Development Manager, Accounts Payable

About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Development Manager to join our Source-to-Pay (S2P) Development team. In this role, you will focus on managing and developing the Accounts Payable (AP) process area within Fortum. You will act as an expert in the AP domain, ensuring process functionality, efficiency, and compliance as part of the end-to-end S2P process.

You will lead the development as a process owner, focusing on technology, process, and ways of working. Additionally, you will support operational teams in their daily work.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and manage the accounts payable process area as a process owner.
• Ensure the efficiency and quality of the AP process area.
• Participate in the finance ERP renewal project as a subject matter expert for the AP area, leading the definition and implementation as part of the project team.
• Drive process automation.
• Defining and implementing system functionality improvements and process related changes together with internal and external stakeholders.
• Working closely with technology providers to ensure timely, effective and high quality transactions throughout the AP process area.
• Provide training for operational teams and end users.
• Plan and prioritize actions to support operational teams with problem-solving.
• Share best practices in own process area with the capability to challenge existing ways of working

About you
To succeed and thrive in this role, we see that you have:

• Preferably +5 years of experience in a similar role with a Master's/Bachelor’s degree in economics or technology.
• Expertise in financial and AP technologies (ERP/AP solutions).
• In-depth knowledge of AP processes and invoice processing.
• Familiarity with AP standards and national requirements.
• Proven track record in identifying, planning, and executing development projects.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to derive actions from data.
• Strong cooperation skills and the ability to drive work within a matrix organization.
• Persuasive with stakeholders and strong influencing skills.
• Experience with ERP and technology implementation projects.
• End-to-end process thinking.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken. Finnish is considered an advantage.

We offer you
At Fortum, we believe in a better future and want to be involved in shaping it. Our workplace is a safe place, both physically and mentally. You will grow with professional colleagues, being trusted and free to challenge yourself. We offer comprehensive benefits, flexible working hours, and hybrid work model to support your productivity, development and wellbeing. We are committed to build diverse teams where everyone feels included and is treated equally.

More information about our culture and benefits can be found here.

Interested?
Submit your application latest on 2.3. We start contacting suitable candidates already during the application period. If you have questions and would like to hear more about the position, please contact Juhana Lehtimäki at juhana.lehtimaki@fortum.com.

To be selected for the position, the applicant must go through background clearance and a health examination including drug testing.  

We are Fortum
Fortum is a Nordic energy company. Our purpose is to power a world where people, businesses and nature thrive together. We are one of the cleanest energy producers in Europe and our actions are guided by our ambitious environmental targets. We generate and deliver clean energy reliably and help industries to decarbonise their processes and grow. Our core operations in the Nordics comprise of efficient, CO2-free power generation as well as reliable supply of electricity and district heat to private and business customers. For our ~5 000 employees, we commit to be a safe, and inspiring workplace. Fortum's share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. fortum.com