Vice President - Global Procurement & Finance Operations Transformation

Position Summary:

We are seeking a strategic executive to lead global procurement, Finance & Accounting shared services, and Oracle Fusion-enabled finance transformation. The role will drive enterprise value across technology and non-technology procurement, strategic sourcing, supplier governance, operational excellence, and digital process improvement.

Key Responsibilities:1. Global Procurement Strategy & Leadership (Global spend ~ $350M):

• Develop and execute global procurement strategy across technology and non-technology spend.

• Build category strategies and sourcing frameworks aligned to business goals, value realization, risk mitigation, and supplier resilience.

• Drive spend governance, procurement compliance, transformation, and operating efficiency across the enterprise.

2. Strategic Sourcing & Commercial Negotiations:

• Lead complex negotiations with global suppliers, technology providers, consulting firms, and managed service partners.

• Manage key non-technology categories, including facilities, real estate, travel, marketing, HR services, professional services, logistics, office administration, and corporate services.

• Deliver savings, cost avoidance, contract optimization, benchmarking, and supplier performance improvement.

3. Finance & Accounting Shared Services Leadership:

• Lead Finance & Accounting Shared Services across AP, T&E, vendor payments, controls, and compliance.

• Drive service excellence through SLAs, productivity metrics, process standardization, automation, and stakeholder satisfaction.

• Build a high-performing service delivery organization focused on quality, efficiency, and customer experience.

4. Finance Transformation & Oracle Fusion Enablement:

• Partner with the Transformation Office to drive end-to-end finance transformation.

• Lead Oracle Fusion adoption, enhancements, process optimization, reporting, governance, and controls.

• Drive automation, workflow optimization, analytics, and measurable business benefit realization.

• Drive AI in Finance agenda.

5. Stakeholder & Executive Relationship Management:

• Act as a trusted advisor to executive leaders across Procurement, Finance, Technology, Operations, Risk, and Business Functions.

• Partner with senior leaders to identify value, efficiency, and transformation opportunities.

• Present strategy, performance updates, and transformation outcomes to executive forums.

6. Leadership & Talent Development:

• Build, mentor, and lead high-performing global teams across procurement and finance operations.

• Foster accountability, collaboration, innovation, continuous improvement, coaching, and succession planning.

7. Risk Management, Governance & Compliance:

• Establish governance frameworks across procurement and finance operations.

• Manage third-party, supplier concentration, compliance, operational control, audit, and regulatory risks.

• Strengthen financial and procurement controls to reduce operational risk.

Qualifications:Education:

• Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA, ACCA, CMA, or equivalent accounting qualification (Mandatory).

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Engineering, or related discipline.

• MBA from a reputed institution preferred.

Experience:

• 25+ years of progressive leadership experience in Procurement, Finance Operations, Shared Services, and Transformation.

• Proven negotiations experience across technology, cloud, SaaS, professional services, and indirect procurement categories.

• Experience leading AP, T&E, Oracle Fusion finance transformation, and enterprise process redesign.

• Experience operating in multinational, matrixed stakeholder environments.

Critical Competencies:

• Strategic Procurement & Category Leadership.

• Finance Operations & Shared Services Management.

• Oracle Fusion Transformation & Digital Enablement.

• Executive Stakeholder Management.

• Commercial Acumen, Risk Management & Governance.

• Change Leadership, Data-Driven Decision Making & Talent Development.

• Team management ~ 80 members (covering procurement & shared service).

Success Measures:

• Procurement savings, value realization, and supplier performance improvement.

• Shared Services efficiency, SLA performance, and stakeholder satisfaction.

• Successful Oracle Fusion transformation and business benefit realization.

• Strong governance, compliance, risk outcomes, and team capability development.