Vice President-Accounts Payable
TresVista
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Job summary
TresVista in Pune, India, seeks a Vice President - Accounts Payable, Payroll & P2P Transformation to lead and transform AP, payroll, reimbursement, vendor management, payment governance, and procure-to-pay. This strategic leadership role combines controllership, compliance, fraud prevention, and digital transformation to drive ROI.
You will build a scalable, AI-native finance operation with real-time close readiness, automate accruals and amortization, optimize working capital, and partner with
Qualifications
- CA/CPA/ICWA with 8–14 years of experience across AP, P2P, payroll, reimbursements, vendor governance, and finance transformation.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and governance capabilities.
- Experience in building AI-native finance processes and automation initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Lead AP, payroll, reimbursement, vendor management, payment governance, and procure-to-pay ecosystem transformation.
- Build scalable SOPs, control frameworks, dashboards, and governance around payroll, reimbursements, and statutory compliance.
- Drive automation of payroll inputs, reimbursements, approvals, reconciliations, and fraud controls.
- Oversee vendor onboarding, KYC, contract governance, and lifecycle management from onboarding to payment.
- Standardize P2P processes, invoicing, payment runs, and bank controls to enable touchless processing.
- Enable real-time close readiness with automated accruals, amortization, and close dashboards.
- Lead digital transformation initiatives using BI, RPA, and AI for finance operations.
- Provide governance and stakeholder management across Procurement, Legal, Treasury, IT, and business units.
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Job description
TresVista is a global enterprise whose business model is built to deliver enduring value. TresVista combines best practices, technology-enabled execution, and industry-leading talent to drive meaningful results. By integrating advisory capabilities with scalable delivery, TresVista helps clients operate smarter and grow stronger. TresVista's services include investment diligence, industry research, valuation, fund administration, accounting, and data analytics.
TresVista is a global enterprise whose business model is built to deliver enduring value. TresVista combines best practices, technology-enabled execution, and industry-leading talent to drive meaningful results. By integrating advisory capabilities with scalable delivery, TresVista helps clients operate smarter and grow stronger. TresVista's services include investment diligence, industry research, valuation, fund administration, accounting, and data analytics.
The Finance Operations department in the company handles all the financial and investment decisions. It primarily focuses on maximizing shareholder value through long-term and short-term financial planning and the implementation of various strategies. It aims to maximize the value of a business through the planning and execution of resources.
The Vice President - Accounts Payable, Payroll & P2P Transformation will be responsible for leading and transforming TresVista’s AP, payroll, reimbursement, vendor management, payment governance, and procure-to-pay ecosystem. This is a strategic leadership role that combines controllership, compliance, fraud prevention, operational excellence, digital transformation, vendor risk management, stakeholder management, and business value creation.
The role will be expected to build a scalable, AI-native finance operations model that enables real-time and accurate closing, lean team productivity, automated approvals, automated accruals and amortization, cycle-time improvement, robust SOPs, charters, checklists, work instructions, fraud controls, and dashboard-led governance. The leader will work closely with Procurement, Legal, HODs, Treasury, Corporate Finance, IT, and business teams to streamline the vendor lifecycle from onboarding to payment, while ensuring compliance, risk mitigation, privacy obligations, and measurable ROI.
Lead payroll and reimbursement operations with strong compliance, controllership, data accuracy, approval governance, exception management, and audit readiness.
Build SOPs, charters, checklists, work instructions, dashboards, and control frameworks for payroll, reimbursements, statutory compliance, and employee payment processes.
Drive automation of reimbursement validation, payroll inputs, approval workflows, exception s, fraud checks, payment files, reconciliations, and compliance reporting.
Partner with Procurement, Legal, and HODs to streamline the vendor lifecycle from onboarding, KYC, empanelment, contracting, purchase order discipline, invoicing, payment terms, and ongoing performance governance.
Drive deep vendor KYC, privacy and contract obligation tracking, vendor risk assessment, concentration risk, alternate/substitute vendor planning, and escalation protocols.
Support empanelment of larger and more strategic vendors, rationalize vendor base, improve vendor efficiency, and strengthen commercial controls over vendor selection and renewal.
Standardize billing periods, PO periods, billing dates, invoice dates, approval dates, and payment dates to enable fully automated payment cycles and reduce manual intervention.
Build automated payment runs, invoice validation, 2/3-way matching, approval routing, bank master controls, duplicate detection, fraud checks, and exception-based escalations.
Consolidate payment cycles, improve payment predictability, optimize working capital discipline, reduce vendor queries, and improve vendor experience through structured governance.
Enable real-time close readiness through automated accruals, automated amortization, GR/IR hygiene, unbilled receipts tracking, close dashboards, and evidence completeness.
Strengthen controllership over approvals, reconciliations, vendor statements, ageing, open POs, unprocessed invoices, prepaids, amortization schedules, and payment exceptions.
Ensure high accuracy in close, audit support, ICFR/SOX evidence, statutory requirements, and management reporting across AP, payroll, reimbursement, and vendor-related processes.
Create an AI-native AP and payroll function by using Power BI, RPA, dashboards, workflow automation, low-code/no-code tools, and AI-agent-based solutions for repetitive processes.
Develop AI agents and automation routines for invoice ingestion, coding suggestions, PO matching, duplicate detection, anomaly detection, vendor risk s, approval nudges, accrual creation, amortization tracking, and payment exception monitoring.
Design control towers that track SLA performance, touchless processing, first-pass yield, fraud s, approvals, leakage, ROI, vendor risk, reimbursement exceptions, payroll compliance, and close readiness.
Build fraud-prevention controls around vendor onboarding, bank master changes, duplicate invoices, payment overrides, reimbursement claims, unusual approvals, split invoices, and suspicious transactions.
Provide insights into wastage, leakage, ROI, vendor risk, policy exceptions, control failures, and overdue escalations with automated red-flag reporting.
Support ESG-related reporting for P2P by strengthening data capture on vendor categories, procurement practices, compliance documentation, and governance metrics.
Play a key role in M&A, acquihire, and diligence activities by evaluating vendor contracts, payroll obligations, reimbursement processes, payment liabilities, vendor risk, open commitments, and integration readiness.
Design scalable AP and payroll integration playbooks to absorb new entities, geographies, vendors, and teams without proportionately increasing headcount.
Standardize master data, approval matrices, vendor terms, payment cycles, PO discipline, automation workflows, and close processes during integrations and hypercare.
Work closely with Procurement, Legal, Treasury, Corporate Finance, IT, HODs, business teams, and leadership to resolve bottlenecks, anticipate risks, and drive cross-functional accountability.
Run weekly exception reviews, monthly close and controls reviews, CFO/leadership updates, and quarterly board/PE-style packs covering productivity, controls, risk, savings, automation, and transformation ROI.
Recommend and approve AP, payroll, reimbursement, vendor governance, payment controls, SOPs, charters, checklists, work instructions, and control frameworks in partnership with relevant stakeholders.
Own AP, payroll, reimbursement, P2P workflow, DOA routing, maker-checker controls, segregation of duties, evidence frameworks, and escalation protocols.
Prioritize automation, Power BI dashboards, AI agents, RPA workflows, and transformation releases with IT and business teams.
Propose vendor governance actions, payment cycle changes, process redesigns, control enhancements, and transformation investments linked to measurable ROI.
Touchless invoice percentage, first-pass match rate, invoice-to-pay TAT, approval ageing, payroll accuracy, reimbursement TAT, and exception closure rate.
Real-time close readiness, automated accrual accuracy, amortization accuracy, GR/IR ageing reduction, unbilled receipt control, and evidence turnaround time.
Reduction in payment exceptions, duplicate payments, fraud incidents, policy deviations, vendor disputes, leakage, wastage, and audit observations.
Vendor portal adoption, vendor query reduction, vendor satisfaction, vendor risk visibility, vendor KYC completeness, and contract/privacy obligation tracking.
Automation adoption, AI-agent coverage, dashboard usage, time saved, productivity improvement, cycle consolidation, and transformation ROI.
Ability to support 10x business scale while keeping the AP/payroll function lean, controlled, and significantly more productive.
- CA/CPA/ICWA with 8 to 14 years of experience across AP, P2P, payroll, reimbursements, payments governance, controllership, finance operations, or transformation-led shared services.
- Strong fundamentals in accounting, payroll compliance, reimbursement governance, vendor management, procurement controls, payment processing, monthly close, accruals, amortization, and audit readiness.
- Proven track record of driving automation, digital transformation, Power BI dashboards, RPA workflows, ERP enhancements, and AI/agentic technology use cases in finance operations.
- Strong understanding of vendor KYC, fraud prevention, bank master controls, privacy and contract obligations, ESG reporting, risk management, and internal control frameworks.
- Ability to work with Procurement, Legal, Treasury, IT, Corporate Finance, HODs, business teams, vendors, auditors, and senior leadership.
- Strong analytical ability with the capability to create insights on leakage, fraud risk, wastage, ROI, productivity, payment cycles, vendor performance, and process bottlenecks.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, problem-solving, critical thinking, problem anticipation, and execution discipline.
- Proactive, entrepreneurial, detail-oriented, adaptable, and willing to build scalable processes in a high-growth environment.
CA or equivalent finance qualification with 8 to 14 years of experience in AP/P2P, payroll, reimbursements, vendor governance, controllership, shared services, or finance transformation.
Experience in high-growth services, consulting, SaaS, technology-enabled, global business services, or managed-services environments will be preferred.
Hands-on exposure to D365/SAP/Oracle or equivalent ERP systems, Power BI control towers, workflow tools, RPA, OCR/IDP, low-code/no-code automation, and AI-agent-led finance transformation.
Strong in ICFR/SOX, audit readiness, payment governance, supplier risk, vendor management, monthly close, accruals, amortization, and evidence-driven controllership.
Ability to think strategically while remaining hands-on in process redesign, controls, automation, stakeholder follow-through, and measurable business impact.
The compensation structure will be as per industry standards
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