Accounts Payable Ops Lead — Vendor Management

Apogee Enterprises Inc; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) with match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness Program

Career Progression

Job summary

Apogee Services Inc. is seeking an Accounts Payable Operations Supervisor to oversee daily AP activities, including a third-party BPO provider for invoice processing, GRNI, and exception management. You will partner with the Sr. AP Shared Services Manager to monitor performance and ensure control requirements.

You will lead vendor governance, reporting, and continuous improvement, applying strong analytical skills and cross-functional collaboration to meet SLAs and drive efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in Accounts Payable, Procure-to-Pay, shared services or related operational finance functions.
• Experience supporting or overseeing outsourced operations, managed services providers or third-party service delivery relationships.
• Experience monitoring operational performance through KPIs, SLAs and reporting metrics.
• Strong understanding of Accounts Payable operations, procure-to-pay processes, three-way matching and internal controls.
• Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and reporting tools.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate across organizational levels.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for the Accounts Payable managed services provider.
• Coordinate communications between internal stakeholders and vendor leadership.
• Support operational and governance meetings.
• Monitor vendor performance against established SLAs and KPIs.
• Escalate significant operational concerns to AP leadership.
• Monitor operational performance, including processing volumes, productivity, backlog and cycle times.
• Support GRNI monitoring, reporting and resolution activities.
• Monitor invoice exception trends and coordinate with AP Analysts on recurring issues.
• Identify operational risks and support corrective actions.
• Support oversight of additional Accounts Payable processes and functions as assigned.
• Support resolution of invoice processing, GRNI and operational workflow issues.
• Coordinate with AP Analysts, business stakeholders and the service provider to address process issues.
• Escalate recurring or significant issues requiring management intervention.
• Support root-cause analysis and development of sustainable solutions.
• Prepare operational reporting, KPI analysis and performance summaries.
• Support vendor performance reviews and governance activities.
• Maintain AP accrual reporting and required intercompany reporting.
• Coordinate with Corporate and Segment Controllers to support month-end close and reporting requirements.
• Support initiatives to improve AP operational performance and efficiency.
• Participate in implementation of process enhancements, automation and standardization efforts.
• Track improvement actions and monitor results.
• Recommend opportunities to improve service delivery and close-related activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Accounts Payable

P2P

KPIs & SLAs

Excel

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field

Tools

SAP

Epicor

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

Apogee Services Inc. is seeking an Accounts Payable Operations Supervisor to oversee daily AP activities, including a third-party BPO provider for invoice processing, GRNI, and exception management. You will partner with the Sr. AP Shared Services Manager to monitor performance and ensure control requirements.

You will lead vendor governance, reporting, and continuous improvement, applying strong analytical skills and cross-functional collaboration to meet SLAs and drive efficiency.