Procurement Specialist, Post Payment Vendor Audit & Recoveries

Job Description: Key Focus : Include contract compliance, pricing accuracy, supplier performance, and value leakage prevention and identification — rather than transactional buying operations. Help EXL continuously improve its product through domain knowledge and subject matter expertise.

Ideal Candidate Profile: Experienced in enterprise procurement and contract-to-pay processes audit/Post payment Audit and recovery, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive compliance governance and value recovery.

Responsibilities: Qualifications (Required)

• 7–12+ years in procurement/sourcing, commercial operations, or supplier management.
• Exposure to large/complex enterprise environments (CPG/manufacturing/regulated industries a plus).
• Working knowledge of contracts and commercial terms (MSA/SOW, pricing, rebates/discounts), contract-to-PO alignment, invoice/AP validation, and SLA credits/penalties.
• Consulting and/or transformation program experience within complex, large enterprises
• Post-payment audits, spend compliance, and/or value recovery experience.
Familiarity with CLM and/or compliance platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with client Procurement, AP, Finance, and Legal to validate contract-to-PO and invoice compliance versus pricing, rebates/discounts, and SLA terms.
• Identify value leakage and overbilling patterns (rate/UOM errors, missed discounts, unauthorized changes, non-compliant billing, missed SLA credits).
• Mentor Managers and Analysts and build playbooks for compliance, recovery, and governance.
• Validate system-identified exceptions; recommend escalation paths and recovery actions.
• Quantify opportunities, track recoveries to closure, document root causes and corrective actions, monitor and report leakage trends
• Translate contract structures, pricing, and SLAs into clear, testable business rules; communicate findings to executive stakeholders.
• Aligning findings with governance, controls, and documentation standards in partnership with Finance and Legal.
• Help with the continuous improvement of EXL product.

Qualifications: Qualifications (Required)

• 7–12+ years in procurement/sourcing, commercial operations, or supplier management.
• Exposure to large/complex enterprise environments (CPG/manufacturing/regulated industries a plus).
• Working knowledge of contracts and commercial terms (MSA/SOW, pricing, rebates/discounts), contract-to-PO alignment, invoice/AP validation, and SLA credits/penalties.
• Consulting and/or transformation program experience within complex, large enterprises
• Post-payment audits, spend compliance, and/or value recovery experience.
Familiarity with CLM and/or compliance platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with client Procurement, AP, Finance, and Legal to validate contract-to-PO and invoice compliance versus pricing, rebates/discounts, and SLA terms.
• Identify value leakage and overbilling patterns (rate/UOM errors, missed discounts, unauthorized changes, non-compliant billing, missed SLA credits).
• Mentor Managers and Analysts and build playbooks for compliance, recovery, and governance.
• Validate system-identified exceptions; recommend escalation paths and recovery actions.
• Quantify opportunities, track recoveries to closure, document root causes and corrective actions, monitor and report leakage trends
• Translate contract structures, pricing, and SLAs into clear, testable business rules; communicate findings to executive stakeholders.
• Aligning findings with governance, controls, and documentation standards in partnership with Finance and Legal.
• Help with the continuous improvement of EXL product.