Accounts Payable Team Lead

Accounts Payable (AP) – Manager

Job Title: Accounts Payable Manager

Role Level: Payable - Team Lead

Education:

• Minimum 15 years of regular, full-time education (10 + 2 + 3)

• Non-technical graduation and/or masters in finance & accounts stream -BCOM, MCOM, MBA in Finance, CA/ICWA or Engineering background with proven black belt or transformation expertise in Finance and Accounts processes.

Must Have Skills:

• Lean Six Sigma certified or formally trained (Black Belt preferred)

• Finance and Accounting domain experience

• Proven track record of leading and/or mentoring multiple Lean Six Sigma improvement projects

• End-to-end P2P and AP service delivery

• Invoice, payment, vendor and AP close management

• Controls, compliance, team and stakeholder management

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Vendor master and working-capital governance

• Retail P2P and global delivery exposure

• Analytics, automation and transformation

• Continuous Improvement / Lean & Six Sigma

• Stakeholders Coordination

• ERP Exposure

Role Summary

The Accounts Payable Manager is responsible for managing end‑to‑end AP operations in a high‑volume retail environment, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant processing of invoices and payments in alignment with defined service levels and governance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage invoice processing, matching, exception handling, and payment execution
• Monitor AP SLAs including cycle time, accuracy, and exception resolution
• Oversee vendor query handling and issue resolution
• Support period‑end AP close activities and reconciliations
• Drive process standardization, efficiencies, and automation initiatives
• Ensure compliance with finance controls, policies, and audit requirements
• Prepare operational reports and performance dashboards

Experience & Skills

• 10-15 years of experience in Accounts Payable operations
• Strong knowledge of invoice matching (2‑way/3‑way), exceptions, and payments
• Experience in ERP‑based AP environments (Oracle preferred)
• Team management and stakeholder coordination skills