Head of Accounts Payable

About the role

The Head of Accounts Payable will own accounts payable and travel & expense across all Beast Industries business units — media production, consumer products, fintech, and emerging ventures — and lead the team that keeps a high-volume, multi-entity payables operation running with accuracy and control. This role owns the Ramp platform end-to-end including corporate cards, bill pay workflows, procurement and T&E workflows, along with vendor management and payment controls. The Head of Accounts Payable will lead and develop an A/P and T&E team while partnering with business leaders to accelerate the procure-to-pay cycle.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end accounts payable across all entities and business units
• Own the Ramp platform: corporate card programs, bill pay workflows, procurement, approval hierarchies, and T&E administration
• Lead, mentor, and develop the A/P and T&E team across locations
• Accelerate the procure-to-pay cycle across vendor onboarding, PO discipline, invoice processing, and payment execution
• Administer the company's T&E and spend policy, including exception management, audits, and policy iteration with Finance leadership
• Design and maintain rigorous payment controls, including segregation of duties, payment approvals, and fraud prevention
• Own vendor master governance: onboarding, W-9/W-8 collection, banking verification, and 1099 reporting
• Partner with treasury workflows on payment runs, cash forecasting inputs, and banking relationships
• Drive automation across invoice capture, coding, and matching within Ramp and NetSuite
• Serve as a key point of contact for external auditors on A/P, T&E, and payment control matters

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive accounts payable / procure-to-pay experience, including leadership of multi-entity A/P functions
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA or relevant certification a plus but not required
• Deep expertise with Ramp and NetSuite
• A track record of building payment controls and segregation of duties
• Demonstrated success accelerating P2P cycle times without sacrificing accuracy or control
• Experience leading and developing distributed teams with a hands-on, player-coach approach
• Strong vendor management instincts, including 1099 compliance and vendor risk practices
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to partner effectively with non-finance stakeholders
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, evolving, high-transaction-volume environment

Qualifications

• Hands-on operator with deep procure-to-pay expertise
• Builder mentality who can accelerate processes and enhance controls

Skills

• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong analytical and financial acumen

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Generous Medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield), Dental, Vision and company-paid Life Insurance
• Company contributions to employee Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• 401k Plan with Safe Harbor company-matching
• Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays
• Company-provided technology package
• Relocation assistance where applicable, including travel and company-provided housing for the first 90 days