Senior Business Consultant

SoftCo Group; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration & bonus

Health insurance

Pension

Life assurance

Hybrid work model

On-site gym

Long service awards

Referral programme

Learning and development

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.

Skills

AP/P2P automation

Finance transformation

ERP/integration knowledge

Solution design

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

AI-assisted delivery

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Microsoft Dynamics 365

NetSuite

Job description

SoftCo is an AI-native Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Accounts Payable (AP) automation company built for complex organisations. In a market full of rigid templates and “plug-and-play” promises, our approach is different. We tailor automation around the organisation, not the organisation around the software.

For over 35 years, we’ve helped finance teams move from reactive, manual processes to controlled, scalable and strategic P2P operations. Our AI-native platform strengthens accuracy, visibility and insight, but it’s our delivery expertise that ensures it works in the real world.

Our success at a glance:

1M+ users worldwide

Trusted by organisations including Volkswagen, Patagonia, Primark, Logitech and all 80 departments of the Finnish Government

Global reach with offices in the US, Finland, UK, Kosovo and Ireland

A reputation for owning where precision engineering meets long-term partnership

Your role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Consultant who combines strong AP/P2P knowledge, solution design expertise and delivery leadership. This senior, hands-on role requires someone who can challenge existing processes, advise customers on better ways of working and translate business requirements into effective SoftCo solutions.

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

Within six months, they are expected to operate independently as a Solution and Delivery Lead, while supporting the development of other consultants.

Your responsibilities

AP/P2P Consulting & Solution Design

• Lead discovery workshops, assess customer processes and recommend improvements based on AP/P2P 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.

Implementation & Delivery Leadership

• 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.

Your profile

• 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.

What We Offer

• Competitive remuneration and performance-based bonus
• Company-paid health insurance, pension and life assurance
• Hybrid Working Model (3 days per week in office following onboarding period)
• On-site gym with company-funded fitness classes (Dublin office)
• Long service incentive awards and employee referral programme
• Structured learning and development investment

Our structure gives you real ownership and direct exposure to senior leadership. Progression is based on capability, not hierarchy.

Our culture

Our culture is built on the values that shape how we work together and how we deliver for our customers.

Initiative, accountability, and collaboration are central to how we operate. Our teams work across disciplines and locations to solve complex problems and deliver meaningful outcomes.

We encourage clear thinking,ownershipand continuous learning.Expertiseisrespectedand people are trusted to take responsibility for the work they lead.

Different perspectives strengthen our teams and improve the systems we build. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute and grow.

SoftCo is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds. Learn more at softco.com/about-us.