SAP Source-to-Pay Applications Functional Lead

Job Title: SAP Source-to-Pay Applications Functional Lead

Location: Remote / Chicago, IL, New York, or New Jersey

Onsite

Requirements

• 90% remote with some travel to Chicago, IL, New York, or New Jersey for critical meetings

• Compensation Range: $80 - 90 per hour

• Introduction

• We are seeking an SAP Source-to-Pay Application Functional Lead who can own functional design, stabilization, and continuous improvement across the enterprise SAP source-to-pay application landscape: SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition procurement, SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing, Supplier Lifecycle and Performance, contract-related processes, SAP Ariba Invoicing (formerly SAP Central Invoice Management where applicable), and SAP Fieldglass contingent workforce processes.

• Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• On the cross-application source-to-pay functional roadmap, production backlog, and design governance.

• Lead S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition operational procurement configuration and support for requisitioning, purchasing, receiving/service entry, invoice integration, and procurement master/organizational data within scope.

• Own SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing functional configuration and process controls, including guided/requisition-to-order and invoice-related user experiences where deployed.

• Own supplier onboarding, qualification, lifecycle, profile, and performance processes in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance.

• Own contract compliance/process integration requirements, including contract consumption, ordering/invoicing against contracts, and handoffs across Ariba and S/4.

• Own SAP Ariba Invoicing processes deployed for centralized invoice intake/orchestration; recognize that SAP Central Invoice Management is legacy naming for this product area.

• Own SAP Fieldglass contingent workforce functional processes, including worker/work-order lifecycle, time/expense or service-related approvals where deployed, and downstream procurement/financial integration.

• Define integration and data ownership boundaries among S/4, Ariba, SAP Business Network, Fieldglass, Finance, HR, and supplier systems.

• Lead triage of production defects involving purchasing, supplier master, contracts, invoices, service entry, contingent labor, approvals, or cross-system status synchronization.

• Maintain process/configuration documentation, interface ownership, support playbooks, and test traceability.

• Define functional test scenarios and lead regression/business validation for source-to-pay releases.

• Review SAP cloud release changes across S/4, Ariba, and Fieldglass and coordinate impact assessment and regression scope.

• Partner with Security/IAM on business roles, approval controls, segregation of duties, and privileged configuration access.

• Drive clean-core and standard-content adoption, escalating unnecessary customizations or duplicative workflows.

• Manage SI/vendor functional deliverables and enforce defect-resolution quality, evidence, and production-readiness standards.

• Provide functional leadership during supplier onboarding waves, invoice/payment-impacting incidents, and procurement close periods.

• Required Skills & Qualifications

• 8+ years of SAP procurement / source-to-pay delivery, including cross-product leadership

• SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Procurement

• SAP Ariba: Buying and Invoicing, Supplier Lifecycle and Performance, Contracts/Contract Compliance, and Ariba Invoicing

• FLC implementation experience

• SAP Fieldglass contingent workforce processes

• SAP Business Network and managed-gateway integration concepts

• Supplier, contract, invoice, and contingent labor process integration

• Approval/workflow, supplier and purchasing master data, and invoice/receipt/service-entry controls

• Post-go-live production support, testing, and release impact analysis

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

• Preferred Skills & Qualifications

• Experience in a global professional-services enterprise with indirect procurement and contingent workforce complexity.

• Experience with SAP Integration Suite managed gateway and S/4-Ariba-Fieldglass integration troubleshooting.

• Current SAP certification/learning credentials aligned to S/4HANA Cloud sourcing/procurement, SAP Ariba, and/or SAP Fieldglass are preferred.

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