Senior Accounts Payable Manager

Overview:

The Senior Accounts Payable Operations Manager provides senior-level leadership and operational oversight for Accounts Payable activities. The role leads AP teams to ensure accurate, timely, and efficient operations while maintaining service quality, process compliance, and performance. This position oversees day-to-day operations, drives process improvements, resolves operational issues, and partners with internal stakeholders to meet business requirements and service expectations.

Benefits We Offer:

• Lead critical Accounts Payable operations within a global/shared services environment.
• Provide senior-level leadership and operational direction to AP teams.
• Collaborate with finance teams, business stakeholders, and support functions.
• Drive process improvement, productivity, and operational efficiency.
• Develop and coach high-performing teams while gaining exposure to complex AP operations.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide overall leadership and operational oversight for Accounts Payable activities, including team priorities, performance, productivity, quality, and service levels.
• Lead, coach, and develop AP teams while supporting recruitment, onboarding, workforce planning, coaching, and performance management activities.
• Oversee AP processes to ensure accurate, efficient, and timely completion while maintaining compliance with policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Resolve escalations and operational issues, identify process gaps, and implement corrective actions and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Partner with cross-functional teams and management to provide operational insights, address risks, improve service delivery, and support business reviews.

What You Need to Succeed:

• At least 10 years of managerial experience required.
• Accounts Payable experience required, with experience in a BPO, Shared Services, or GBS environment preferred.
• Experience managing first-line managers or other people leaders preferred, with a background in Accounting or Finance preferred.
• Strong leadership, coaching, people-management, communication, stakeholder-management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong understanding of AP operations, process improvement, operational efficiency, Microsoft Office (particularly Excel), and enterprise business systems.

How We Set You Up for Success:

• Structured onboarding and training on AP processes, systems, and business operations.
• Exposure to global/shared services Accounts Payable operations.
• Opportunities to lead process improvement, productivity, and operational efficiency initiatives.
• Collaboration with cross-functional and finance teams.
• Opportunities to further develop leadership and people-management capabilities in a supportive environment focused on operational excellence.