Manager - Global Accounts Payable and Employee Expenses

This leader will oversee invoice processing, employee reimbursements, vendor payments, and regulatory compliance, while partnering cross-functionally to enhance working capital management, operational scalability, and financial controls.
The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of progressive experience in Accounts Payable, Expense Management, and P2P operations, along with a proven track record leading global teams within multinational or shared services environments and delivering measurable operational excellence

    Global Accounts Payable Operations

• Lead and manage end-to-end AP operations across multiple legal entities in the US, EMEA, and APAC regions.
• Oversee invoice intake, validation, processing, payment execution, vendor statement reconciliations, and AP aging analysis.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, contractual terms, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Govern vendor master data integrity, including supplier onboarding and maintenance processes.
• Monitor and report on AP performance metrics, ensuring adherence to established service level agreements (SLAs) and KPIs.
• Collaborate with Procurement and Treasury to optimize payment terms and improve working capital performance.
• Strengthen internal controls and proactively drive fraud prevention and payment security initiatives.
• Manage end-to-end processing of pass-through costs, ensuring accurate and timely handoff to Billing/Invoicing teams (experience with Sunshine Reporting preferred).
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including accruals, reconciliations, and journal entries.

• Identify and implement opportunities for automation, efficiency gains, and process standardization.

   Employee Expenses & Travel Management

• Oversee global employee expense reimbursement programs and travel-related financial processes. 
• Ensure timely review, approval, and reimbursement of employee expenses in line with policy. 
• Drive compliance with T&E policies and proactively identify and address exceptions or violations. 
• Resolve escalated employee and travel-related issues with a focus on service excellence.

• Partner with HR and Payroll to ensure accurate and efficient reimbursement processing and reporting.

  Team Leadership & Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing global AP and Expense Management team.
• Establish clear performance objectives, KPIs, and professional development plans.
• Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and customer-centric service delivery. 
• Optimize resource allocation and workload distribution across regions to support business growth and scalability

 

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.

• 10+ years of progressive experience in Accounts Payable and Employee Expense Management. 

• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience managing global or geographically dispersed teams. 

• Strong expertise in Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes within multinational organizations. 

• Experience working in shared services or global business services environments preferred. 

• Deep familiarity with ERP systems, with preference for Oracle Fusion ERP. 

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, with experience in Power BI or similar data visualization tools. 

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and process improvement capabilities. 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information to senior leadership and non-finance stakeholders. 

• Demonstrated ability to build and sustain a high-performance, accountable team culture, with effective delegation and prioritization.