Accounts Payable Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Execution Governance: Lead day-to-day AP operations for NA and LATAM, ensuring consistent execution and adherence to documented policies, standards, and payment readiness.
• Performance Accountability: Serve as the primary owner for AP and vendor master performance metrics, ensuring regional outputs align with global business objectives.
• Audit & Controls: Strengthen the control environment by maintaining rigorous documentation standards, approval evidence, and consistent issue remediation processes to ensure audit readiness.
• Automation & AI Integration: Identify and champion opportunities to integrate AI-driven solutions and automated workflows into the AP lifecycle to reduce manual touchpoints.

People & Performance Leadership

• Direct Supervision: Lead a specialized team of AP and Vendor Management Specialists, fostering a culture of accountability, inclusion and belonging.
• Talent Development: Drive the full talent lifecycle—including coaching, individualized development plans, and succession planning—to build a high-performing regional team.
• Operational Capacity: Monitor workload distribution and exception trends to proactively resolve bottlenecks and ensure seamless coverage.

Tax Compliance & Regulatory Filings

• 1099 & 1042 Reporting: Direct the annual preparation and filing of IRS Forms 1099 and 1042.
• Unclaimed Property: Oversee the identification, due diligence, and state-specific escheatment filings for unclaimed property.

Vendor Management & Process Optimization

• Vendor Ecosystem Management: Oversee the end-to-end vendor lifecycle, ensuring data integrity aligns with AP standards and downstream payment requirements.
• Workflow Transformation: Harvest team insights to eliminate redundancies, streamline workflows, and drive continuous improvement to minimize rework.
• Strategic Partnerships: Collaborate with Procurement, Compliance, Treasury, Accounting, and IT to bridge functional gaps and resolve systemic issues in vendor data quality.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree Required: Preferably in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• Experience: Professional: 7+ years of progressive experience in Accounts Payable. Leadership: 3–5 years of direct people management, specifically managing senior-level individual contributors.
• Technical Compliance: Proven track record of managing 1099, 1042-S, and Unclaimed Property filings.
• Systems: Advanced proficiency in enterprise ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite), Advanced Excel, OCR platforms, banking portals, tax compliance software and business spend management platforms (e.g. Coupa).

Skills

• A strong, effective communicator who expertly navigates all levels of the organization.
• Ability to manage up by distilling complex operational data into concise, actionable insights for senior leadership.
• Strong analytical ability to interpret exception trends and forecast capacity needs.
• Expertly navigate cross-functional partnerships.

Benefits/Perks

• Competitive compensation
• Generous Paid Time Off (5 weeks PTO your first year!)
• 4 days (one per quarter) of Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
• Year-End break from Dec 26th – Dec 31st
• We offer comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and Wellness Programs
• Paid parental leave
• An infrastructure that allows flexible working arrangements
• Formal and informal reward, recognition, and acknowledgment programs