Vice President Procurement

EXL; Dadri; On-site; INR 9,000,000 - 16,000,000; Full time

Job summary

EXL is seeking a strategic executive to lead global procurement, Finance & Accounting shared services, and Oracle Fusion-enabled finance transformation. The role will drive enterprise value across technology and non-technology procurement, strategic sourcing, supplier governance, operational excellence, and digital process improvement.

The candidate will build category strategies, lead negotiations, oversee AP/T&E/vendor payments, and partner with the Transformation Office to drive automation,

Qualifications

• 25+ years of progressive leadership experience in procurement, finance operations, shared services, and transformation.
• Proven negotiations experience across technology, cloud, SaaS, and indirect procurement.
• Experience leading AP, T&E, Oracle Fusion transformation, and enterprise process redesign.

Responsibilities

• Lead global procurement strategy across technology and non-technology spend.
• Drive spend governance, procurement compliance, transformation, and operating efficiency.
• Lead complex negotiations with global suppliers, technology providers, consulting firms, and MSPs.
• Oversee Finance & Accounting Shared Services across AP, T&E, vendor payments, controls, and compliance.
• Partner with Transformation Office to drive end-to-end finance transformation and Oracle Fusion enablement.
• Develop governance frameworks across procurement and finance operations; manage risk and audit controls.
• Mentor and lead a large, global team across procurement and finance operations.

Skills

Strategic procurement

Category leadership

Finance operations

Executive stakeholder management

Negotiations

Tools

Oracle Fusion

Job description

We are seeking a strategic executive to lead global procurement, Finance & Accounting shared services, and Oracle Fusion-enabled finance transformation. The role will drive enterprise value across technology and non-technology procurement, strategic sourcing, supplier governance, operational excellence, and digital process improvement.

Key Responsibilities

1. Global Procurement Strategy & Leadership (Global spend ~$350M)

• Develop and execute global procurement strategy across technology and non-technology spend.
• Build category strategies and sourcing frameworks aligned to business goals, value realization, risk mitigation, and supplier resilience.
• Drive spend governance, procurement compliance, transformation, and operating efficiency across the enterprise.

2. Strategic Sourcing & Commercial Negotiations

• Lead complex negotiations with global suppliers, technology providers, consulting firms, and managed service partners.
• Manage key non-technology categories, including facilities, real estate, travel, marketing, HR services, professional services, logistics, office administration, and corporate services.
• Deliver savings, cost avoidance, contract optimization, benchmarking, and supplier performance improvement.

3. Finance & Accounting Shared Services Leadership

• Lead Finance & Accounting Shared Services across AP, T&E, vendor payments, controls, and compliance.
• Drive service excellence through SLAs, productivity metrics, process standardization, automation, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Build a high-performing service delivery organization focused on quality, efficiency, and customer experience.

4. Finance Transformation & Oracle Fusion Enablement

• Partner with the Transformation Office to drive end-to-end finance transformation.
• Lead Oracle Fusion adoption, enhancements, process optimization, reporting, governance, and controls.
• Drive automation, workflow optimization, analytics, and measurable business benefit realization.
• Drive AI in Finance agenda

5. Stakeholder & Executive Relationship Management

• Act as a trusted advisor to executive leaders across Procurement, Finance, Technology, Operations, Risk, and Business Functions.
• Partner with senior leaders to identify value, efficiency, and transformation opportunities.
• Present strategy, performance updates, and transformation outcomes to executive forums.
• Build, mentor, and lead high-performing global teams across procurement and finance operations.
• Foster accountability, collaboration, innovation, continuous improvement, coaching, and succession planning.

7. Risk Management, Governance & Compliance

• Establish governance frameworks across procurement and finance operations.
• Manage third-party, supplier concentration, compliance, operational control, audit, and regulatory risks.
• Strengthen financial and procurement controls to reduce operational risk.

Experience

• 25+ years of progressive leadership experience in Procurement, Finance Operations, Shared Services, and Transformation.
• Proven negotiations experience across technology, cloud, SaaS, professional services, and indirect procurement categories.
• Experience leading AP, T&E, Oracle Fusion finance transformation, and enterprise process redesign.
• Experience operating in multinational, matrixed stakeholder environments.
• Strategic Procurement & Category Leadership
• Finance Operations & Shared Services Management
• Oracle Fusion Transformation & Digital Enablement
• Executive Stakeholder Management
• Team management ~80 members (covering procurement & shared service)

Success Measures

• Procurement savings, value realization, and supplier performance improvement.
• Shared Services efficiency, SLA performance, and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Successful Oracle Fusion transformation and business benefit realization.
• Strong governance, compliance, risk outcomes, and team capability development.