Senior AP Manager (Workday) — Leadership & Process Excellence

The University of Kansas Health System; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 81,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid time off and holidays

Retirement programs

Job summary

The University of Kansas Health System seeks a Senior Accounts Payable Manager to lead and optimize the accounts payable function, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant processing of invoices and payments. You will supervise AP staff, establish controls, and partner with Procurement, Central Finance, and campus partners.

The role emphasizes process improvement, KPI reporting, and audit readiness, with responsibility for 1099 reporting and Workday module ownership.

Qualifications

• Five years of progressive accounts payable or accounting experience.
• Three years of experience supervising, training, and developing teams.
• Experience with automated, high-volume accounts payable environments.
• Experience improving or standardizing processes through workflow tools, OCR, AI, and electronic invoicing.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all accounts payable activities including invoice and payment processing, customer service, and performance monitoring.
• Supervise, coach, and develop team of accounts payable professionals, including workload management, and performance evaluations.
• Develop, implement, and maintain policies and procedures using a risk-based approach to ensure strong internal controls and compliance with university policies and state guidelines.
• Establish, monitor, and report on service level expectations including invoice cycle times, backlog, aged invoices, and other key performance indicators.
• Review third-party reporting related to policy compliance, duplicate payments, and spend activity to identify potential control risks, unusual trends, or exceptions and coordinate follow-up as needed.
• Serve as primary point of escalation for supplier disputes, complex issues, and departmental concerns related to accounts payable.
• Manage administration of business procurement and travel credit cards including issuance of new cards, credit limits, inactivating cards and card reconciliation/payment.
• Collaborate with Procurement and other departments to improve procure-to-pay processes and ensure timely and accurate invoice processing and payment administration.
• Support Central Finance in month-end and year-end close activities related to accounts payable, including account reconciliations.
• Manage accounts payable related audit requirements.
• Complete 1099 reporting for Kansas Bridging Plan participants.
• Serve as Workday accounts payable module business owner, ensuring alignment with university needs and policies, and participating in system upgrades and enhancements.
• Develop and deliver training materials, guides, and workshops on accounts payable policies and procedures.
• Serve as a trusted business advisor to campus partners by acting as an industry expert in accounts payable best practices.

Skills

Problem solving

Decision making

Analytical thinking

Accuracy

Detail oriented

Deadline management

Multi-tasking

Communication

Customer service

Collaboration

Microsoft Excel

Reconciliations

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business, Management, Economics, or related field

Tools

Workday

Oracle

SAP

Banner

PeopleSoft

Dynamics

Job description

The University of Kansas Health System seeks a Senior Accounts Payable Manager to lead and optimize the accounts payable function, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant processing of invoices and payments. You will supervise AP staff, establish controls, and partner with Procurement, Central Finance, and campus partners.

The role emphasizes process improvement, KPI reporting, and audit readiness, with responsibility for 1099 reporting and Workday module ownership.