Coupa + Ariba + Source-to-Pay (S2P) + Zip

Looking for candidates with 7-10 years of relevant experience (higher experience can also be considered).

Strong expertise in SAP S/4HANA is mandatory.

Candidates should have hands-on experience in at least one of the following procurement platforms: 

• Coupa (Preferred)
• Ariba
• Zip
• LevelPath (good to have)

Strong understanding of the Source-to-Pay (S2P) lifecycle, including procurement, accounts payable, payments, and vendor management.

Candidates should come from a Business Analyst/System Analyst background with experience in requirements gathering, design discussions, UAT, process transformation, and system enhancements.

Candidates with procurement transformation and implementation exposure.

Candidates currently working on system/platform-focused roles rather than operational/shared-services processing roles.

Profiles from consulting organisations are highly preferred.

Experience in RPA and AI/ML-enabled automation initiatives will be an added advantage.

Job Description

We are looking for a thoughtful and driven Senior Source to Pay (S2P) Business Systems Analyst (BSA) to help improve how procurement and payments are managed across the business. This role supports transformation across the full source-to-pay lifecyclefrom sourcing and contracting to purchasing, invoicing, and paymentswhile partnering with Finance Transformation, Procurement, Accounts Payable, FP&A, and technology teams to simplify processes, strengthen data quality, and enable scalable, technology-driven ways of working.

The ideal candidate combines strong analytical skills, hands-on knowledge of source-to-pay processes, and a continuous improvement mindset. They are collaborative, curious, and energized by opportunities to apply automation and technology to solve problems at scale.

This is a hybrid role based in Bengaluru, with in-office time once a week.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support end-to-end S2P transformation: Help manage sourcing, purchasing, invoicing, and payments while ensuring transactions are accurate, complete, and well supported across systems.
• Drive implementation and process improvement: Partner with stakeholders to define future-state processes, support requirements gathering, design, testing, deployment, and identify opportunities for standardization and automation.
• Turn data into insight: Analyze spend, invoice, and payment data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities that improve visibility, performance, and decision-making.
• Partner across functions: Collaborate with Procurement, Accounts Payable, FP&A, Treasury, and technology teams to align sourcing, payments, and financial planning processes.
• Promote quality, compliance, and adoption: Support data governance, controls, audit readiness, user training, change adoption, QA, and UAT to ensure effective and compliant process execution.
• Enable successful delivery: Work with business users, engineers, system integrators, and vendors to resolve issues, validate requirements, and support successful project milestones.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, or a related field
• 7–10 years of BSA experience in source-to-pay, procure-to-pay, Accounts Payable, Procurement, or Finance Operations
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills with the ability to collaborate across teams
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA and tools such as Ariba, Zip, or Coupa
• Familiarity with Power BI, Excel, Alteryx, and AI-enabled tools to improve finance processes