Senior Analyst - Global Payroll Vendor Governance & Financial Management

About the role

The Senior Analyst supports the financial and operational governance of third-party vendors across the global Payroll and Time & Attendance (T&A) landscape. The role covers end-to-end vendor financial management, including purchase orders, invoice review, accruals and spend monitoring, and works with Payroll Operations, Finance, Procurement, Accounts Payable, local market teams, Information Security and Risk Management and external vendors. It also supports audit, compliance, vendor risk management and global Payroll/T&A transformation.

Key responsibilities

• Create and manage purchase requisitions and purchase orders, and run the invoice review and approval process, validating against purchase orders, contracts, pricing schedules and services performed.
• Coordinate approvals with local market teams and resolve PO, invoice, payment, funding and coding issues with Finance, Procurement, Accounts Payable and vendors.
• Monitor open purchase orders, committed spend and accruals to spot funding gaps, duplicate or incorrect charges, and prepare and submit vendor accruals through the aCrew platform.
• Review vendor contracts and statements of work, track terms, pricing, expiration dates and renewals, and support vendor assessments and remediation with ISRM.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation, support internal and external audits, and strengthen financial controls, segregation of duties and vendor oversight.
• Support financial and compliance requirements for new Payroll and T&A implementations, vendor transitions and system deployments, including pre-go-live governance deliverables.
• Drive standardization of vendor financial governance, develop reporting on vendor spend, open POs, accruals and renewals, and lead reporting for global change intake and vendor management tools such as ADP eService.
• Identify improvements through automation, analytics and generative AI, and support global Payroll and T&A transformation initiatives.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Supply Chain/Procurement or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Finance, Accounts Payable, Procure-to-Pay, Procurement, Vendor Management, Payroll Operations, Compliance, Audit or a related function.
• Experience in a global or regional environment with multiple vendors, legal entities, markets or business stakeholders preferred.
• Understanding of Payroll and T&A operations and systems preferred.

Required skills

• Strong understanding of finance, accounts payable, purchase-to-pay, purchase orders, invoice processing, accruals and financial approvals.
• Ability to review invoices and reconcile charges against contracts, POs and pricing schedules.
• Working knowledge of vendor contracts, commercial terms, SLAs and financial controls.
• Advanced Excel and working proficiency in PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio or equivalent; SAP Ariba or similar P2P platforms preferred.
• Proficiency with generative AI tools and technologies.