Sr. Associate – Accounts Payable

Sr. Associate – Accounts Payable

The Sr. Associate – Accounts Payable executes and continuously improves Accounts Payable processes through data‑driven analytics and automation, including AI‑enabled solutions. The role strengthens invoice processing efficiency, enhances the control environment, and drives intelligent automation while reinforcing core business processes and sustainable long‑term solutions.

• Service Delivery – transform recurring exceptions into preventable issues, create visibility through clear KPIs and change logs, build reusable SOPs and knowledge materials, and help teams adopt stronger ways of working through training and practical tools.
• Invoice & Payment Resolution – resolve invoice, payment, and expense discrepancies and vendor/employee inquiries, partnering across Finance, Procurement, Master Data, and Tax, and own issues through closure while documenting sustainable fixes.
• Customer Service & Stakeholder Collaboration – foster a responsive, high‑quality customer‑service culture, collaborate effectively with key stakeholders, business partners, and accounting/audit authorities.
• Continuous Improvement – maintain strong organization by tracking actions, decisions, and lessons learned, raise issues promptly, follow them through to closure, validate outcomes, and implement preventive actions to avoid recurrence.
• Documentation & Audit Trail – maintain documentation and audit trails that support tax reporting outputs and ensure clear traceability across source transactions, system logic, and filed forms.
• Data‑Driven Analytics & Insights – analyze AP transactional data to identify processing bottlenecks, rework drivers, and duplicate or erroneous payments; perform root‑cause analysis and translate insights into actionable process improvements.
• AI Agent & Prompt Engineering – evaluate internal and external AI capabilities, support the Senior Manager in identifying opportunities for improved accuracy, partner with IT and automation teams to integrate AI agents into AP workflows.
• Team Results & Quality Assurance – ensure the team completes reconciliations and vendor/employee payments accurately and on time, maintain the completeness and quality of the team’s work, and manage escalations appropriately.
• Audit & Compliance – ensure adherence to internal controls and audit requirements, support audit requests with data‑backed documentation, recommend enhancements aligned with automation and AI, and maintain clear distinction between manual and system‑driven activities.
• People Management – serve as a role model for financial accuracy, tool adoption, and continuous improvement; provide direction and oversight to a diverse team, identify resource risks and capability gaps, and support remediation strategies.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience (or 13 years of related experience for high school graduates, 9 years for associate degree holders, 2 years for M.S. holders, 1 year for Ph.D. holders).
• Fluency in reading, writing, understanding and communicating in English.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Accounts Payable or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of demonstrated leadership experience.
• Strong people‑management skills, including constructive feedback and performance management.
• Strong focus on continuous process improvement, demonstrated by a positive attitude.
• Strong SOX knowledge and clear understanding of accounting internal controls and audit requirements.
• Excellent MS Office skills and strong SAP knowledge (ECC or S/4
  
  HANA).
• Experience in Financial Reporting & Accounting (A2P), business partnering, compliance, and control.
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience in an outsourcing or shared‑services organization.
• Ability to work effectively under strict deadlines while maintaining accuracy and quality.

Alcon provides a robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off, and much more.

Alcon is an equal opportunity employer and participates in E‑VERIFY. Alcon takes pride in maintaining an inclusive environment that values different perspectives and our policies are non‑discriminatory in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Alcon is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please send an email to  and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.