Manager, Accounts Payable.

Threadlock Precision; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Threadlock Precision is seeking an Accounts Payable Manager to oversee AP across four locations, including the recently acquired R&S Machining plant in St. Louis, Missouri.

This role combines hands-on processing with leadership to build a scalable AP function rooted in strong internal controls. You will lead the AP team, set priorities, coach staff, and ensure timely payment processing while partnering with Procurement, Operations, and Finance to improve purchase-to-pay execution.

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or GED required.
• At least eight (8) years of accounts payable experience across multiple entities.
• Experience with ERP/accounting systems and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day accounts payable across four locations.
• Coach and develop AP staff; manage priorities and deadlines.
• Monitor invoice queues, vendor aging, and payment schedules.
• Escalate complex vendor, payment, invoice, and PO issues.
• Partner with Procurement, Operations, Finance to improve P2P.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities.
• Establish standardized AP processes and controls.

Skills

Accounts payable

Vendor management

ERP systems

Microsoft Excel

Leadership

Process improvement

Financial controls

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

HS Diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Threadlock Precision is a rapidly growing engineered component manufacturing organization serving leading aerospace and defense customers, including OEMs and Tier 1/Tier 2 suppliers. Backed by strong financial support and positioned for continued expansion, we are investing in our people, capabilities, operations, and commercial strategies to support long-term growth and meet increasing demand across complex, high-precision manufacturing programs.

The Work We Do Matters! Our products support the defense industrial base and ensure that the men and women serving our country have reliable, high-quality equipment.

We are currently hiring an Accounts Payable Manager to oversee all AP enterprise wide. This position will sit at our recently acquired R&S Machining plant located in St. Louis, Missouri.

How You Will Make a Difference

This is an opportunity to help shape and scale the Accounts Payable function as Threadlock Precision continues to grow. You will bring structure, consistency, and strong financial discipline across our businesses while improving how we process, manage, and resolve accounts payable activities. Your impact will go beyond processing transactions…you will help build the processes, controls, and team needed to support the next stage of our growth.

Position Summary

As our Accounts Payable Manager, you will be responsible for leading and executing the day-to-day accounts payable function across the organization, currently four locations. This is a working manager and individual contributor role involved in invoice processing, vendor account resolution, payment preparation, reconciliations, and close support while also establishing priorities, monitoring performance, and serving as the primary escalation point for complex accounts payable issues.

As the organization grows, you will build and lead the AP team, remaining hands-on while assigning work, coaching employees, and ensuring consistent execution across the function.

You will provide hands-on transaction processing support for four separate businesses while ensuring payment accuracy and timeliness, process discipline, internal controls, issue resolution, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Accounts Payable Operations & Leadership

• Lead and actively participate in day-to-day accounts payable activities, including invoice review and processing, coding, purchase order and receipt matching, payment preparation, vendor maintenance, and account reconciliation.
• Manage, coach, and develop accounts payable employees, including establishing priorities, assigning work, monitoring performance, and ensuring deadlines and service expectations are met.
• Monitor invoice queues, vendor aging, payment schedules, and outstanding issues; prioritize work and ensure timely resolution of exceptions and backlog.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex vendor, payment, invoice, purchase order, and internal process issues.
• Partner with Procurement, Operations, Finance, and business leaders to resolve discrepancies and improve purchase-to-pay execution.
• Ensure accounts payable transactions are accurate, properly supported, approved, and processed in accordance with company policies and internal controls.
• Review and approve payment activity in accordance with established authority levels and segregation-of-duties requirements.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities, including account reconciliations, accrual support, aging analysis, account research, and audit documentation.
• Monitor key accounts payable metrics, including invoice volume, processing timeliness, payment status, outstanding exceptions, and aging, and provide visibility to Finance leadership on significant risks or trends.
• Establish and maintain standardized accounts payable processes, procedures, controls, and work instructions across business locations.
• Identify process gaps, bottlenecks, duplicate work, and opportunities to improve accuracy, efficiency, automation, and consistency.
• Lead accounts payable process improvements, system implementations, integrations, and testing activities.
• Support the integration and standardization of accounts payable practices across newly acquired and existing business locations.

Basic Qualifications (Required)

• H.S. Diploma or GED.
• At least eight (8) years of accounts payable experience supporting multiple legal entities or business locations and to include payment process development and improvement, vendor reconciliations, and financial controls.
• Experience using ERP/accounting systems and Microsoft Excel.

Preferred Qualifications (in addition to Basic Qualifications):

• Prior AP Management experience, including building teams.
• Experience in a manufacturing, aerospace and defense, or multi-site business environment.
• Experience with ERP implementations, business integrations, or acquisition environments.
• Effective oral and written communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to resolve complex vendor, invoice, and payment issues
• Excellent analytical, reconciliation, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes, resolve issues, and improve processes.
• Strong attention to detail and understanding of financial controls, approval requirements, and process discipline.
• Ability to establish priorities, manage multiple deadlines, and balance hands-on transactional responsibilities with leadership and team oversight.
• Strong leadership and people-management skills with the ability to remain hands-on in daily operations.

EEO Statement

Threadlock Precision is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

This position requires compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations. As such, candidates must be a “U.S. Person” as defined by applicable law (e.g., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, or asylee/refugee).