Accounts Payable Lead

About This Role

The Accounts Payable Lead will elevate AP operations by partnering directly with department leadership and owning significant process improvements. This role is critical in a department-wide transformation, supporting a system and process overhaul, and ensuring efficient workflow.

Responsibilities

• Direct and triage AP workflow, ensuring efficient assignment and resolution across team processors
• Own higher-level AP functions: statement research, past-due vendor management, credit applications, and troubleshooting
• Monitor and report team productivity using established dashboards and metrics; escalate risks or blockers quickly
• Perform quality assurance on AP transactions, identify and correct coding errors, support reclasses, and contribute to continuous improvement
• Act as a solutions partner to senior management by flagging, prioritizing, and resolving issues before escalation
• Serve as the AP Lead who understands the full process end-to-end and can step in to support processing when needed
• Provide direction on vendor prioritization, ensuring control of throughput and workflow pacing

Requirements

• 5–7 years of full-cycle accounts payable experience in a high-volume corporate environment (2,800–3,000+ invoices/month)
• Ability to perform AP processing but operate primarily at a higher, workflow-directing level
• Experience with large-company ERP systems
• Strong, direct communication style with the confidence to influence diverse and assertive personalities
• Proven ability to identify coding errors, support reclasses, and maintain accuracy across AP operations
• Comfort raising issues early and offering solutions
• Excel proficiency: ability to work within established productivity trackers, manage data dumps, and understand VLOOKUP and PivotTables

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of full-cycle accounts payable experience in a high-volume corporate environment (2,800–3,000+ invoices/month)

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits