Manager, Accounts Payable

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Manager, Accounts Payable based in the United States.

As Manager, Accounts Payable, you will oversee the full accounts payable lifecycle while leading a team and maintaining hands‑on involvement in daily financial operations. You will ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payments across domestic and international transactions, including foreign-currency payments. Working closely with Finance and Administration leadership, you will strengthen financial controls, improve reporting accuracy, and support month‑end and year‑end closing activities.

You will manage vendor relationships, resolve complex payment issues, and oversee expense management systems and associated workflows. Through effective team leadership and cross‑functional collaboration, you will promote accountability, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement. This remote opportunity is ideal for an experienced accounts payable professional who combines technical expertise with people management and a practical, solutions‑oriented mindset. You will contribute to the organization’s financial integrity while helping build scalable processes and a reliable, service‑focused finance function.

• Oversee the full accounts payable lifecycle:
  Manage and actively participate in invoice intake and review, coding validation, approval routing, payment‑batch preparation, payment release coordination, vendor issue resolution, account reconciliations, and month‑end close support.

• Manage domestic and international payments:
  Prepare, review, and process payments through ACH, domestic and international wire transfers, checks, virtual cards, and other applicable payment methods. Ensure foreign‑currency transactions are appropriately documented, authorized, reconciled, and compliant with established procedures.

• Maintain payment accuracy and internal controls:
  Verify invoices and supporting documentation for accuracy, authorization, coding, tax treatment, payment terms, and compliance with organizational policies. Coordinate approvals and payment releases in accordance with internal control requirements.

• Manage vendor relationships:
  Serve as the primary escalation point for vendor inquiries, payment discrepancies, disputes, rejected or returned transactions, and other payment‑related issues. Oversee vendor onboarding, record maintenance, documentation, W‑9 collection, and vendor data validation.

• Monitor cash flow and payment schedules:
  Track accounts payable aging, payment deadlines, outstanding liabilities, and cash requirements to support effective financial planning and timely vendor payments.

• Lead reconciliations and financial reporting:
  Maintain responsibility for accounts payable‑related balance sheet accounts, review journal entries, and prepare or oversee monthly reconciliations for accounts payable, prepayments, accrued liabilities, and related accounts.

• Support financial close and tax compliance:
  Contribute to month‑end and year‑end closing activities, including accruals, journal entries, account analyses, reconciliations, and financial reporting. Manage annual IRS Form 1099 reporting and filing, including vendor eligibility validation and timely distribution.

• Develop performance metrics:
  Partner with Finance leadership to establish and report on accounts payable performance indicators, including invoice processing times, vendor onboarding, payment accuracy, service levels, and operational efficiency.

• Administer expense management systems:
  Manage the organization’s travel and expense management and accounts payable automation platform, currently Concur. Oversee system configuration,…