Early Payment Discount Program Lead -Vice President

Make a measurable impact by improving how supplier invoices flow through to payment—so the firm captures more early payment discounts. You’ll use data-driven insights to reduce discount leakage and partner across teams to implement sustainable process and technology changes.

Job summary

As an Early Payment Discount Program Lead -Vice President, you will partner with Sourcing, Procurement, line-of-business stakeholders, and Payment Operations to ensure suppliers with early payment discount terms are set up and managed to maximize discount capture. You’ll combine program execution with analytics across platforms to identify leakage and translate findings into prioritized action plans, while coordinating end-to-end delivery of process and system enhancements with product and technology partners.

Job responsibilities

• Partner with Sourcing, Procurement, and Payment Operations to optimize supplier setup for early payment discount capture (terms, payment channel readiness, and controls)
• Influence line-of-business processes to improve timely invoice submission and approvals and reduce missed discounts
• Analyze data across platforms to identify discount leakage, root causes, and priority opportunities
• Translate analytical insights into action plans, owners, and timelines to improve discount capture
• Define and produce program key performance indicators, dashboards, and recurring reporting
• Prepare clear updates for senior stakeholders, highlighting outcomes, risks, and decisions needed
• Support select operational activities to facilitate refunds and true-ups when required
• Drive system and process enhancements by defining requirements and coordinating testing and business sign-off
• Coordinate delivery across global stakeholders and time zones to ensure consistent execution

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong knowledge of procure-to-pay, invoicing, and payment processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including ability to evaluate data across multiple systems
• Demonstrated experience performing root cause analysis and driving continuous improvement
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with ability to influence process adherence across stakeholder groups
• Proven ability to manage multiple deliverables, prioritize effectively, and meet deadlines
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Operations experience in invoicing and payments
• Experience applying process improvement methodologies
• Experience partnering with cross-regional teams across time zones
• Familiarity with SAP and/or invoice and payment platforms used in payment operations
• Experience using AI tools to support analysis, reporting, or workflow efficiency