Senior Accounts Payable Deployment Specialist

Kelly Services; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision benefits

Retirement savings plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

Kelly Services is seeking a Senior Accounts Payable Deployment Specialist to join a global finance transformation program onsite in Boise. The role oversees AI-driven AP deployment across the deployment lifecycle, ensuring readiness for go-live, hyper-care, and stabilization while maintaining core BAU operations.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years in AP/P2P, strong SAP/Ariba experience, and proven ability to drive process improvements across international teams.

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 readiness processes.
• Experience participating in UAT, deployment, go-live, hyper-care, or operational improvement initiatives.
• Ability to work effectively across global teams and multiple countries.
• Proven hands-on expertise in end-to-end Accounts Payable operations.
• Experience with SAP and Ariba platforms (S/4HANA experience is a plus).
• Strong understanding of procurement and P2P workflows.
• Demonstrated involvement in software implementations, UAT, or digital transformation projects.
• Excellent skills in process documentation and improvement.

Responsibilities

• Define user acceptance criteria and conduct system testing for AI-driven AP solutions.
• Validate AI outputs and document new or revised business processes.
• Support change management activities to drive workflow adoption.
• Collaborate with leadership to monitor KPIs and progress towards objectives.
• The role supports a global team and requires availability during U.S. business hours, with occasional evening meetings to collaborate with international stakeholders.

Skills

Accounts Payable

Procure-to-Pay (P2P)

UAT

Deployment

Global collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance/business

Tools

SAP

Ariba

S/4HANA

Job description

Job Title: Senior Accounts Payable Deployment Specialist

Company: Kelly Services

Location: Onsite - Boise, ID

Duration: 12-Months (Potential for extension)

Overview:

Join our dynamic global finance transformation team to support an AI-driven initiative enhancing end-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes.

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, the role supports discovery, process reviews, business requirement validation, testing, deployment readiness, go-live, hyper-care, and stabilization activities.

The position operates separately from day-to-day Accounts Payable processing teams, allowing business-as-usual operations to remain focused on service delivery while dedicated AP deployment specialists support the transformation program full-time.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define user acceptance criteria and conduct system testing for AI-driven AP solutions
• Validate AI outputs and document new or revised business processes
• Support change management activities to drive workflow adoption
• Collaborate with leadership to monitor KPIs and progress towards objectives
• The role supports a global team and requires availability during U.S. business hours, with occasional evening meetings to collaborate with international stakeholders.

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.
• Ability to work effectively across global teams and multiple countries.
• Proven, hands‑on expertise in end‑to‑end Accounts Payable operations
• Experience with SAP and Ariba platforms (S/4HANA experience is a plus)
• Strong understanding of procurement and P2P workflows
• Demonstrated involvement in software implementations, UAT, or digital transformation projects
• Excellent skills in process documentation and improvement

Preferred Attributes:

• Previous experience with AI transformation or agentic workflows
• Consulting background or experience supporting large-scale technology initiatives

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Please note: The following benefits reflect Kelly's general offerings. Eligibility may vary by assignment, location, and job type. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here (https://www.mykelly.com/help-support-working-with-kelly-us/#Benefits) for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

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