Global Accounts Payable Manager

About Strava

Strava is the app for active people. With over 180 million athletes in more than 185 countries, it’s more than tracking workouts—it’s where people make progress together, from new habits to new personal bests. No matter your sport or how you track it, Strava’s got you covered. Find your crew, crush your goals, and make every effort count. Start your journey with Strava today.

Our mission is simple: to motivate people to live their best active lives. We believe in the power of movement to connect and drive people forward.

This is a rare opportunity to develop and run a global AP function. As Strava Group’s first dedicated AP hire in EMEA, you’ll own the full procure-to-pay and T&E lifecycle across Strava and Runna globally, lead a distributed team from Dublin, and drive the transformation of an AP function that is evolving from a startup operating model to SOX-ready, public company-grade infrastructure.

The process gaps are real and known, the tools are in place with flexibility for up leveling, and leadership is invested in getting this right. You will report directly to the Assistant Controller based in San Francisco.

We follow a flexible hybrid model that translates to more than half of your time on-site in our Dublin, Ireland office — three days per week.

• Own and manage Strava Group’s global AP and T&E function end-to-end, including full-cycle invoice processing and PO management in ZipHQ, corporate card and stipend programmes via Mesh Payments, and travel operations through Navan
• Lead and develop a distributed AP team including US-based direct reports, setting clear expectations, maintaining a strong team cadence, and supporting their growth
• Drive the completion of AP integration for all subsidiaries — taking on full ownership of all entities invoice processing, vendor management, and related procure-to-pay (P2P) processes
• Build the data infrastructure the function doesn’t yet have: design and deliver AP health dashboards that give leadership real-time visibility into invoice aging, payment cycle times, approval SLAs, and exception rates
• Lead procurement process transformation in partnership with cross functional teams including improving PO compliance, vendor onboarding, and the overall P2P experience for teams across the company
• Own the AP sub-ledger end-to-end, including balance sheet reconciliations and support month-end accruals, ensuring clean PO and invoice data that the GL team can rely on at close
• Champion AI adoption and automation within AP operations globally identifying and implementing tooling that improves throughput, reduces manual work, and scales the function
• Own AP controls documentation and SOX readiness, to build and maintain a clean, audit-ready control environment

• Proven 7+ experience owning an AP function end-to-end at a global or multinational company, specifically as function owner, not just executor, with accountability for the full P2P and T&E lifecycle
• A track record of fixing a broken procurement or P2P process; you’ve navigated cross-functional resistance, driven adoption, and left the process measurably better
• Deep ownership of AP GL accounts, including balance sheet reconciliations and accruals, with a clear understanding of how PO data quality affects the close
• Experience building AP metrics and dashboard infrastructure from scratch; you’ve designed the reporting, not just consumed it
• Hands‑on experience with modern AP/P2P platforms such as ZipHQ or equivalent, a T&E tool such as Navan, and corporate card management (Mesh, Ramp, Brex, Concur, or similar)
• Experience managing a distributed team across geographies and timezones, with a demonstrated ability to develop people you don’t see in person every day
• Exposure to SOX compliance and IPO readiness in an AP or finance operations context; you understand control documentation, segregation of duties, and what audit-ready looks like
• Experience with AI or automation tooling in a finance context is a plus, especially experience with with using Claude to drive automation & productivity
• Multi-entity, multi-currency AP experience spanning EMEA and US entities

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