Accounts Payable Lead

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Dentons is designed to be different. Our Firm leads the way in a rapidly changing legal marketplace. We challenge the status quo and deliver consistent results as well as uncompromising quality and value to our clients. Our global presence is renowned as a firm with over 21,000 individuals in more than 200 offices serving clients across 80+ countries.

Dentons Canada is committed to its people and communities. We are consistently recognized as an employer of choice having received numerous awards including being selected as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers (2026);
Canada’s Top Employers for Young People (2026), and Canada’s Best Diversity Employers (2026).

This role is an opportunity for you to join Canada's Global Law Firm, a firm that offers opportunities to build your career while growing your skills and deepening your expertise.

The Accounts Payable Lead is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day accounts payable function to ensure invoices, employee expenses, and vendor payments are processed accurately, efficiently, and in accordance with company policies and internal controls. This role provides hands-on operational support while leading workflow coordination, issue resolution, vendor management, and continuous improvement across the procure-to-pay process. The Accounts Payable Lead works closely with Accounts Payable team and business stakeholders to maintain service levels, support month-end activities, and strengthen compliance and process effectiveness.

This role is a hybrid role requiring some in office presence every week.

• Lead and coordinate daily accounts payable operations, including invoice intake, coding review, approvals follow-up, payment processing, and exception handling.
• Ensure vendor invoices, employee expense claims, and payment requests are processed accurately and within established service level targets.
• Review and monitor payment runs to ensure timely disbursements and compliance with approved payment terms.
• Act as the primary escalation point for complex vendor inquiries, payment discrepancies, aged items, and unresolved exceptions.
• Maintain the integrity of vendor master data, including banking details, tax information, and onboarding documentation.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities by preparing reconciliations, accrual support, and accounts payable reporting.
• Monitor accounts payable aging and open items, investigate unusual balances, and drive timely resolution.
• Ensure adherence to internal controls, approval authorities, audit requirements, and relevant tax or statutory obligations.
• Partner with Finance and other Business teams to improve workflow efficiency, and support operational needs.
• Develop, document, and maintain accounts payable procedures and process guides.
• Identify process improvements, automation opportunities, and reporting enhancements to improve accuracy, cycle time, and user experience.
• Provide day-to-day guidance, training, and work allocation for accounts payable team members, helping to build capability and ensure business continuity.

• Bachelor degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in in a high volume environment, preferably within a professional services firm.
• Previous experience in a lead, senior, or supervisory accounts payable role preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of accounts payable processes, internal controls, invoice lifecycle management, and payment operations.
• Experience supporting month-end close, reconciliations, and audit requests.
• Strong proficiency with ERP systems and accounts payable automation tools, experience with 3E an asset.
• Strong proficiency with MS Office, especially with Excel (e.g. lookups, pivot tables, text functions).
• Strong proficiency with T&E and invoice management software, experience with Chrome River an asset
• Exceptional attention to detail, accuracy, and ability to meet recurring deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills to effectively prioritize and manage…