AP Manager: Build a Scalable, AI-Driven Payables Engine

Socket.dev; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Sortera Technologies, Inc. in Wisconsin is seeking an AP Manager to own the full payable cycle across multiple sites. You will oversee vendor onboarding, three-way matching, coding, approvals, and payments (ACH, wire, check, and virtual card) and drive automation with an AI-enabled spend platform.

Requires 8+ years in accounts payable, 3+ years in people management, and strong US GAAP knowledge. You’ll collaborate with procurement, operations, and finance to improve working capital, accuracy,

Qualifications

• 8+ years in accounts payable or procure-to-pay, including 3+ years managing people.
• Manufacturing, industrial, logistics-heavy, or multi-site environment.
• Working command of US GAAP as it applies to payables, accruals, cutoff, capitalization, and cost classification.
• Hands-on ownership of an AP or spend management platform — Ramp, Brex, Coupa, Tipalti, AvidXchange, or Bill considered — plus a mid-market or enterprise ERP (NetSuite preferred).
• Automation results you can quantify, not just tools you've used.
• Fluency with AI and agentic workflows — you\'ve used AI on real transactional work, know where it fails, and can set up, instruct, and supervise an agent on a recurring task.

Responsibilities

• Full-cycle AP across all entities and sites: vendor onboarding and master data, PO and non-PO invoices, three-way match, coding, approval routing, and payment runs (ACH, wire, check, virtual card).
• AI enabled spend and payables platform — bill pay, approval workflows, corporate card issuance and limits, expense and receipt policy, vendor payment execution, and the ERP sync.
• Freight and logistics invoices: rate and accessorial validation, short-pay workflows, dispute resolution, and carrier follow-through.
• Scrap and raw-material payables with procurement and the scale house: weight tickets, assay and settlement adjustments, price-basis validation.
• Vendor master governance: duplicate prevention, W-9 collection, bank-detail change verification and fraud controls, annual 1099 cycle.
• Lead and scale the AP team — training, documentation, and cross-coverage that keep the close on schedule.

Skills

Accounts payable

GAAP knowledge

Automation experience

AI workflows

Leadership

Cross-functional communication

Excel/BI

Education

CPA or equivalent

Tools

Ramp

Brex

Coupa

Tipalti

AvidXchange

Bill

Job description

Sortera Technologies, Inc. in Wisconsin is seeking an AP Manager to own the full payable cycle across multiple sites. You will oversee vendor onboarding, three-way matching, coding, approvals, and payments (ACH, wire, check, and virtual card) and drive automation with an AI-enabled spend platform.

Requires 8+ years in accounts payable, 3+ years in people management, and strong US GAAP knowledge. You’ll collaborate with procurement, operations, and finance to improve working capital, accuracy,