Accounting Manager

Premier Inn Hotels LLC (UAE); Boise (ID); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

OTSI is seeking a Senior AP Deployment Specialist to drive the Accounts Payable transformation across global operations. You will own AP readiness, validation, and user acceptance testing, coordinating with country teams, partners, and deployment teams to ensure compliant, scalable future-state processes.

You will guide discovery, design validation, testing, go-live support, and hyper-care, ensuring seamless transitions while maintaining strong controls and process ownership across multiple

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in Accounts Payable, Procure-to-Pay, Shared Services, Finance Operations, or AP transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of invoice processing, approvals, exception management, controls, and payment of readiness processes.
• Experience participating in UAT, deployment, go-live, hyper-care, or operational improvement initiatives.
• Strong analytical, communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively across global teams and multiple countries.
• Experience with SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA is preferred
• Exposure to intelligent document processing, workflow automation, RPA, or AI-enabled finance solutions.
• Experience supporting global or multi-country transformation programs.
• Experience in Shared Services or Global Business Services organizations.

Responsibilities

• The Senior AP Deployment Specialist serves as a dedicated Accounts Payable Operations representative assigned full-time to the global invoice intake and processing transformation program.
• Acting as the AP Operations throughout the deployment lifecycle, supports discovery, process reviews, business requirement validation, testing, deployment readiness, go-live, hyper-care, and stabilization activities.
• Works closely with country AP teams, the AP Process Transformation & AI Deployment Specialist, Change Management & Training Lead, project teams, and technology partners to ensure future-state solutions are practical, sustainable, compliant, and aligned with AP operating requirements.
• AP Business Ownership across discovery, design validation, testing, deployment, hyper-care, and stabilization activities.
• Champions AP user readiness, operational adoption, and long-term sustainability of future-state processes.

Skills

user acceptance testing

system integration testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or related discipline

Tools

SAP ECC

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

• Industry Manufacturing, Engineering, Transportation & Logistics
• Job Type US Staffing
• Work Experience 7+ years
• Required Skills
  • user acceptance testing
  • system integration testin...
  • +13
• State/Province Idaho
• Country United States

About Us

OTSI is a global technology partner providing enterprise IT consulting, digital solutions, and managed services. We help organizations modernize complex technology landscapes, harness the power of data, and build scalable AI-led ecosystems to accelerate innovation and business growth. With over 26 years of experience, we consistently turn complex challenges into success stories through our strong technical capabilities and deep industry knowledge. Our global team of 1,800+ professionals, spread across 6 countries, delivers cutting-edge solutions for customers across Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Transportation & Logistics, Energy & Utilities, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Government, Hi-Tech, Telecom & Media, Manufacturing, and more.

Our focused technology areas:

• Data & Analytics (Data Architecture, Data Engineering, Data Migration, Data Modernization, Big Data, Analytics and BI)
• Cloud (Cloud Computing, Cloud Migration, Cloud-Native Architecture, Hybrid and Multi-Cloud)
• Quality Engineering (Manual Testing, Non-functional testing, Test Automation, Digital Testing)

Our focused industries and target segments:

• Manufacturing, Transportation, & Logistics
• Energy & Utilities
• Telecom & Media
• Government & Public Sector (FED, SLED, & Partners)
• Hi-Tech

Job Description

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES:

• The Senior AP Deployment Specialist serves as adedicated Accounts Payable Operations representative assigned full-time to theglobal invoice intake and processing transformation program.
• Acting as the AP Operations throughout the deploymentlifecycle, the role supports discovery, process reviews, business requirementvalidation, testing, deployment readiness, go-live, hyper-care, andstabilization activities.
• The position operates separately from day-to-dayAccounts Payable processing teams, allowing business-as-usual operations toremain focused on service delivery while dedicated AP deployment specialistssupport the transformation program full-time.
• Working closely with country AP teams, the AP ProcessTransformation & AI Deployment Specialist, Change Management & TrainingLead, project teams, and technology partners, the Senior AP DeploymentSpecialist helps ensure future-state solutions are practical, sustainable, compliant,and aligned with real-world AP operating requirements.
• AP Business Ownership
• Throughout discovery, design validation, testing,deployment, hyper-care, and stabilization the AP operations activities
• Ensure documented requirements and configuredsolutions accurately reflect AP operational needs, controls, exception handlingpractices, and business requirements.
• Act as the primary working-level representativebetween AP Operations and the deployment program.
• Champion AP user readiness, operational adoption, andlong-term sustainability of future-state processes

SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

1. Discovery & Country Requirements

• Participate in country discovery workshops, processwalkthroughs, and design discussions.
• Demonstrate and explain current-state AP processes,controls, approval of workflows, exception handling, and operational practices.
• Identify country-specific legal, tax, regulatory,compliance, language, and operational requirements.
• Validate that local requirements are correctlyunderstood and documented.
• Assess operational impacts associated with proposedfuture-state processes.

2. Process Validation & Future-State Readiness

• Review and validate Process Design Documents (PDDs),business requirements, process flows, controls, exception scenarios, andoperating procedures.
• Confirm that future-state processes accurately reflectAP operational requirements and business realities.
• Evaluate how future-state processes will be operated,supported, and governed by AP after deployment.
• Identify operational gaps, support requirements,ownership requirements, and adoption risks.
• Validate that future-state solutions are scalable,sustainable, and practical for long-term AP operations.

3. Business Validation & User Acceptance Testing(UAT)

• Develop end-to-end UAT scenarios and business testscripts based on real AP operational activities, controls, and exceptionhandling requirements.
• Prepare and maintain required business test data.
• Execute UAT and validate solutions against approvedbusiness requirements.
• Confirm that business outcomes are achieved, notsolely that system functions operate.
• Identify defects, process gaps, usability concerns,operational impacts, and business risks.
• Support defect triage, retesting, and businesssign-off activities.

SIT ownership: System Integration Testing isperformed by the implementation and development teams. The Senior AP DeploymentSpecialist focuses on business validation and UAT activities.

4. Deployment Readiness & Go-Live Support

• Support deployment planning, readiness assessments,cutover activities, and country go-live preparations.
• Confirm operational readiness across users, controls,work instructions, exception handling procedures, and support processes.
• Coordinate deployment of readiness activities withcountry AP teams.
• Validate user preparedness and operational readinessbefore deployment.
• Support business go-live activities and the transitioninto production operations.
• Act as an AP User during go-live and hyper-careactivities.
• Support issue identification, investigation,prioritization, escalation, and resolution.
• Monitor user adoption, operational effectiveness,exception trends, and process performance.
• Support the transition from project deployment tosteady-state AP ownership and operations.
• Validate that AP teams are fully prepared to own andsustain future-state processes.

6. AP Operations & Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve processeffectiveness, user experience, controls, and operational efficiency.
• Capture lessons learned and support continuousimprovement activities for future deployment waves.
• Promote the adoption of standardized global processesacross countries.
• Support AP adoption of intelligent automation andfuture AI-enabled capabilities.
• Provide operational feedback to guide future solutionenhancements and country rollouts.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, BusinessAdministration, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in Accounts Payable,Procure-to-Pay, Shared Services, Finance Operations, or AP transformationinitiatives.
• Strong understanding of invoice processing, approvals,exception management, controls, and payment of readiness processes.
• Experience participating in UAT, deployment, go-live,hyper-care, or operational improvement initiatives.
• Strong analytical, communication, documentation, andstakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively across global teams andmultiple countries.
• Experience with SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA ispreferred
• Exposure to intelligent document processing, workflowautomation, RPA, or AI-enabled finance solutions.
• Experience supporting global or multi-countrytransformation programs.
• Experience in Shared Services or Global BusinessServices organizations.

About us:

OTSI is a global technology partner providing enterprise IT consulting, digital solutions, and managed services. We help organizations modernize complex technology landscapes, harness the power of data, and build scalable AI-led ecosystems to accelerate innovationand business growth. With over 26 years of experience, we consistently turncomplex challenges into success stories through our strong technicalcapabilities and deep industry knowledge. Our global team of 1,800+professionals, spread across 6 countries, delivers cutting-edge solutions forcustomers across Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Transportation &Logistics, Energy & Utilities, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Government,Hi-Tech, Telecom & Media, Manufacturing, and more.

Our focused technologyareas:

• Data & Analytics (Data Architecture, Data Engineering, DataMigration, Data Modernization, Big Data, Analytics and BI)
• Cloud (Cloud Computing, Cloud Migration, Cloud-Native Architecture, Hybrid and Multi-Cloud)
• Quality Engineering (Manual Testing, Nonfunctional testing, TestAutomation, Digital Testing)

Our focused industries and target segments:

• Banking, Financial Services, & Insurance
• Energy & Utilities
• Healthcare & Lifesciences
• Government & Public Sector (FED, SLED, & Partners)