About this role
About the Team
The Finance Platform & Technology team builds and scales the enterprise systems, integrations, and automation that power OpenAI’s financial operations. We enable business agility, operational excellence, and financial controls across procure-to-pay, quote-to-cash, supply chain, financial planning, and asset management. We partner closely with Procurement, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Legal, Security, Data, and Engineering to simplify complex processes, modernize financial platforms, and build AI-first solutions that scale with OpenAI.
About the Role
We are looking for a Business Systems Transformation Lead, Procure-to-Pay to own and transform the systems and processes supporting OpenAI’s direct and indirect procurement operations. You will lead the design, implementation, integration, and ongoing optimization of P2P capabilities across Oracle Fusion Cloud, Zip, and connected enterprise platforms, spanning procurement intake, supplier management, purchasing, receiving, invoicing, tax, payments, banking integrations, and cash management.
You will bring deep functional and technical understanding of enterprise P2P systems, translating complex business requirements into scalable solutions while working closely with Procurement, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, and Engineering. You will help shape the P2P systems roadmap and make practical decisions about when to configure existing platforms, integrate systems, build internal tools, or automate workflows.
A core expectation of this role is an AI-first mindset. You will proactively identify opportunities to eliminate manual activities, automate recurring processes, and build intelligent workflows using OpenAI technology, AI agents, MCPs, plugins, and AI-assisted development tools. We are looking for someone who enjoys solving complex business problems, is comfortable working hands-on across enterprise applications, understands system integrations and operational exceptions, and takes ownership from solution design through production support.
This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.
In this role, you will:
- Own end-to-end P2P systems and processes across direct and indirect procurement, including intake, requisitions, purchase orders, receiving, supplier management, invoicing, payments, and cash management.
- Lead the design, configuration, implementation, and continuous improvement of Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement and Payables, Zip, and connected enterprise applications.
- Partner with Procurement, AP, Accounting, Tax, and Treasury to translate complex requirements into scalable system solutions, configurations, integrations, and automation.
- Drive P2P transformation initiatives, including guided buying, purchasing and invoicing modernization, supplier lifecycle management, payment processing, and transaction visibility.
- Work with integration engineers to desig