Overview In this role you will lead the Accounts Payable team within a high-volume environment, partnering with onshore and offshore resources to uphold accuracy and policy adherence. You will drive process consistency and mentor staff as the company scales its AP operations during a period of growth. Your work supports finance leadership and cross-functional stakeholders through proactive issue resolution and performance monitoring. This is a chance to influence controls, develop streamlined processes, and contribute to a broader transformation effort.
Compensation / Benefits- medical
- dental
- vision
- 401(k)
Responsibilities- Provide daily leadership and operational support to the Accounts Payable team
- Coordinate priorities and workflow between local and international AP resources
- Oversee invoice intake, processing, exception resolution, approvals, and payment-related activities
- Monitor shared AP inboxes and ensure inquiries are addressed
- Assist with vendor onboarding, maintenance, and supplier communication
- Review AP reporting and identify aging items, backlogs, and process trends
- Oversee payment exceptions, including returned payments, voids, reissues, and reconciliation items
- Support compliance activities involving unclaimed property and escheatment
- Monitor employee expense and purchasing-card activity for policy compliance
- Review offshore and third-party work for quality and adherence to procedures
- Escalate operational challenges and vendor/service issues
- Maintain internal controls, approvals, and segregation-of-duties standards
- Ensure documents are audit-ready
- Track AP metrics and communicate trends to management
- Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve service delivery
- Assist with system implementations, process transitions, and stabilization
- Train and coach AP team members
- Promote accuracy, accountability, collaboration, and customer service
Key requirements- 5+ years of progressive Accounts Payable Supervisory experience
- Bachelors degree in Accounting
- Experience in a high-volume AP environment
- Proficiency with SAP S/4HANA
- Strong Excel and reporting skills
- Solid understanding of AP processes, reconciliations, payment activity, and vendor management
- Knowledge of internal controls, compliance requirements, and segregation of duties
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Professional presence and confidence with management and cross-functional teams
- Ability to prioritize competing demands in a fast-paced environment
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
- communication (excellent verbal and written)
- leadership and coaching
- problem-solving
- SAP S/4HANA
- Excel and reporting
- AP processes, reconciliations, and vendor management
