Corporate Planning & Management-GP Operations-Dallas-Senior Analyst

Goldman Sachs; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking a Senior Analyst for the Procure-to-Pay team in Dallas to manage end-to-end AP processes, ensure accuracy and compliance, and drive improvements in invoice workflows. You will collaborate with Finance, Legal, Tax, and the business to resolve complex issues and support platform modernization.

The role requires a graduate degree with 2–3+ years in P2P or AP, a strong control mindset, and proficiency with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Coupa, Ariba, or ServiceNow.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree with 2-3+ years of experience in Procure to Pay, Accounts Payable, or related finance operations.
• Strong control mindset, attention to detail, and understanding of risk, compliance, and audit requirements.
• Ability to manage high volumes, prioritize deadlines, and operate in time-sensitive environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including root-cause analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across functions and seniority levels.
• Demonstrated stakeholder and vendor management with client-service focus.
• Comfort with system-driven environments: queues, workflows, reconciliations, reporting.
• Self-starter with ability to work independently while contributing to team goals.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Office tools.
• Willingness to support multiple time zones and peak periods (month-end).
• Experience with ERP or invoice workflow platforms (SAP, Oracle, Coupa, Ariba, ServiceNow).
• Interest in data, automation, and technology to improve efficiency and controls.

Responsibilities

• Execute invoice intake, validation, coding, approvals, and workflow routing per firm policies and audit standards.
• Review invoices for accuracy, completeness, and compliance; resolve issues with vendors and stakeholders.
• Manage invoice exceptions (duplicates, PO mismatches, tax issues) with root-cause mindset.
• Validate charges against contracts, POs, rate cards, and inventory systems (telecom, market data).
• Process time-sensitive vendor, regulator, and tax authority payments with accuracy and timeliness.
• Support supplier enablement and vendor master activities (Ariba onboarding, data quality controls).
• Provide administration and guidance for invoice workflow tools and e-billing platforms.

Skills

Strong control mindset

Analytical problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Time management

Self-starter

Excel proficiency

Multi-time-zone support

Attention to detail

Education

Graduate degree

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Coupa

Ariba

ServiceNow

Job description

The Procure to Pay (P2P) team sits within Global Procurement under Corporate Planning & Management (CPM). P2P is responsible for the end-to-end execution of procurement-to-payment activities, enabling the firm to pay suppliers accurately, on time, and in compliance with internal policies and external regulatory requirements.

This role supports general expense invoices and payments across categories including market data, telecom, legal, consulting, staff augmentation, and other centrally managed expenses. The Senior Analyst will operate with a strong control mindset, manage complex exceptions, partner across Finance, Procurement, Legal, Tax, and the business, and support continuous improvement and platform modernization.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute invoice intake, validation, coding, approvals, and workflow routing in line with firm policies, approval matrices, and audit standards.
• Review invoices for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with billing guidelines; resolve issues with vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Manage invoice exceptions, including duplicates, PO mismatches, tax issues, missing approvals, and non-compliance, with a root-cause mindset.
• Validate charges against contracts, purchase orders, rate cards, and inventory systems, including telecom and market data invoices.
• Process time-sensitive vendor, regulator, and tax authority payments, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to payment terms and cutoffs.
• Support supplier enablement and vendor master activities, including Ariba onboarding, documentation review, data quality controls, and payment instruction authentication.
• Provide administration and guidance for invoice workflow tools and legal e-billing platforms, where applicable.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Graduate degree with 2-3+ years of experience in Procure to Pay, Accounts Payable, or a related finance operations function.
• Strong control mindset, attention to detail, and understanding of risk, compliance, and audit requirements.
• Ability to manage high volumes, prioritize competing deadlines, and perform in time-sensitive environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including issue investigation, root-cause identification, and sustainable resolution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence engaging stakeholders across functions and seniority levels.
• Demonstrated stakeholder and vendor management capabilities, with a strong client-service focus.
• Comfort operating in system-driven environments, including queues, workflows, reconciliations, and reporting.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently while contributing to team objectives.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office tools.
• Flexibility to support multiple time zones and peak periods, including month-end, as required.
• Experience with ERP or invoice workflow platforms preferred, such as SAP, Oracle, Coupa, Ariba, or ServiceNow.
• Interest in leveraging data, automation, and emerging technologies to improve efficiency, accuracy, and controls.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of LATAM payment methods and rails is a plus.
• Understanding of three-way matching, approval workflows, and segregation of duties concepts.
• Exposure to transactional tax processes and payment-related tax reporting.
• Experience supporting audits, internal reviews, or regulatory examinations.
• Experience driving process improvement, automation, or systems transformation initiatives.

Healthcare & Medical Insurance

We offer a wide range of health and welfare programs that vary depending on office location. These generally include medical, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, life, accidental death, labor accident and business travel accident insurance.

We offer competitive vacation policies based on employee level and office location. We promote time off from work to recharge by providing generous vacation entitlements and a minimum of three weeks expected vacation usage each year.

Financial Wellness & Retirement

We assist employees in saving and planning for retirement, offer financial support for higher education, and provide a number of benefits to help employees prepare for the unexpected. We offer live financial education and content on a variety of topics to address the spectrum of employees’ priorities.

Health Services

We offer a medical advocacy service for employees and family members facing critical health situations, and counseling and referral services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We provide Global Medical, Security and Travel Assistance and a Workplace Ergonomics Program. We also offer state-of-the-art on-site health centers in certain offices.

Fitness

To encourage employees to live a healthy and active lifestyle, some of our offices feature on-site fitness centers. For eligible employees we typically reimburse fees paid for a fitness club membership or activity (up to a pre-approved amount).

Child Care & Family Care

We offer on-site child care centers that provide full-time and emergency back-up care, as well as mother and baby rooms and homework rooms. In every office, we provide advice and counseling services, expectant parent resources and transitional programs for parents returning from parental leave. Adoption, surrogacy, egg donation and egg retrieval stipends are also available.

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