Finance Application Product Owner and RPA

About the role

PHINIA: Advancing sustainability today, powering a cleaner tomorrow. PHINIA is an independent, market-leading, premium solutions and components provider with over 100 years of manufacturing expertise and industry relationships, with a strong brand portfolio that includes DELPHI®, DELCO REMY® and HARTRIDGE™. With over 12,500 employees across 43 locations in 20 countries, PHINIA is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA. At PHINIA, we Provide fuel systems, electrical systems, and aftermarket products and solutions of the highest quality - developed and manufactured responsibly - that are designed to enhance efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of vehicles, industrial machinery, and other applications. In doing so, we contribute to a cleaner tomorrow, treat our people and surrounding communities with respect, and hold ourselves accountable to robust ethical standards. Our Culture PHINIA promotes and cultivates an inclusive culture and diverse perspectives, strives to maintain its reputation for excellence, thrives on the power of collaboration, and fosters the development of our talented employees. We believe in making a positive impact through our business and actions, and we take our collective responsibility seriously. Career Opportunities We believe in building a brighter tomorrow for our employees as well as our customers and encourage you to learn about our long history, strong culture, new technologies, and future vision. We offer a strong local presence and interesting global opportunities. Join us on this shared journey toward a brighter tomorrow. JOB PURPOSE PHINIA is seeking a Finance Application Product Owner & RPA to lead the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of automation‑enabled SAP capabilities across finance team. This role drives an automation‑first product mindset-leveraging UiPath and Comarch alongside SAP S/4HANA, SAP BTP, and SAP Cloud ALM-to modernize processes across P2P/AP, O2C/AR, RTR/Finance, and Master Data domains. The Product Owner partners closely with Finance, Procurement, Operations, and IT teams to deliver digital workflows, RPA solutions, and finance application enhancements that reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, strengthen controls, and boost business efficiency. Having a global ownership of finance application integration with SAP.

Responsibilities

• Own the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for SAP-enabled GBS processes (P2P/AP, O2C/AR, RTR/Finance, MDM), with automation as the core value lever.
• Lead discovery workshops with GBS, Finance, Procurement, Shared Services, and Operations to identify automation use cases, inefficiencies, and transformation opportunities.
• Deliver end ‑ to ‑ end automation solutions using UiPath (RPA bots, unattended/attended automation, workflows) and Comark for SAP ‑ centric automation scenarios.
• Integrate UiPath and Comarc h automations with SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, SAP BTP Integration Suite (CPI), APIs, IDocs, and external systems (portals, banking, tax, suppliers, customers).
• Lead integration of finance applications with SAP.
• Use SAP Signavio (process mining/fit ‑ to ‑ standard) and operational data to pinpoint high ‑ value improvements and track value realization.
• Leverage SAP Joule AI for accelerated analysis, pattern detection, documentation drafting, and test coverage recommendations.
• Work with SAP functional teams to design, document, and deliver enhancements across GBS processes (pricing, invoicing, payments, procurement, journal posting, dispute handling).
• Ensure automation follow secure-by-design, SoD controls, audit requirements, and compliance with PHINIA's governance and identity standards.
• Collaborate with Data & Analytics teams to develop dashboards measuring automation impact (touchless rate, cycle time, exceptions, accuracy, volume, savings).
• Govern citizen automations created by business teams to ensure safety, standards, templates, and lifecycle controls.
• Oversee UiPath/Comarch operational readiness: monitoring, bot scheduling, error handling, runbooks, failover support, and hypercare processes.
• Manage vendor and MSP partners for RPA, SAP, and integration delivery; evaluate new features across UiPath, Comark, SAP BTP, and S/4HANA.
• Support S/4HANA transformation through fit ‑ to ‑ standard design, simplification item reviews, data validations, regression cycles, and cutover activities.
• Ensure end ‑ to ‑ end documentation including process maps, solution designs, automation specifications, user stories, test scripts, and operational runbooks.
• Communicate progress, risks, and financial value to senior finance and IT leadership; maintain transparent roadmaps and prioritization rationale.
• Drive continuous improvement using automation-first thinking, workflow simplification, self-service enablement, and shift-left models.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or related field.
• 7-12+ year

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