Senior Manager, Accounts Payable - Compute

We Love AI Jobs; San Francisco (CA); Híbrido; USD 216.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Hybrid work model

Relocation assistance

Descripción de la vacante

OpenAI is seeking a Senior Manager, Accounts Payable — Compute in San Francisco. You will own payment readiness, manage complex supplier obligations, and lead cross-functional coordination across Finance, Procurement, Treasury, Tax, and Systems partners in a hybrid work model.

You will translate contract terms into payment requirements, handle disputes, and drive workflow improvements to raise controls, service, and capacity across compute AP.

Formación

• 8+ years in AP, payments, or related finance operations.
• Strong judgment on controls, segregation of duties, supplier verification, reconciliations, and close support.
• Ability to interpret complex pricing, capacity, credits, billing, and payment terms.

Responsabilidades

• Own compute invoice-to-payment operating plan, material exceptions, and supplier escalations.
• Translate contracts and amendments into invoice-validation, PO/change-order, approval, control, and payment requirements.
• Investigate discrepancies, supplier disputes, missing credits, and PO coverage gaps across ERP systems.
• Lead a payment-readiness cadence across Compute Finance and Accounting teams; track owners, deadlines, and escalations.
• Set validation tolerances, escalation thresholds, and evidence requirements with partners; preserve segregation of duties.
• Coordinate funding forecasts and close-period payments with Treasury and reconcile aging for complete cutoffs.
• Map workload by task and complexity; assign work to staff or shared-service teams; ensure coverage and backups.
• Drive a roadmap for workflow and AI improvements; lead testing and adoption with Finance Systems.

Conocimientos

Accounts payable

Payment operations

Contract reconciliation

Invoice reconciliation

Financial data analysis

ERP workflows

Troubleshooting

Internal controls

Segregation of duties

Advanced spreadsheets

Oracle Fusion

Herramientas

Oracle Fusion

Descripción del empleo

# Senior Manager, Accounts Payable - ComputeOpenAISan Francisco (Hybrid)Full-time$216,000 – $240,000 / yearUpload your resume once and Scout applies for youApply with ScoutShare this job:LinkedInXSave imageThis role leads accounts payable operations for OpenAI’s compute-related supplier obligations, including complex invoices, disputes, and payment readiness. It coordinates Finance, Procurement, Treasury, Tax, and systems partners while improving controls, workflows, and team capacity.* Permanent* Hybrid* 8+ years### Skills and expertiseAccounts payable and payment operationsContract and invoice reconciliationFinancial data analysisERP workflow and integration troubleshooInternal controls and segregation of dutAdvanced spreadsheetsOracle FusionZip### Key responsibilities* Own compute invoice-to-payment operations, material exceptions, and supplier escalations.* Translate contract terms into invoice validation, approval, control, and payment requirements.* Lead workflow improvements and testing with Finance Systems, measuring service, risk, and capacity outcomes.## How this job comparesCompared with 162 open manager finance jobs on October 10, 2026.Pay: This job pays $216K to $240K a year. The 69 open manager finance jobs that publish US pay start at $144K on average, so this job starts about 50% higher.Similar open jobs: We Love AI Jobs lists 162 open manager finance jobs at 79 companies.Remote work: This job is hybrid. 45 of the 162 manager finance jobs (28%) are remote.AI in this role: Medium. The role uses AI tools and works with AI systems as a regular part of the job. Accounts payable operations are the core of the role, but it also owns requirements and testing for AI workflow improvements in finance operations.## Full descriptionAbout the TeamOpenAI’s Procurement team makes working with the world easy, fast, and safe. We connect supplier readiness, purchasing, invoicing, and payment so teams can move with confidence as OpenAI scales. Accounts Payable and Supplier Master Data Operations provide the trusted data, dependable execution, and financial discipline behind that experience.About the RoleOpenAI’s compute infrastructure depends on controlled execution of significant supplier spend. As Senior Manager, Accounts Payable — Compute, you will own payment readiness and material exceptions across large-value, business-critical obligations. Complex agreements evolve through amendments to pricing, capacity, service credits, billing mechanics, legal entities, and payment schedules. You will translate approved obligations into accurate, timely payments while navigating supplier disputes, late approvals, close deadlines, and cross-system dependencies.We’re looking for a hands-on technical and operational leader who can interpret complex payment terms, reconcile financial data, diagnose system failures, and build scalable workflows. Coordinating across multiple Compute Finance and Accounting teams is a core responsibility: you will establish decision owners, align deadlines, and move interdependent work forward in parallel. You will set the compute AP operating plan and lead delivery with Procurement, Treasury, Tax, Finance Systems, and existing processing teams, with measurable improvements in controls, service, and capacity.Location: This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.In this role, you will:• Own the compute invoice-to-payment operating plan, prioritize material exceptions, and lead supplier escalations across complex, high-value obligations and tight payment deadlines.• Interpret executed contracts and approved amendments affecting pricing, capacity, credits, billing mechanics, entities, and payment schedules; translate them into invoice-validation, PO/change-order, approval, control, and payment requirements.• Personally investigate discrepancies, supplier disputes, missing credits, duplicate risks, and PO coverage gaps. Trace records, field mappings, approval statuses, and sync failures across procurement and ERP systems; resolve root causes with accountable Finance, Procurement, supplier, and Systems partners.• Lead a payment-readiness cadence across Compute Finance and Accounting teams, consolidate the complete obligation and payment view, and resolve dependencies across charge validation, PO coverage, approvals, funding, and close. Track decision owners, deadlines, blockers, and escalation paths so material payments move forward as approval lands.• Confirm supplier, site, entity, tax, payment-method, and approval readiness with the relevant owners before payment release.• Coordinate funding forecasts and close-period payments with Treasury; reconcile invoice aging, payment registers, and bank/settlement evidence to support Accounting’s completeness and cutoff conclusions.• Design matching tolerances, validation rules, exception routing, evidence requirements, and escalation thresholds with control and accounting partners, preserving independent verification and segregation of duties.• Map compute workload and usable capacity by task and complexity, assign eligible work across employees, contractors, and shared-service teams, and maintain trained backups and close coverage. Coach task owners and backups, strengthen execution standards, and build greater team autonomy.• Set a prioritized improvement roadmap tied to compute business needs. Own requirements and acceptance criteria for workflow and AI improvements; lead operational testing and adoption with Finance Systems and Enablement, verify reconciliation and fallback, and measure service, risk, and verified capacity outcomes.You might thrive in this role if you:• Bring 8+ years in AP, payments, or related finance operations, or equivalent experience, with personal ownership of complex, high-value supplier obligations and material exceptions from executed contract through invoice approval, payment, and settlement.• Bring strong judgment on controls, segregation of duties, supplier verification, reconciliations, and close support in an audited environment.• Can interpret complex pricing, capacity, credit, billing, and payment terms and translate contract amendments into executable workflows, matching rules, and clear decision ownership.• Have led coordination across multiple finance and accounting teams on material payments, reconciled competing priorities and deadlines, and established clear decisions, handoffs, and escalation paths with suppliers and partners.