Job Title : Business Process Controls Consultant (Ariba / Workday)

Overview:
We are seeking a Business Process Controls Consultant to support a large-scale procurement transformation initiative, with a primary focus on SAP Ariba implementation and integration with Workday. This role will be responsible for assessing, designing, and testing business process controls aligned to Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR).

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead gap assessments of existing business process controls related to procurement and financial reporting.
• Evaluate the current control environment and identify control gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Design and implement business process controls aligned to Ariba implementation and Workday integration.
• Map newly designed and existing controls to functional processes and validate control effectiveness.
• Perform controls testing to ensure compliance with ICFR and organizational standards.
• Conduct risk assessments and real-time system assessments (RTSA) related to procurement processes and system changes.
• Partner with project teams to embed appropriate controls throughout the system implementation lifecycle.
• Provide guidance on controls design throughout the build and deployment phases of Ariba.
• Facilitate knowledge transfer sessions with client stakeholders to ensure understanding and sustainability of controls.
• Support documentation and audit readiness efforts for financial reporting controls.
• Act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold the firm’s respectful and courteous work environment.

Scope of Work:

• Approximately 80% focused on SAP Ariba (procurement processes and controls).
• Approximately 20% focused on Workday (integration and downstream financial impacts).

Required Qualifications:

• Experience designing and testing business process controls (not limited to ITGC).
• Strong understanding of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (ICFR).
• Hands-on experience performing controls testing and risk assessments.
• Experience working in system implementation environments, particularly within procurement or finance functions.
• Demonstrated experience with SAP Ariba and/or Workday in an enterprise environment.
• Ability to translate business processes into effective, auditable control frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting SOX compliance programs.
• Experience conducting real-time system assessments (RTSA).
• Exposure to cloud environments (e.g., AWS) is preferred but not required.

Key Skills:

• Business process controls design and evaluation
• Risk assessment and control gap analysis
• Controls testing and audit support
• Procurement and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes
• System implementation support (Ariba / Workday)

**** Work will be completed in 3 sprints with breaks in between

• Sprint 1 - 7/6 to 7/24: 3 weeks (flexible depending on actual start date)
• Sprint 2 - 8/17 to 8/28: 2 weeks
• Sprint 3 - 9/21 to 10/9: 3 weeks

 KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) seeks a contractor in the United States to provide service to KPMG through one of our contracted employer/agency service providers. All applicants for any KPMG role are expected to act with integrity, professionalism, and personal responsibility to uphold the firm’s respectful and courteous work environment. All applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future. KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa).

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Pay Rate Range

50 - 96 USD hourly