Senior AP & S/4HANA Automation Specialist

Norsk Hydro; Coraopolis (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Retirement Savings Plan

Education Assistance

Bonus Plan Eligibility

Parental Leave

Job summary

Hydro is seeking an Experienced Accounts Payable Expert to support a large-scale shared services environment. The role focuses on complex AP resolution, SAP S/4HANA, testing, process improvement, and automation, driving issues to resolution with ownership and analytical rigor.

The candidate should have 7+ years in AP/P2P, strong SAP S/4HANA knowledge, and experience in shared services/manufacturing environments, with advanced Excel and automation experience to improve processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 7+ years of Accounts Payable or Procure-to-Pay experience.
• Hands-on SAP experience, with strong knowledge of SAP S/4HANA AP processes.
• Experience in a shared services and manufacturing environment.
• Experience with ERP migrations, system enhancements, or implementations.
• Advanced Excel skills including PivotTables, lookups, and data analysis; Power Query preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an AP SME with emphasis on VIM and SAP S/4HANA processes and functionality.
• Research and resolve complex invoice, payment, vendor-account, workflow, PO, GR/IR, and GRNI issues.
• Analyze SAP documents and transactional data to identify issues.
• Support migrations, go-live activities, and post-implementation stabilization.
• Assist with testing, including test-script development and UAT.
• Partner with AP Operations, Procurement, Finance, IT, and plant personnel to resolve cross-functional issues.
• Identify opportunities to standardize, simplify, and automate AP processes.
• Support invoice automation, OCR, workflow, reporting, and other digital initiatives.
• Analyze AP KPIs and data to identify trends and risks; develop procedures and training.
• Support month-end close, audits, reconciliations, and internal controls.
• Provide training on S/4HANA processes and AP best practices.

Skills

Analytical

Communication

Documentation

Root-cause problem solving

Ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/IS

Equivalent relevant experience

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Excel (Advanced)

Power Query

OCR/Automation tools

Job description

Hydro is seeking an Experienced Accounts Payable Expert to support a large-scale shared services environment. The role focuses on complex AP resolution, SAP S/4HANA, testing, process improvement, and automation, driving issues to resolution with ownership and analytical rigor.

The candidate should have 7+ years in AP/P2P, strong SAP S/4HANA knowledge, and experience in shared services/manufacturing environments, with advanced Excel and automation experience to improve processes.