What we're all about.

Quantexa empowers organizations to make data meaningful and drive more informed and actionable decisions. By harnessing the latest advancements in data and AI, Quantexa's Decision Intelligence Platform creates context to uncover hidden risk and new opportunities within data, that drives better, more trusted operational business decisions. Founded in 2016, Quantexa has accomplished rapid global expansion growing 100% year on year. In just over four years, we've grown to over 800 staff across offices in North America, UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Japan.

At Q, we're looking for people who share that vision. People like you.

The opportunity.

We are looking for a highly capable and strategic Head of Procure-to-Pay (P2P) to lead our Accounts Payable (AP),Travel and other expense control operations, while working closely with Procurement to ensure alignment across the end-to-end P2P process. This role is critical in shaping and delivering an efficient, compliant, and customer-focused P2P function within a fast-growing company. The successful candidate will bring deep operational expertise, leadership experience, and a collaborative mindset to drive transformation and continuous improvement across the P2P lifecycle. A key focus will be ensuring accurate coding to support project-based financial reporting and cube-driven analytics, while proactively considering ESG reporting requirements and data readiness.

What you'll be doing.

Leadership & Strategy

• Lead and manage the AP team, ensuring timely and accurate processing of invoices and payments.
• Define and implement the P2P strategy, aligning with broader finance and operational goals, while building strong relationships across the wider finance function to foster collaboration and shared accountability.
• Provide leadership and oversight for travel operations, including policy compliance, expense management, and vendor relationships.
• Collaborate closely with Procurement to ensure purchasing processes and controls are well-integrated and support business needs.
• Build strong relationships across the wider organisation to promote awareness and adherence to P2P-related policies and procedures.
• Play a key role in shaping the company's ESG roadmap by ensuring P2P processes evolve in line with emerging reporting and compliance requirements.

Operational Excellence

• Oversee daily AP operations including invoice processing, payment runs, vendor management, and reconciliations.
• Drive continuous improvement and automation across AP, travel, and procurement touchpoints.
• Ensure robust internal controls and compliance with financial policies and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure accurate coding of invoices and expenses to support project-level financial reporting and analysis.
• Collaborate with Finance and FP&A teams to maintain data integrity for cube-based reporting structures.
• Continuously improve coding practices and controls to enable reliable and insightful reporting across business units.
• Proactively consider evolving Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting requirements in P2P processes.
• Work with relevant teams to ensure data captured through AP, travel, and procurement supports future ESG disclosures.
• Identify opportunities to align operational practices with sustainability and governance objectives.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as the primary point of contact for travel-related matters, working with internal teams and external providers.
• Maintain a strong dotted-line relationship with Procurement to support sourcing, purchasing, and supplier management.
• Partner with Finance, Procurement, and business units to resolve issues and enhance service delivery.
• Proactively identify and manage operational risks within procurement-related processes, ensuring controls are in place and aligned with company policies and governance standards.

Systems & Technology

• Lead system enhancements and support ERP upgrades or transitions related to P2P.
• Promote the use of digital tools and automation to improve efficiency and accuracy across AP and travel.

Requirements

What you'll bring.

• Proven experience leading an Accounts Payable department within a shared services or large corporate environment.
• Strong understanding of travel operations, expense management, and procurement processes.
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite and Tipalti) and AP automation tools.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong analytical mindset with a focus on process improvement and controls.
• Professional accounting or finance qualification (e.g., ACCA, CIMA) is desirable but not essential.

Benefits

Our perks and quirks

What makes you Q will help you to realise your full potential, flourish and enjoy what you do, while being recognised and rewarded with our broad range of benefits.

We offer

• Competitive salary & company bonus
• Private healthcare, life insurance & income protection
• CycleScheme & TechScheme
• Free Calm app subscription (#1 app for meditation, relaxation & sleep)
• Pension scheme with 6% company contribution (when you contribute 3%)
• 25 days annual leave (plus the option to buy up to 5 extra days) + your birthday off!
• Ongoing personal development opportunities
• WeWork office space & company-wide socials

Our mission

We have one mission. To help businesses grow. To make data easier. And to make the world a better place. We're not a start-up. Not anymore. But we've not been around that long either. What we are is a collection of bright, passionate minds harnessing complexities and helping our clients and their communities. One culture, made of many. Heading in one direction - the future.

It's all about you

Quantexa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We're dedicated to creating an inclusive and diverse work environment, where everyone feels welcome, valued, and respected. We want to hear from people who are passionate about their work and align with our values. Qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, colour, ancestry, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, citizenship, marital, disability, or veteran status. Whoever you are, if you're a curious, caring, and authentic human being who wants to help push the boundaries of what's possible, we want to hear from you.

Internal pay equity across departments is crucial to our global compensation philosophy. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of experience, education, training, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data.

Quantexa is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our talent acquisition processes. If you require support, please inform our Talent Acquisition Team.

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