Our client, a leading global medical healthcare organization, is seeking an experienced SAP OpenText Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) Consultant to support and enhance their Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Accounts Payable operations. The consultant will be responsible for designing, configuring, supporting, and optimising OpenText VIM solutions integrated with SAP S/4HANA, ensuring compliant, efficient, and scalable invoice processing in a highly regulated healthcare environment. This role will work closely with Finance, Procurement, IT, and SAP technical teams to deliver stable invoice automation and continuous process improvements.
Key Responsibilities
- Configure, support, and enhance OpenText Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) for SAP S/4HANA environments.
- Design and maintain invoice processing workflows, approval hierarchies, exception handling, and escalation rules.
- Configure DP (Document Processing), IP (Invoice Processing), and OCR-based invoice capture scenarios.
- Maintain and enhance posting logic, tolerances, tax handling, and validation rules.
- Ensure seamless integration between OpenText VIM and SAP S/4HANA Finance (FI), MM, and P2P processes.
- Support invoice scenarios including PO-based, non-PO, credit memos, and service invoices.
- Collaborate with SAP FI/MM teams to align VIM configurations with business and accounting requirements.
- Provide L2/L3 support for VIM-related incidents, troubleshooting errors and resolving causes.
- Analyze and implement change requests and enhancements with minimal impact to production.
- Support testing cycles (unit, SIT, UAT) and assist with cutover and go-live activities.
- Ensure invoice processing solutions comply with SOX, audit, and internal control requirements.
- Support regulated environments, ensuring traceability, audit logs, and proper approval documentation.
- Maintain system and functional documentation aligned with compliance standards.
- Work closely with Finance, AP teams, Procurement, IT, and external vendors.
- Provide knowledge transfer, training sessions, and user support to business users and internal teams.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance automation, accuracy, and processing efficiency.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience working with SAP OpenText VIM in SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA environments.
- Strong hands-on experience configuring VIM workflows, DP/IP scenarios, posting rules, and exception handling.
- Solid understanding of SAP FI (AP), MM, and Procure-to-Pay processes.
- Experience supporting invoice capture, OCR, and document archiving solutions.
- Proven experience in incident resolution, root-cause analysis, and production support.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work with both technical and business stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with OpenText VIM for SAP S/4HANA.
- Exposure to OpenText Archive Server, Extended ECM, or other OpenText solutions.
- Experience in healthcare, life sciences, or pharmaceutical regulated environments.
- Familiarity with global AP operations, shared services, and multi-country invoice processing.
- SAP or OpenText certifications related to VIM, FI, or S/4HANA Finance.
