Senior Manager, Accounts Payable North America

Your Opportunity

The Senior Manager, Accounts Payable is the enterprise leader accountable for the overall end to end operation, performance, and governance of the Corporate Accounts Payable function. This role provides strategic and operational leadership across domestic and global AP activities, including direct accountability for the Corporate AP team and functional oversight of the Pune AP team.

The successful candidate will be a strategic, technically strong finance leader who can operate at an enterprise level, lead complex global teams, and ensure best‑in‑class Accounts Payable operations. They will bring a strong control mindset, deep Oracle expertise, and the leadership capability to scale and modernize the AP function while maintaining compliance and service excellence.

This position combines deep technical accounting expertise, people leadership, and systems mastery to ensure accurate, compliant, and scalable AP, expense, and corporate card operations across the organization.

Your Key Responsibilities 

• Own and lead the overall running of the Corporate Accounts Payable function, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant processing of vendor payments, employee expenses, and corporate credit card transactions.
• Provide enterprise level leadership and oversight of the Pune Accounts Payable team, ensuring alignment to corporate standards, controls, service levels, and performance expectations.
• Establish and maintain strong governance, internal controls, and audit readiness across all AP processes.
• Serve as the functional authority for Canadian indirect taxes (GST, HST, PST), including a strong understanding of tax accounting treatment and system configuration within Oracle.
• Oversee and ensure accurate VAT calculations and compliance for global offices, working closely with Tax and external advisors as required.
• Provide subject matter expertise in Oracle E Business Suite and Oracle Cloud Fusion, with a deep understanding of the Accounts Payable module, expenditure types, and end to end accounting flows.
• Lead the corporate credit card and expense management programs, ensuring policy compliance, efficiency, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Treasury, Tax, Financial Reporting, IT, and internal audit teams to resolve complex issues, support audits, and implement system or process enhancements.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, scalability, automation, and service quality across AP operations.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Extensive hands on experience with Oracle EBS and Oracle Cloud Fusion, particularly the Accounts Payable and Expense modules.
• Demonstrated expertise in Canadian indirect taxes (GST, HST, PST) and global VAT concepts.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, with strong Excel skills for analysis, reconciliation, and reporting.

Education and Experience 

• CPA designation (required).
• Minimum 15 years of progressive experience in Accounts Payable, finance operations, or shared services environments.
• At least 10 years of people leadership experience, including managing managers and geographically dispersed teams.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather. 

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

About Stantec

Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.

At Stantec, we have some of the world’s leading professionals passionate about enabling our business to be its best. Our business teams include finance, procurement, human resources, information technology, marketing, corporate development, HSSE, real estate, legal, and practice services. We bring diverse backgrounds, skills, and expertise and create a caring culture where everyone can thrive. Through teamwork and collaboration, we’re building a stronger, more resilient Stantec every day.