Senior P2P Process Analyst: Process Excellence & SOP Lead

Slate Auto

Michigan

On-site

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Slate is seeking a Senior P2P Process Analyst to join its AP team in the United States. The role covers the entire bill-to-pay lifecycle, owning root-cause analyses, SOP development, and cross-functional collaboration with Accounting, Purchasing, and Plant stakeholders.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in AP/process improvement, hands-on SAP/ERP experience, and strong data/Excel skills. You will drive process improvements, lead SOP updates, and advocate automation within a manufacturing

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, supply chain, business, or equivalent practical experience.
5+ years in accounts payable, procure-to-pay or bill-to-pay operations, or finance process improvement, including direct ownership of SOP authorship.
A portfolio of published root-cause analyses with end-to-end problem statements, data, method, root cause, corrective action, and results.
Solid understanding of Procure to Pay mechanics, including PO creation, goods receipt, invoice submission and matching, exceptions, and payment terms.
ERP experience in a PO-driven environment; SAP is strongly preferred, including three-way match, tolerance/blocking, GR/IR, vendor master governance.
Strong data skills and advanced Excel; exposure to Lean or Six Sigma is a plus; certification welcome.
Ability to influence peers and upstream functions without direct authority; AI fluency for documentation, analysis, and testing.
Manufacturing or automotive spend exposure and familiarity with EDI/invoicing is a plus.

Responsibilities

Conduct formal root-cause analyses on recurring billing, invoicing, receiving, matching, and payment failures using structured methods (5 Whys, fishbone, Pareto).
Publish corrective actions with owners and due dates; verify fixes by measuring recurrence.
Mine exception data to identify patterns, quantify impact, and prioritize problems.
Co-own and maintain the SOP library covering the full bill-to-pay lifecycle; train stakeholders and drive adoption.
Partner with Accounting, Purchasing, Plant Receiving, and Production Controls to reduce upstream defects and improve PO accuracy and GR/IR readiness.
Work within ERP and P2P platforms to diagnose invoice holds; design tolerance and routing logic; support SAP implementation hypercare.
Evaluate and pilot automation opportunities (AI-assisted capture, straight-through processing, supplier portals) and build business cases.
Own bill-to-pay performance reporting (first-time match rate, cycle time, on-time payments) and report trends monthly.