Business Process Specialist - Finance Transformation / Procure to Pay (f/m/d)

Limited until 31.12.2028

Your area of work:

Group Accounting is responsible for Deutsche Börse Group’s financial reporting under IFRS and HGB and serves as the central competence center for accounting-related matters across the Group. The section defines accounting policies and standards, supports business initiatives with accounting expertise, and ensures high-quality and compliant external financial reporting. In addition, Group Accounting plays a key role in M&A transactions, capital management activities, and major finance transformation initiatives, including SAP migration, integration, and implementation projects across the Group.

As a Business Process Specialist Finance Transformation, you will combine your accounting expertise with process improvement and transformation initiatives. You will work closely with Group Accounting, Controlling, Tax, Treasury, and IT to ensure that accounting requirements are appropriately reflected in future finance processes and systems.

Within the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) area, you will contribute to the optimization and harmonization of processes spanning vendor master data, invoice processing, payment operations, bank accounting, and treasury-related activities. Acting as a bridge between Finance and other business functions, you will support the delivery of efficient, scalable, and compliant end-to-end processes across the Group.

Your responsibilities:

• Act as a subject matter expert for Procure-to-Pay processes, including Accounts Payable, Vendor Master Data, Payment Operations, Bank Accounting, and related finance processes
• Contribute to the design, harmonization, and continuous improvement of P2P processes across Deutsche Börse Group
• Define and validate business and accounting requirements within finance transformation initiatives
• Support vendor master data and payment-related data migration activities from a business and governance perspective
• Ensure that accounting, payment, treasury, and control requirements are consistently reflected throughout the end-to-end process landscape
• Collaborate closely with Procurement, Finance, Treasury, Tax, Controlling, IT, and external implementation partners
• Support testing activities, business acceptance, training initiatives, and change management activities
• Monitor and promote data quality, process transparency, and compliance with accounting and control requirements
• Identify opportunities for automation, standardization, process optimization, and enhancement of internal controls

Your profile:

• University degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• Several years of professional experience in Accounts Payable, Financial Accounting, Payment Operations, Bank Accounting, Treasury Accounting, or a related finance function
• Strong understanding of Procure-to-Pay processes, including vendor management, invoice processing, payment execution, bank reconciliations, and accounting controls
• Good understanding of month-end and year-end closing activities and their interaction with operational finance processes
• Experience working with SAP or comparable ERP systems as a key user, process owner, business expert, or project team member
• Exposure to finance transformation initiatives, process improvements, system implementations, or migration projects is advantageous
• Knowledge of Vendor Invoice Management (VIM), payment solutions, treasury-related processes, or vendor master data governance is advantageous
• Strong understanding of financial controls, data quality requirements, and accounting process governance
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate business and accounting requirements into practical process solutions
• Ability to work effectively across functions and in international project environments
• Excellent communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills