Purchase to Pay (P2P) GPO Analyst

Because our tomorrow is in your hands. Finance, our way. Finance at Primark Our finance team is renowned for their attention to detail. You’ll enable us to navigate the financial landscape with precision, contributing to the strategic decisions that support our growth. Surround yourself with experts and bring your scientific mind to shape the future of our organisation. What You’ll Do as a Purchase to Pay (P2P) GPO Analyst In your role, you’ll collaborate with different people across a range of skillsets. Here’s a flavour of your day-to-day: Support the P2P GPO in maintaining and enhancing global P2P processes, governance frameworks, SOPs, process maps, RACIs, and control documentation to ensure standardisation across the organisation. Monitor and analyse P2P performance through KPIs, SLAs, and control metrics, identifying trends, process gaps, risks, and opportunities for continuous improvement. Coordinate day-to-day P2P governance activities, including stakeholder engagement, action tracking, issue resolution, service reviews, escalations, and cross-functional collaboration. Act as a P2P SME for transformation and technology initiatives, supporting process design, testing, implementation, and adoption of systems such as Oracle, SoftCo, ZIP, and other P2P-related tools. Drive process optimisation, automation, and control enhancement initiatives by leveraging data-driven insights and partnering with Finance, Procurement, GBS, Technology, and business teams. Prepare governance reporting, leadership updates, training materials, and stakeholder communications while supporting change management and capability development across the P2P function. What You’ll Get The work you do shapes the impact we have. We’re focused on providing you with the culture to reach your potential. Your wellbeing is our top priority. Let’s talk lifestyle: Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria. This role is a hybrid opportunity, offering 1-2 days Working from home. What You’ll Bring We want every person in our organisation to feel like they’re making a key contribution. Here are some of the experiences and skills you’ll need for the role: Experience in Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Accounts Payable, Procurement Operations, Finance Operations, Finance Transformation, or Process Governance environments. Strong understanding of end-to-end P2P processes, controls, best practices, and process governance, ideally within a retail, consumer goods, or shared services environment. Proven analytical skills with the ability to interpret operational data, identify trends, perform root-cause analysis, and provide actionable recommendations for process improvement. Strong attention to detail with experience maintaining process documentation, SOPs, governance materials, action trackers, control documentation, and reporting packs. Experience working with ERP and finance systems, preferably Oracle ERP, with exposure to procurement, P2P, and financial reporting processes. Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills, combined with a proactive, problem-solving mindset; a finance, accounting, business, or process improvement qualification would be advantageous. Excited? Good. Because it’s energising to put your skills to work, in a growing global business committed to encouraging people to express themselves – and feel a sense of belonging. Apply to be part of Primark’s future, today… and enjoy career growth, our way. About Primark At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business a over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together. If you need any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request, during your recruitment journey, such as extended time or breaks between online assessments, a sign language interpreter, mobility access, or assistive technology please contact your talent acquisition specialist. All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference education and for some roles criminal, and financial checks. If you have any concerns, please reach out to our talent acquisition team to discuss. #LI-HYBRID