Are you looking to join a dynamic, innovation-driven, international company, building a better future for us all? UPM leads the forest based bioindustry into a sustainable, innovation-driven, and exciting future. The competence, integrity and drive of our people make us unique. We live by our values – trust and be trusted, achieve together, renew with courage.

We are now looking for a Procure to Pay Solution Expert to join our Sourcing Operations team. The position is permanent and located in Tampere, Finland.

UPM Finance Operations is a customer service oriented global function providing financial expertise for all UPM businesses and functions. We as a team drive to be operationally efficient, performing on a high level to give our very best to our both internal and external customers and stakeholders. In order to succeed in our work we are now looking for new talents to make our organization even more professional, versatile, collaborative and vibrant - ready to take in new challenges!

Greetings from your future managers

Welcome to Sourcing Operations - an inspiring team of sourcing and finance professionals driving the digital transformation of Source to Pay end-to-end process! Working in Sourcing Operations will offer you a vantage point to UPM businesses and external markets. You will have a great opportunity to develop new ways of working with continuous improvement mindset. – Heidi & Sanna

What you’ll do

• Act as one of the global key contacts for Procure to Pay area and provide purchase invoice management expertise in the upcoming project rollouts related to Basware P2P Invoice Management solution implementation
• Give technical and process support in the Basware P2P Invoice Management solution area globally including the needed training
• Participate in business process design reviews, conduct system and user acceptance testing in defined projects
• Contribute to invoice management business process and its solution development projects in the area of Basware P2P Invoice Management
• Provide subject matter expertise for business ERP projects, migrations, integrations and testing
• Participate in defining, developing and ensuring the implementation of invoice handling policies, solutions and ways of working around Basware P2P Invoice Management

Who you are

• You have at least a Bachelor’s degree or other relevant professional qualification in related area
• You have at least 5 years of work experience in invoice management area, including process development
• You have strong end-to-end Procure to Pay process understanding
• You have strong knowledge of Basware P2P system and its development with focus on Invoice Management
• You have experience in Basware P2P Invoice Management implementation projects, especially related to SAP integrations
• You have strong knowledge of SAP MM and FICO (R/3 and/or S/4)
• Experience from working in a global organization is considered an asset
• You are proactive, service-oriented person with strong communication and influencing skills
• You have analytical skills and attention to details
• You have an organized and controlled way of working, capability to ensure compliance to internal and external requirements and you are able to identify risks in your own area
• You have collaboration and team-working skills with flexible and positive attitude towards changes
• You have self-management skills and are not afraid to take initiative and challenge the status quo
• You have proven process development competences in invoice handling area and hands-on skills to drive improvements
• You are fluent in English. Additionally, skills in other languages relevant in UPM major markets are considered an asset (e.g. German and Finnish)

This is what we offer for you

• Meaningful job: We are proud of what we do. Our work highlights the expertise of our personnel, the high quality of our products and the company's values.
• Inspired and motivated teams: We have highly skilled workforce. We are a multifaceted, international organisation that works as a team to achieve our shared objectives.
• Development opportunities: With us you can build up your expertise. We provide opportunities to support your development throughout every stage of your career.
• Responsibility for people and environment: Our ethical principles embrace people as well as the environment. We are always striving to build a more sustainable future.

Additional information

For more information please contact Heidi Kivelä, Heidi.kivela@upm.com or +358407191496.

Please apply via the apply button and attach your CV and cover letter by 15.5.2020.

For support with submitting your application or questions about the application process please contact HR Service Center at contacthr@upm.com or +358204146600.  

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