Accounts Payable Manager

Responsibilities

• Manage accounts payable operations and oversee invoice processing, payment runs, vendor master data, expense reimbursement, audit requests, and month-end close activities.
• Establish team priorities, operational goals, performance expectations, and service standards aligned with department objectives.
• Resolve difficult and moderately complex accounts payable issues involving payment delays, vendor disputes, controls, approvals, coding, or system workflows.
• Manage, coach, develop, and evaluate team members; provide technical guidance, performance feedback, and resource planning support.
• Monitor AP metrics, aging, backlog, cycle times, error rates, duplicate payment risk, exception trends, control adherence, and stakeholder service levels.
• Implement policies, procedures, documentation standards, training, and process changes to improve consistency, accuracy, compliance, and efficiency.
• Partner with Corporate Accounting, Technology, Project Finance, Operations, vendors, and internal stakeholders to resolve issues and improve workflows.
• Support internal controls, audit readiness, compliance reviews, segregation of duties, payment governance, and remediation efforts.
• Lead process improvement initiatives to strengthen AP operations, reporting, system use, team capacity, and service delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field and a minimum of 8 years of related experience; or 6 years with a Master’s degree; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience managing or supervising accounts payable, accounting, finance operations, shared services, or transaction processing teams.
• Ability to evaluate AP trends, exceptions, aging, error rates, process gaps, and control risks.
• Proficiency with AP automation, expense management, payment, reporting, dashboard, Microsoft Excel, and workflow tools.
• Ability to communicate performance expectations, difficult information, and process changes clearly and professionally.

Qualifications

• CPA, AP certification, MBA, process improvement certification, or related credential preferred.
• Experience with ERP implementations, AP automation, payment platforms, reporting dashboards, workflow tools, or document management solutions.
• Experience in AEC, professional services, project-based, overhead-intensive, or matrixed business environments.

Benefits

• Paid Vacation, Personal Time Off, and Holiday Pay
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Career Advancement Opportunities
• Professional Development and Training Support
• Pet Insurance