Manager, Accounts Payable

The Accounts Payable Manager is responsible for overseeing the global accounts payable function, ensuring timely and accurate processing of invoices, payments, and expense reporting across multiple regions. This role manages a team, enforces internal controls, and drives process improvements to support scalability, compliance, and efficiency in a multinational environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end accounts payable processes across multiple countries and currencies
• Ensure timely processing of vendor invoices, employee expenses, and payments
• Manage month-end and year-end AP close activities, including accruals and reconciliations
• Monitor AP aging and resolve discrepancies or payment delays
• Lead, mentor, and develop a global or regional AP team
• Allocate workload and ensure service levels are met across time zones
• Establish performance metrics and conduct regular reviews
• Ensure compliance with company policies, local regulations, and tax requirements (e.g., VAT, GST, withholding taxes)
• Maintain strong internal controls aligned with frameworks like Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)
• Support internal and external audits by providing documentation and analysis
• Build and maintain relationships with key global vendors
• Oversee vendor onboarding, including due diligence and banking verification
• Resolve escalated vendor issues and disputes
• Optimize AP processes through automation and best practices
• Manage and enhance ERP systems such as SAP ERP, Oracle ERP Cloud, or NetSuite
• Drive initiatives like e-invoicing, OCR, and touchless processing
• Partner with Procurement, Treasury, Tax, and Accounting teams
• Support cash flow forecasting and working capital management
• Align AP processes with global finance strategy
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (CPA or equivalent preferred)
• 7–10 years of accounts payable or accounting experience, including management experience
• Experience in a multinational or global organization
• Strong knowledge of international payment practices and tax regulations
• Proficiency in ERP systems and AP automation tools
  
  
  

Preferred Experience

• Shared services or centralized AP environment
• Experience with process transformation or system implementation
• Familiarity with foreign currency transactions and intercompany accounting
  
  
  

Compensation: $150,000-175,000

Salary is based on a range of factors that include relevant experience, knowledge, skills, other job-related qualifications.