sales to services, ensuring continuity from presales solutioning into project initiation and delivery.
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with product management to influence roadmap decisions, participate in design reviews, and advocate for prioritized serviceable enhancements.
• Author and develop new services offerings aligned to product capabilities and evolving customer needs.
• Assist in scoping and shaping early services for new or emerging product capabilities, working closely with product teams and early adopters.
• Maintain and contribute to standardized templates, knowledge repositories, and proposal accelerators that scale presales and solutioning activities across teams.

What You Will Bring to Coupa:

• 10+ years of experience in Procurement and Accounts Payable domain consulting, ideally with both implementation and presales background.
• Deep functional expertise in global invoicing, e‑invoicing mandates, and regional tax compliance (e.g., VAT, GST), with the ability to translate complex business and regulatory requirements into scalable platform‑based solutions.
• Strong experience working in or with software providers on enterprise spend management implementations and service offerings.
• Coupa experience is highly desirable, specifically in Procure-to-Invoice core modules.
• Skilled at conducting solution assessments, identifying process gaps, and making high‑impact architectural and functional recommendations.
• Demonstrated success working with Sales or Services Sales teams to shape and close consulting SOWs or technology‑led transformations.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – able to influence stakeholders across Product, Sales, Services, and Customer Success.
• Experience creating content for customer‑facing deliverables (e.g., roadmaps, SOWs, presales proposals, design briefs).
• High comfort navigating ambiguity and balancing strategic thinking with hands‑on solutioning.
• Highly self‑motivated and organized, with an ability to lead across global, matrixed teams.

Coupa complies with relevant laws and regulations regarding equal opportunity and offers a welcoming and inclusive work environment. Decisions related to hiring, compensation, training, or evaluating performance are made fairly, and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees.

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