Senior Manager, Accounts Payable - Compute

# Senior Manager, Accounts Payable - Compute

OpenAISan Francisco (Hybrid)
Full-time $216,000 – $240,000 / year Upload your resume once and Scout applies for you Apply with Scout Share this job:

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This role leads accounts payable operations for OpenAI’s compute-related supplier obligations, including complex invoices, disputes, and payment readiness. It coordinates Finance, Procurement, Treasury, Tax, and systems partners while improving controls, workflows, and team capacity.
* Permanent* Hybrid
* 8+ years### Skills and expertise

Accounts payable and payment operations

Contract and invoice reconciliation

Financial data analysisERP workflow and integration trouble shoo

Internal controls and segregation of dut Advanced spreadsheets

Oracle Fusion Zip### Key responsibilities
* Own compute invoice-to-payment operations, material exceptions, and supplier escalations.
* Translate contract terms into invoice validation, approval, control, and payment requirements.
* Lead workflow improvements and testing with Finance Systems, measuring service, risk, and capacity outcomes.## How this job compares

Compared with 162 open manager finance jobs on October 10, 2026.Pay:
This job pays $216K to $240K a year. The 69 open manager finance jobs that publish US pay start at $144K on average, so this job starts about 50% higher.

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Remote work:
This job is hybrid. 45 of the 162 manager finance jobs (28%) are remote.

AI in this role:
Medium. The role uses AI tools and works with AI systems as a regular part of the job. Accounts payable operations are the core of the role, but it also owns requirements and testing for AI workflow improvements in finance operations.## Full description

About the TeamOpenAI’s Procurement team makes working with the world easy, fast, and safe. We connect supplier readiness, purchasing, invoicing, and payment so teams can move with confidence as OpenAI scales. Accounts Payable and Supplier Master Data Operations provide the trusted data, dependable execution, and financial discipline behind that experience.

About the RoleOpenAI’s compute infrastructure depends on controlled execution of significant supplier spend. As Senior Manager, Accounts Payable — Compute, you will own payment readiness and material exceptions across large-value, business-critical obligations. Complex agreements evolve through amendments to pricing, capacity, service credits, billing mechanics, legal entities, and payment schedules. You will translate approved obligations into accurate, timely payments while navigating supplier disputes, late approvals, close deadlines, and cross-system dependencies.

We’re looking for a hands-on technical and operational leader who can interpret complex payment terms, reconcile financial data, diagnose system failures, and build scalable workflows. Coordinating across multiple Compute Finance and Accounting teams is a core responsibility: you will establish decision owners, align deadlines, and move interdependent work forward in parallel. You will set the compute AP operating plan and lead delivery with Procurement, Treasury, Tax, Finance Systems, and existing processing teams, with measurable improvements in controls, service, and capacity.

Location:

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new  this role, you will:
• Own the compute invoice-to-payment operating plan, prioritize material exceptions, and lead supplier escalations across complex, high-value obligations and tight payment deadlines.
• Interpret executed contracts and approved amendments affecting pricing, capacity, credits, billing mechanics,…