"You care about making a positive impact in the world. You understand greatness requires thinking differently. An inclusive and accepting work environment is important to you.

A job at IKEA is so much more than home furnishings. Together, we work to make a better everyday life for the many. It's the perfect fit if you want to contribute, grow, and share. Join the team and start a better life for yourself."

- Location

Bengaluru

- Employment type

Full Time Permanent

- Department Finance, Accounting & Tax

- Deadline 2026-10-08

Candidate profile (title) Who you are Candidate profile (text) - Default language Key Expertise, Skills & Experience Required for Success:
- University degree and 5 years of related experience, or a minimum of 9 years of related experience.
- Minimum of 5 years as an SAP Business Process Expert in I2P. You bring a strong understanding of I2P processes, with ability to understand performance metrics that need to be moved to drive low cost and high compliance; along with the ability to safeguard global standards while enabling business-driven improvements.
- Exposure to automation, standard tools, and emerging technologies (e.g., AI in finance).
- Experience of working with a shared service centre delivering the processes.
- Experience maintaining process standards, documentation, and audit readiness
- Demonstrated ability to assess change impacts, protect global templates and monitor compliance
- Experience driving efficiency, standardization, and data quality improvements
- Robust stakeholder management skills across global, cross-functional teams
- Ability to manage change, support adoption, and influence decision-making forums
- Ability to assess complex requirements and translate them into practical solutions
- Strong communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate process impacts
- Strong ownership and accountability for process integrity.

Key responsibilities (title)



Your responsibilities Key responsibilities (text) Lead the design, development, and implementation of relevant end-to-end processes, embedding data quality and compliance, while leveraging subject matter expertise to drive standardised, automated ways of working and continuous improvement, and protecting the standard finance template to ensure changes enhance business value, maximise automation, and maintain low cost, in collaboration with key stakeholders.

Finance process expert with robust end-to-end knowledge of Invoice to Pay, combined with deep SAP (S/4HANA, VIM and/or ECC) expertise.

Your main responsibilities will include:

- Deep expert of I2P processes; accountable to protect the standard template by reviewing & approving all development demands to prevent deviations from standards and compromise of business value. Working with S2P sub processes to protect I2P (vendor data, sourcing, requisitioning, GR, payments, accounting etc).
- Lead collaboration across processes with fellow custodians in Digital and other process areas to ensure end-to-end processes deliver compliance, high data quality, strong automation, and process effectiveness, steer development towards the use of standard technology and AI.
- Evaluate all Tax, legal & statutory requests coming from countries and establish suitable design options to ensure high compliance & accuracy; clearly articulate the impact on process efficiency, automation, business change, and cost.
- Provide decision-makers with recommendations on preferred solutions aligned with global standards. Ensure execution in line with global standards,



policies, and procedures.
- Maintain and update process documentation and work instructions.
- Manage changes related to business process updates by identifying required transformations, impacted stakeholders, and aligning with process owners on communication and rollout plans.
- Monitor and drive business adoption of standardized processes, fostering a performance-driven culture across Global Business Operations (GBO) and local entities.

This role will be reporting to: Process Development Manager I2P. Let's connect Apply now!

Let´s connect When you apply, we ask that you upload a CV and answer the questions connected to the application as part of your motivation letter to complete the application process.

1)Do you have progressive and proven experience in implementing SAP applications?

2)Have you worked as process custodian or process owner?

3)How many years of experience do you have working with SAP applications?

We will review applications continuously, so please submit your application as soon as possible but no later than 8th October.

Why you will love us

From the deep forests in Sweden, we have spread our culture and values around the world. At the heart of our offer are our beautiful home-furnishing products and solutions, made with care for our planet, reaching millions of customers. At the heart of our business, are our wonderful co-workers representing diversity in all dimensions and passionate for life at home. We all contribute with our uniqueness and we want to grow and develop together.

Our vision, “to create a better everyday life for the many people” inspires and guides us in everything we do. This is IKEA.

What we all have in common

- Living our values
- Being your unique self, while respecting and including others
- A passion for home furnishing
- Performing & delivering while learning & developing
- Having fun!

📌 Process Custodian Leader-Invoice to Pay (Bengaluru)
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