Senior AP/P2P Delivery Lead (AI-Driven)

SoftCo Group

Dublin

Hybrid

EUR 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

13 hours ago

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Job summary

SoftCo is seeking an experienced Senior Business Consultant to combine AP/P2P expertise, solution design and delivery leadership. This hands-on senior role challenges processes, advises customers on improved ways of working and translates requirements into effective SoftCo solutions.

The successful candidate will embrace AI-enabled approaches to improve consulting effectiveness, solution quality and delivery efficiency.

Qualifications

Significant experience in AP/P2P automation, finance transformation or enterprise software implementation, typically five or more years.
Strong practical knowledge of AP/P2P processes, financial controls, automation opportunities and ERP/integration dependencies.
Proven experience independently leading complex software implementations, including ownership of solution design and delivery outcomes.
Strong consulting and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge requirements and influence senior customer decision-makers.
Hands-on experience translating business requirements into software configuration, testing and validated solutions.
Excellent analytical, communication, organisational and problem-solving skills, with sound commercial judgement.
Confidence using AI tools to improve solution delivery, combined with the judgement to validate outputs and use them responsibly.
Willingness to travel to customer sites across Ireland, the UK and internationally as required.
Experience working with SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics 365, NetSuite or comparable ERP platforms.
Experience improving delivery methodologies, developing reusable assets or supporting consulting team development.
Experience mentoring colleagues, reviewing delivery quality or providing functional leadership.

Responsibilities

Lead AP/P2P discovery workshops, assess customer processes and recommend improvements based on best practice.
Challenge inefficient requirements and identify opportunities for automation, stronger controls and straight-through processing.
Own functional solution design, translating business needs into scalable, supportable SoftCo configurations.
Identify ERP and integration dependencies, collaborating with technical specialists to ensure an effective end-to-end solution.
Lead implementations from discovery and design through configuration, testing, training, go-live and hypercare.
Manage delivery plans, milestones, risks, scope, decisions and stakeholder communication.
Remain hands-on with configuration, solution validation, troubleshooting and functional decision-making.
Maintain high standards of documentation, testing, customer readiness and transition to Support.
Actively use AI and approved knowledge tools to improve discovery, analysis, solution design, documentation and problem-solving.
Identify opportunities to apply automation within customer AP/P2P processes.
Validate AI-generated outputs, maintaining accuracy, security and customer confidentiality.
Contribute to reusable solutions, knowledge sharing and improved delivery practices.
Build trusted relationships with senior finance, accounts payable, procurement and technical stakeholders, confidently influencing decisions whilst delivering projects.
Manage challenging requirements, competing priorities and escalations with sound consulting and commercial judgement.
Mentor Business Consultants, review solution designs and provide functional guidance.
Promote ownership, collaboration, independent thinking and high delivery standards.