Lead, Accounts Payable

About the Team

The Accounts Payable Operations Lead serves as a key operational partner to Accounts Payable leadership, supporting daily AP transactional operations, supplier onboarding, payment processing, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives.

What You’ll Do

• Operational Support
  • Update daily invoice intake for tracking purposes
  • Identify processing bottlenecks for specific suppliers/invoices and partners with AP Supervisors to drive resolution
  • Review and approve supplier setup requests in accordance with company policies and internal controls
  • Ensure supplier records are complete and accurate
  • Payment Administration
    • Prepare, perform review, and submit ACH payment requests for Sr. AP Manager approval
    • Process and coordinate domestic and international wire payments for Sr. AP Manager approval
    • Post manual payment transactions within Oracle Fusion
    • Research and resolve ACH rejections, payment failures, and banking exceptions
    • Cook with Treasury and suppliers regarding payment-related issues
  • Reporting and Analytics
    • Generate daily, weekly and monthly AP operational reports
    • Distribute KPI dashboards for AP Supervisors and leadership to drive processing and for Sr. AP Manager, to monitor trends and productivity metrics
    • Support AP Aging cleanup initiatives and assist with identifying root causes of outstanding liabilities
  • AP Support & Escalation Management
    • Serve as the primary responder for AP related Slack requests and inquiries
    • Triage issues and route escalations to AP Supervisors as appropriate
    • Escalate complex operational issues to AP leadership when necessary
  • Process Improvement
    • Assist Sr. AP Manager with Oracle Fusion enhancements, testing, and implementation activities
    • Support special projects, strategic AP initiatives, and audit requests

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of Accounts Payables experience
• Strong understanding of full cycle AP processing, supplier management, ACH and wire payment
• Experience working within a large ERP environment, preferably Oracle Fusion
• Advanced Excel skills including Pivot Tables and V/XLOOKUP
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Ability to prioritize multiple competing requests in a fast-paced environment
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Aerospace, manufacturing, defense, or high-growth company experience
• SOX or Government environment experience
• Experience creating KPI dashboards, and operational reporting
• Knowledge of AP controls, supplier onboarding, 1099 reporting and payment fraud prevention
• Experience supporting process improvement and automation initiatives