Global Accounts Payable Manager

Greene Tweed; Lansdale (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings account

401k savings plan

Life and disability insurance

Tuition assistance and more

Job summary

Greene Tweed Company seeks an accomplished Accounts Payable leader to direct a 4-person AP team and oversee global AP/T&E processes. You will drive P2P improvements, system upgrades, and vendor onboarding standardization while partnering with international teams to ensure timely payments and compliant practices.

The role requires extensive AP leadership experience, a track record of cross-functional collaboration, and a focus on process optimization and cash-flow management in a multinational

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive corporate AP experience, with at least 3 years leading complex system upgrades or global transformation initiatives.
• Proven experience managing direct reports while collaborating with dotted-line international teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related business field is required.
• Outstanding emotional intelligence, exceptional patience with cross-functional stakeholders, and an analytical mindset.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage a dedicated team of AP professionals.
• Provide guidance and operational leadership to international accounting groups via dotted-line reporting relationships.
• Oversee full-cycle AP workflows for the US, Europe, and Asia, including global T&E management with SAP Concur.
• Partner with Lean Six Sigma Black Belts on Procure-to-Pay improvements to map workflows and remove bottlenecks.
• Drive business requirements and user testing for a global AP invoice system upgrade.
• Streamline and globalize end-to-end vendor onboarding, master data management, and invoice processing operations.
• Prepare and present AP performance packages and cash outflow forecasts to the ELT.
• Drive global strategies to optimize cash outflows and DPO metrics.
• Enforce global “No PO, No Pay” compliance policies.
• Collaborate with Procurement to resolve invoice-to-PO discrepancies and enable 3-way matching.
• Foster collaborative relationships with all corporate functions for payment inquiries.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

Tools

SAP S/4HANA AP

X-Suite

Job description

At Greene, Tweed, you’ll find the cutting-edge technology, world-class polymer expertise and endless advancement opportunities you’d expect from a multi-national industry leader. You’ll find them all in an environment that embraces diversity in people and opinions, moves decision making to the point of impact, and celebrates your success.

If you enjoy continuous learning and are excited about working with and creating technological solutions, explore career opportunities with Greene, Tweed.

Global Operations & Transformation Projects

• Team Leadership: Directly manage a dedicated team of 4 AP professionals.
• Matrix Oversight: Provide guidance and operational leadership to international accounting groups via dotted-line reporting relationships.
• Regional AP & T&E Management: Manage full-cycle AP workflows for the US, Europe, and Asia, while completely overseeing the global Travel and Expense (T&E) management program with SAP Concur
• P2P Continuous Improvement: Partner closely with Lean Six Sigma Black Belts on a dedicated Procure-to-Pay project to map workflows, remove operational bottlenecks, and identify automation opportunities.
• Systems Upgrades: Drive business requirements and user testing for an upcoming global AP invoice system upgrade.
• Process Standardization: Streamline and globalize end-to-end vendor onboarding, master data management, and invoice processing operations.

Strategic Leadership & Executive Reporting

• Executive Visibility: Prepare and present comprehensive AP performance packages and cash outflow forecasts directly to the ELT on a regular basis.
• Working Capital Optimization: Drive global strategies to optimize cash outflows and master Days Payable Outstanding (DPO) metrics.
• Policy Enforcement: Implement, communicate, and rigorously enforce global “No PO, No Pay” compliance policies.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Relations

• Procurement Alignment: Partner extensively with Procurement teams to resolve invoice-to-PO discrepancies and ensure smooth 3-way matching.
• Internal Collaboration: Cultivate deep, collaborative relationships with all corporate functions to handle payment inquiries with patient, diplomatic internal customer service.
• Vendor Relations: Serve as the final escalation point for global strategic vendors, ensuring timely issue resolution and favorable payment terms.

Qualifications & Requirements

Technical Skills & Systems

• ERP Expertise: Deep, functional knowledge of SAP S/4HANA AP functionality is required.
• Specialized Software: Hands-on experience with X-Suite or similar advanced AP automation/OCR platforms is highly preferred.
• Analytical Mastery: Advanced proficiency in DPO calculations, cash-flow charting, and P2P metric reporting.

Experience & Education

• Experience: 10+ years of progressive corporate AP experience, with at least 3 years leading complex system upgrades or global transformation initiatives.
• Team Management: Proven experience managing direct reports while successfully collaborating with dotted-line international teams.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related business field is required.
• Soft Skills: Outstanding emotional intelligence, exceptional patience when dealing with cross-functional stakeholders, and an analytical, bottleneck-breaking mindset.

Note: This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor. All requirements are subject to change and updates.

We also provide eligible employees with a competitive benefits package that includes health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401k savings plan, life and disability insurance, tuition assistance and more, to meet the diverse needs of all employees and their family members.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Greene, Tweed is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other federally protected class.

Drug Free Workplace:

Greene, Tweed is a Drug Free Workplace. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screening and background investigation subject to federal, state, and local laws.

NOTE: Greene, Tweed is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for employment opportunities, unless they have a written agreement for the position they are contacting us about. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at GT without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Greene, Tweed, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Greene, Tweed as a result of the referral or through other means.