Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Calbee America is seeking a Senior Accounts Payable Manager to lead its Accounts Payable function. The role oversees invoice processing, vendor payments, reconciliations, month-end close support, compliance, reporting, process improvements, audits, and vendor relationships while developing a high-performing AP team.
Responsibilities
- Lead full-cycle AP operations, including invoice processing, approvals, payments, reconciliations, and month-end close support
- Oversee AP systems, service levels, transaction reviews, and payment controls to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance
- Manage vendor records, relationships, discrepancies, chargebacks, and compliance requirements in partnership with Procurement and Warehouse teams
- Monitor AP metrics, balances, accruals, liabilities, cash flow impacts, and close-related reporting
- Analyze AP trends, inefficiencies, recurring issues, and cost-saving opportunities; provide recommendations to Finance leadership
- Lead AP process, policy, system, automation, workflow, and reporting improvements with cross-functional partners
- Ensure AP compliance with company policies, GAAP, SOX, approval requirements, segregation of duties, and corporate financial controls
- Support audits, control reviews, walkthroughs, documentation requests, risk remediation, and compliance inquiries
- Partner with Accounting, Procurement, Warehouse, Operations, Finance, and other teams to improve procure-to-pay processes and resolve issues
- Lead, coach, recruit, train, evaluate, and develop the AP team
- Set team goals, priorities, roles, performance metrics, and accountability standards
- Promote accuracy, service quality, ownership, professionalism, continuous improvement, and compliance
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field required; equivalent experience may be considered
- 10+ years of progressive AP, Accounting, Finance Operations, or Procure-to-Pay experience, including high-volume AP environments
- 5+ years of AP, Finance Operations, Shared Services, or related leadership experience
- Experience with month-end close, accruals, reconciliations, audit support, reporting, process improvement, controls, and AP policy development
- Strong knowledge of full-cycle AP, vendor management, payment controls, financial controls, GAAP, SOX, and audit documentation requirements
- ERP experience required
- Strong Excel, reporting, reconciliation, analytical, issue resolution, and process improvement skills
- Strong leadership, coaching, communication, collaboration, and team development skills
- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, decision-making, business judgment, and change leadership abilities
- High attention to detail with a commitment to accuracy, accountability, compliance, financial controls, and fast-paced execution
- Manufacturing, food manufacturing, distribution, CPG, or multi-location experience preferred
- Business Central, RAMP, Concur, expense management, and AP automation tools preferred
- Experience supporting SOX, JSOX, internal audit, or external audit requirements
- Experience improving procure-to-pay workflows, vendor management controls, payment approvals, banking verification, and fraud prevention controls
- Must reside in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, or Washington state
- CPA, CMA, MBA, or other relevant certification is preferred but not required
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