The opportunity
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to…
What you'll do
Lead the development and execution of strategies that enable scaleable,: efficient and controlled procure to pay processes globally including: purchase requisitions, PO management, supplier management, and payments, including the design and rollout of modern procurement orchestration tools (e.g., Oro) and scaling our international P2P system architecture to support global growth.
Act as an expert in Finance Operations across multiple areas and processes,: providing thought leadership and new approaches to enhance the organization's effectiveness, as well as managing and developing a high performing team.
Partner with the Business Systems Engineering team and other cross-functional: stakeholders to prioritize and develop requirements for procurement projects to enable the ongoing transformation and continuous improvement of systems and processes.
Evaluate information or data to draw conclusions, generate solutions,: evaluate outcomes, adding value to business objectives by proactively identifying impactful opportunities and/or gaps in systems and workflows.
Prioritize resources (e.g., people, budget) and work stream(s) needed to: execute the assigned activities, effectively managing work performed internally and through third party service providers, ensuring appropriate service level agreements to measure effectiveness.
Define risk mitigation and compliance procure to pay processes, driving: solutions to mitigate risk or preemptive issues from recurring.
What they're looking for
- Use AI strategically to drive productivity, creativity, and innovation. Coach: the team to seek out opportunities for human-AI collaboration and quickly learn new skills to transform how work gets done.
- Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, or related field
- + yrs experience in Finance Operations or Process Optimization, including 8+: years managing/ leadership in a rapid growth environment
- Ability to identify and implement financial processes optimizations to drive: greater efficiency, accuracy, and reliability in areas such as budgeting, reporting, forecasting, compliance, operations, and financial controls
