Accounts Payable Manager: Process Improvement Lead

Engage Search Partners, LLC; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Engage Search Partners, LLC is seeking an Accounts Payable Manager in the United States. You will lead a 2-3 person AP team, coordinate check runs with the Accounting Manager and CFO, and drive process improvements across the AP function.

The role emphasizes digitizing invoice retrieval, increasing ACH/EDI payments, and eliminating manual steps while meeting month-end and year-end deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting or finance preferred.
• Five or more years corporate AP experience.
• Experience supervising a team including hiring and development.
• 1099 filing experience.
• Strong computer and business solutions software skills such as MS Dynamics or NetSuite.

Responsibilities

• Manages AP, including vendor relations and the AP disbursement group handling invoices and 1099 items.
• Develops, implements and maintains systems, procedures and policies for accounts payable.
• Delivers change management to digitize invoice retrieval and enhance electronic payments.
• Motivates and rewards employees within budgets and guidelines.
• Benchmarks processes to streamline workflow and implements improvements and controls.
• Ensures timely month-, quarter-, and year-end AP closings.
• Maintains adherence to AP policies and standard operating procedures; analyzes AP operations.

Skills

Team leadership

Process improvement

Vendor relations

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting finance preferred

Tools

MS Dynamics

NetSuite

Job description

Engage Search Partners, LLC is seeking an Accounts Payable Manager in the United States. You will lead a 2-3 person AP team, coordinate check runs with the Accounting Manager and CFO, and drive process improvements across the AP function.

The role emphasizes digitizing invoice retrieval, increasing ACH/EDI payments, and eliminating manual steps while meeting month-end and year-end deadlines.