Senior Analyst - Global Payroll Vendor Governance and 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, from purchase requisitions and purchase orders to 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 review and approve vendor invoices against purchase orders, contracts and pricing schedules
• Coordinate approvals with local market teams and resolve PO, invoice, payment, funding and coding issues
• Monitor open purchase orders, committed spend and accruals, and prepare and submit vendor accruals through the aCrew platform
• Review vendor contracts and statements of work, track terms, pricing, expiration dates and renewal timelines, and support vendor assessments with ISRM
• Maintain audit-ready documentation, support internal and external audits, and strengthen financial controls and segregation of duties
• Support new Payroll and T&A implementations, vendor transitions and system deployments, including pre-go-live governance deliverables
• Standardize vendor financial governance processes, develop reporting on vendor spend and accruals, and lead reporting for global change intake and vendor management tools
• Identify cost savings and process improvements, including through automation, analytics and generative AI, and support global 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 or audit
• Global or regional experience with multiple vendors, legal entities and markets preferred
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, comfortable working with senior leaders and distributed teams

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 and POs
• Working knowledge of vendor contracts, commercial terms, SLAs and financial controls
• Experience with SAP Ariba or similar P2P platforms preferred
• Advanced Excel and working proficiency in PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio or equivalent; proficiency with generative AI tools preferred