The P2PSME Story

30 years of experience as a Global Finance Professional

My name is Stephen King and I’m the founder of P2PSME.

Three threads run through my company’s story –

 A passion for process excellence.  

 Decades of learning and experience.

 Success implementing ERP and ‘Best of Breed’ Systems.

I combine my passion and know-how to bring companies complete control over their Procure to Pay systems and processes.

A background in global finance

Although P2PSME was established back in 2012, its beginnings go much further back. I had previously spent a decade or two gathering experience in the Technology, Financial Services, Manufacturing and Retail sectors. I worked with Senior Executives, Business Leaders, and their teams – often in Sourcing, Procurement, Accounts Payable and Finance departments.

Since the early days of P2PSME, my focus has been on providing Procure To Pay project consultancy to global organisations across the world. These projects have usually revolved around –

  • Source to Pay
  • Procure to Pay
  • Accounts Payable Creation and Turn Around Projects
  • ERP System Implementations like SAP ECC and 4/Hana, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics (D365) and Unit4 ERP
  • Global Process Excellence and Standardisation
  • Advising and Successfully Rolling Out Invoice Capture and Statement Reconciliation Solutions

Boosting global businesses’ productivity and profitability by optimising
their Procure to Pay systems and processes

A multitude of relevant roles and qualifications

My previous roles have included

  • P2P Subject Matter Expert
  • P2P Global Process Owner
  • P2P Project Workstream Lead
  • P2P Project Manager
  • P2P Delivery Consultant
  • Systems Implementation Consultant
  • Finance and Analysis Roles

My qualifications include

  • Certified Prince2© Practitioner
  • Certified Change Management Practitioner
  • Accounts Payable Association P2P Practitioner
  • AP Manager Certification

Industry influencer

I am a regular contributor to industry eBooks and have appeared on several Purchase to Pay Network webinars. I have been an Accounts Payable Association ‘Top 100 influencer’ for several years resulting in regular invitations to conferences as a Guest Speaker or Panel Member.

Stephen has worked twice with me in interim roles. Both were challenging roles in major, complex change programmes which required strong process knowledge, and a resilient and can-do attitude. In both cases he brought impressive knowledge of the P2P process and underlying support applications. He was quick to assess the situation, identify actions and implement.

Richard Wierszycki

Formerly Unit4

Why so many organisations turn to P2PSME

Clients report that they come to P2PSME for several reasons -

  • Our P2P experience and know-how.
  • Wide industry sector experience.
  • Our approach - the way we work.
  • Personal recommendations on previously successfully completed projects.

Collaboration works best

It starts with listening. We find out about our clients’ successes and challenges, about their goals and strategies.

Next, we analyse. We drill down to their P2P processes, data, and systems. We look in detail at their sourcing and procurement processes.

Finally, we create. We use our wealth of industry experience to generate P2P processes that fit the organisation and its goals.

Our clients invariably see us as a ‘safe pair of hands’, yet innovative and rigorously results-driven.

They appreciate the benefits of the massive cost efficiencies we bring them through the optimisation of their processes, enabling more agile back-office functions that give them that longed-for competitive advantage.

Clients recognise the benefits we’ve introduced to over a dozen companies, many of them household names – no. 1 in their sectors.

Our benefits

Among the many benefits of our P2P work, clients recognise and appreciate how we -

  • Successfully deliver multi-million Finance Transformation P2P and S2P Projects on time and on budget.
  • Establish best practice processes and robust controls.
  • Identify, mitigate, and resolve risks by anticipating them early.
  • Show business teams the art of the possible.
  • Work collaboratively with all relevant levels of an organisation, including external members of the project team – C-Level Project Sponsors, Senior Leadership Team, Business Teams, Big 4 External Consultancies, Interim Consultants, System Implementors, and Outsource Providers.
  • Work happily within a variety of cultures and environments, either in the UK, overseas – either in person or remotely.

I cooperated with Stephen King in Finance area. He played the role of Global Process Owner for P2P stream. Stephen designed and implemented End to End Purchase Order process for the company and initiated required improvements. Stephen demonstrated significant process expertise and his knowledge of Unit4 system was a real asset. He built good relationship within our Finance organisation and his overall good collaboration was appreciated by the teams.

Paula Reczek

Cap Gemini

We’re ready to help

There’s no better time to

  • Establish new, efficient, and compliant purchasing excellence
  • Reduce the time you spend on invoice processing and query handling
  • Improve on time payment to suppliers
  • Cut down on your P2P costs per transaction
  • Boost people’s productivity
  • Enhance your bottom line

Shouldn’t we be talking?

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