AP Operations Lead - Automation & SAP S/4HANA Migration

Group Shared Services; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Group Shared Services is seeking an Operational Excellence leader to manage the AP function, drive month-end close activities, and ensure compliance with statutory requirements in Singapore. You will monitor key AP KPIs, support automation initiatives, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve issues.

The role involves steering the migration to SAP S/4HANA, testing, UAT, and change management, while preparing management reports and dashboards using Excel/Power BI.

Qualifications

• Experience managing AP processes and month-end close.
• Ability to develop dashboards in Excel/Power BI.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA migration projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of accounting executives and oversee the Accounts Payable (AP) function, ensuring accurate, timely processing of invoices, payments, staff claims, refunds, and vendor reconciliations.
• Oversee month-end close activities including AP sub-ledger closing, accruals, reconciliations, and coordination with Group Finance on monthly and year-end closing.
• Ensure AP records and procedures comply with local statutory and filing requirements.
• Monitor AP KPIs (DPO, on-time payments, GR/IR aging, PO vs non-PO adoption, OCR accuracy) and prepare monthly management reports.
• Collaborate with internal and external counterparts to resolve open issues and disputes timely.
• Support auditors and respond to audit queries promptly.
• Review and streamline processes to improve efficiency and drive automation/digitalization.
• Support migration from SAP ECC6 to SAP S/4HANA, including testing, UAT, hypercare, and change management.
• Provide training to junior team members on policies, processes, and system usage.
• Prepare ad-hoc analyses, reconciliations, and management reports as assigned.

Skills

Team leadership

Data analysis

Vendor management

Tools

Excel

Power BI

SAP Analytics Cloud

PowerPoint

OCR

RPA

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

Group Shared Services is seeking an Operational Excellence leader to manage the AP function, drive month-end close activities, and ensure compliance with statutory requirements in Singapore. You will monitor key AP KPIs, support automation initiatives, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve issues.

The role involves steering the migration to SAP S/4HANA, testing, UAT, and change management, while preparing management reports and dashboards using Excel/Power BI.