Manager, Business Integration
Location: O'Fallon, Missouri
Category: Management
Job ID: 11302
Hybrid to O’Fallon, MO 3 days a week.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate and drive integration activities across Finance Shared Services and other cross-functional teams using established project plans, task lists, and SOPs.
- Track project tasks, milestones, dependencies, deadlines, and deliverables to ensure integration activities stay on schedule.
- Follow up with functional teams to confirm assigned tasks are completed accurately and on time, requesting additional validation when needed rather than simply checking tasks as complete.
- Hold stakeholders accountable for deliverables through consistent follow-up and escalate delays, risks, or incomplete activities when appropriate.
- Support integration activities related to Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes, including supplier onboarding, requisitions, purchase orders, invoice processing, three-way matching, and supplier payments.
- Coordinate with Accounting teams on activities related to journal entries, accounting services, and month-end close processes.
- Facilitate meetings and discussions across functional teams, documenting decisions, outstanding items, owners, and next steps.
- Identify gaps, risks, or dependencies within existing project plans and work with stakeholders to resolve issues.
- Apply critical thinking to project tasks and processes to determine whether requirements have truly been completed and identify areas that may require additional attention.
- Provide recommendations for improvements to existing project plans, processes, or procedures when opportunities are identified.
- Maintain project documentation, trackers, status updates, and reporting throughout the integration.
- Work within ERP and enterprise systems to support project activities and navigate relevant Finance processes.
- Partner with global teams as needed, including occasional meetings outside of standard business hours to support international integrations.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
- Experience in project management, project coordination, business integration, Finance operations, Shared Services, or a related environment.
- Knowledge of Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Accounts Payable, supplier/vendor payments, accounting, or related Finance processes.
- Experience working within a large, complex organization or Shared Services environment strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to manage detailed project/task plans and coordinate deliverables across multiple functional teams.
- Strong follow-up skills with the confidence to hold stakeholders accountable, challenge incomplete work, and escalate issues when necessary.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks, deadlines, and dependencies simultaneously.
- Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify gaps rather than simply follow a checklist.
- Experience working with a major ERP or enterprise system; experience with Oracle, SAP, NetSuite, Workday, or similar platforms is helpful but not required.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across different teams and levels of an organization.
- Experience with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or business integrations is a plus, but not required.
- International or global project experience is a plus, but not required.
- Previous experience developing or improving project plans and processes is a plus.
Pay Rate: Up to $75/hr