Accounts Payable Lead

Job Summary

The Accounts Payable Team Lead serves as a trusted subject matter expert and operational leader, ensuring the efficient execution of AP processes while supporting a high-performing team. This role drives cross‑functional collaboration, resolves complex issues, and champions automation and process optimization initiatives that improve accuracy, compliance, and scalability. The successful candidate is a critical thinker with strong oil & gas cost coding expertise and a passion for building efficient, scalable processes.

• Serve as the primary resource for the AP team on day‑to‑day processing questions, policy interpretation, and issue resolution.
• Train and mentor AP staff; support onboarding of new team members by developing and maintaining training materials and reference guides.
• Review escalated invoices, discrepancies, and vendor disputes; coordinate resolution with the appropriate internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the AP Supervisor to identify skill gaps and growth opportunities within the team.
• Review, validate, and process a high volume of invoices related to oil and gas operations, ensuring adherence to company policies and contractual terms.
• Process payment runs (ACH, checks, and wires).
• Serve as backup for AP Accountant and AP Specialist processing functions during peak periods or absences.
• Support month‑end close activities.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives and technology adoption, including AP automation, OCR tools, and AI.
• Ensure all AP transactions comply with company approval matrices, internal controls, and regulatory requirements.
• Support internal and external audits by providing documentation, schedules, and reconciliations, and responding to audit requests.