Staff, Strategic Finance Systems – Accounts Payable

LinkedIn; Karnataka; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 5,600,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn seeks a Staff, Strategic Finance Systems– Accounts Payable to own and optimize procure-to-pay processes across Oracle Cloud ERP AP, Coupa, and Zip. You will partner with business and finance stakeholders, drive system improvements, and ensure accurate invoice processing and vendor management.

The role requires a deep background in accounts payable, strong finance/accounting fundamentals, and independent problem-solving; hybrid work model in India supported.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics or related field; 10+ years in finance, FP&A, accounts payable, or procure-to-pay.
• Experience in payables accounting, invoice processing, matching, approvals, and payments.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud ERP (Accounts Payable) and/or Coupa or Zip.
• Ability to work independently on complex analyses and system-enabled payables processes.

Responsibilities

• Accounts Payable Operations: end-to-end Procure-to-Pay processes within Oracle Cloud ERP AP, Coupa, and Zip.
• Maintain and enhance payables processes and rules (matching tolerances, approval hierarchies, payment terms, vendor master).
• Apply finance principles to liabilities, reconcile AP sub-ledger to GL, support accruals and payables reporting.
• Light system configuration of Oracle ERP AP, Coupa, Zip; supplier/vendor master updates; workflow maintenance.
• Partner with Finance Systems/Engineering on enhancements, testing, deployments.
• Engage with business/finance partners to define requirements and communicate insights.

Skills

P2P & AP

Oracle Cloud ERP AP

Coupa & Zip

Finance Systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field

Tools

Oracle Cloud ERP AP

Coupa

Zip

Job description

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We're also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that's built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

The Staff, Strategic Finance Systems– Accounts Payable is a hands-on subject-matter expert responsible for operating, enhancing, and supporting enterprise payables andprocure-to-pay capabilities across Oracle Cloud ERP (Accounts Payable), Coupa, and Zip. This role combines strong finance and accounting fundamentals with deep systemexpertiseto enableaccurateinvoice processing, matching, approvals, payments, and vendor management.

You will work directly with business partners and finance stakeholders across theprocure-to-pay cycle while also performing light system configuration, data validation, and process support across invoice processing, matching, approval routing, payments, vendor master, and related domains.

Responsibilities:

Accounts Payable Operations: Invoice-to-Pay & Vendor Management

• Support end-to-endprocure-to-pay processes — invoice capture and coding, two- and three-way matching, approval routing, payment runs, and vendor management — within Oracle Cloud ERP (AP), Coupa, and Zip, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Maintain and enhancepayablesprocesses and rules supporting matching tolerances, approval hierarchies, payment terms, and vendor master data.
• Apply strong finance and accounting principles tovalidateliabilities, reconcile the AP sub-ledger to the general ledger, and supportaccurateaccruals and payables reporting.

Hands-On System Configuration & Model Support

• Perform light system configuration within Oracle ERP AP, Coupa, and Zip, including supplier and vendor master updates, approval workflow and hierarchy maintenance, matching tolerance and hold rules, and payment method setup.
• Support configuration and ongoing operation ofpayablesmodules such as invoice imaging and capture, matching, approvals, payments, and travel-and-expense.
• Partner with Finance Systems or Engineering teams on larger enhancements, testing, and deployments.

Business Partnership &Procure-to-Pay Engagement

• Engage directly with business and finance partners to understand procurement policy, approval requirements, payment terms, and vendor-management needs.
• Translate business needs into system-enabledpayablessolutions, balancing control, accuracy, and scalability.
• Communicatepayablesinsights, DPO and touchless-processing trends, andtradeoffs clearlyto drive alignment and informed decision-making.
• Working knowledge of upstream and downstream finance processes beyond AccountsPayableto evaluate end-to-end process impacts (Ex: O2C, R2Retc), coordinate cross-functional dependencies, and collaborate with theappropriate domainexperts.

Execution & Independent Ownership

• Independently drive payables workstreams, system improvements, and operational processes using a metrics-oriented approach (touchless invoice rate, cost per invoice, days payable outstanding, on-time payment rate, discount capture).
• Serve as a go-to resource for complex questions related to Oracle ERP AP, Coupa, and Zip functionality, matching andapprovallogic, and payment behavior.
• Identifyissues proactively and recommend solutions grounded in both financial insight and system understanding.

Product-Oriented Mindset

• Act as a functional product owner forprocure-to-pay system capabilities, supporting backlog prioritization, requirements definition, and solution testing.
• Contribute to roadmap discussions for invoice automation, matching, approvals, and payment enhancements, informed by user feedback and system constraints.

Culture & Collaboration

• Collaborate effectively across Strategic Finance, Controllership, Procurement, Systems, and Data teams.
• Share knowledge, contribute todocumentationand best practices, and support continuous improvement inpayablesoperations.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, or a related field AND 10+ years of experience in finance, FP&A, finance accounting, accounts payable orprocure-to-pay, or related roles, OR equivalent experience.
• Experienceinpayablesaccounting, invoice processing, matching, approvals, and payments.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud ERP (Accounts Payable) and/or procurement platforms such as Coupa or Zip, including invoice, matching, approval, and/or payment use cases.
• Ability to work independently on complex analyses and system-enabled payables processes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience configuring or supporting invoice processing, matching,approvalworkflows, payments, and vendor master in Oracle ERP, Coupa, or Zip.
• Experience supporting month-end close, accruals, and reconciliation activities within accounts payable.
• Prior experience in a functional product manager or product owner role for finance systems.
• Experience partnering directly with business teams during procurement, invoice, and payment cycles.

Suggested Skills:

• Procure-to-Pay (P2P) & Accounts Payable
• Oracle Cloud ERP AP, Coupa & Zip
• Finance Systems & Process Optimization

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