Global Accounts Payable Director

Inspire; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Global Accounts Payable Director to lead their procure-to-pay function. This pivotal role involves overseeing a large team, enhancing processes through automation, and ensuring compliance with internal controls. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in high-volume environments and a strong background in procurement management. Join a dynamic team dedicated to excellence in customer service and operational efficiency, where your leadership will drive significant transformations and improvements in financial processes.

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of high-volume procure-to-pay experience required.
• Strong leadership and communication skills essential for team management.

Responsibilities

• Lead a global accounts payable team, ensuring high-quality service.
• Oversee full cycle of accounts payable, including invoice processing and payments.

Skills

Procurement Management

Leadership

Communication

Organizational Skills

Data Analysis

Project Management

Oracle Cloud ERP

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business

CPA Certification

Tools

Excel

Word

Oracle Cloud

Job description

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Responsible for the overall leadership of the global procure-to-pay function, ensuring the team is well-structured, staffed, and trained with a focus on high customer service to internal and external clients. The role involves executing processes timely and consistently, maintaining internal controls, and developing/enhancing processes through automation and technology.

This position will lead procurement transformation initiatives, managing internal and external teams across functions to ensure successful execution. It also involves defining scalable frameworks and aligning people, processes, and systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team with 3 direct reports and lead 7 professionals locally.
• Monitor and measure the performance of a global accounts payable team of 25 professionals.
• Oversee the full cycle of Accounts Payable, including invoice processing, approvals, payments, and archiving, as well as administrative tasks like month-end close, accruals, supplier maintenance, and governance.
• Lead system implementations, including enterprise T&E and procurement systems.
• Drive procurement administration to reduce spend and improve budget compliance through requisition processes in Oracle Cloud ERP.
• Implement industry best practices leveraging technology and automation.
• Maintain and enhance AP internal controls at a SOX level, including control narratives.
• Handle balance sheet reconciliations, audit schedules, and control testing.
• Represent the procure-to-pay function, leading a support center with an emphasis on training and execution.
• Partner with treasury to optimize working capital via vendor discounts, payment terms, and rebates.
• Oversee the payment card support team and related processes.
• Manage 1099 reporting and compliance.
• Maintain relationships with third-party service providers.
• Coordinate with IT on technical issues and enhancements.
• Maintain dashboards to track workflow efficiency.
• Test and validate quarterly Oracle upgrades and updates.
• Ensure high-quality customer service to suppliers and internal teams.
• Perform other duties as assigned by senior leadership, including supporting financial close cycles.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4-year degree in Business; Accounting degree preferred; CPA preferred.
• 10-15 years of high-volume procure-to-pay experience, preferably in a global, multi-brand, public company environment.
• Knowledge of operational audits, internal controls, and accounting principles.
• Experience supervising large teams efficiently.
• Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.

Skills & Abilities

• Proficiency in Excel and Word.
• Knowledge of system processes and controls.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Ability to analyze data and make informed recommendations.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Ability to multitask, meet deadlines, and make sound decisions.
• Experience with KPIs, Oracle Cloud, system migrations, project management, and global scale operations, including acquisitions and integrations.