Accounts Payable Invoice and Payment Manager

DIRECTV•El Segundo, CA

1d•$91,770 - $166,635•Remote

About The Position

DIRECTV is seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Accounts Payable Invoice and Payment Manager to lead day-to-day invoice processing and payment operations. This role is responsible for overseeing a team of AP professionals, ensuring timely and accurate invoice handling, managing multi-system payment workflows, and maintaining strong cross-functional relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners. The ideal candidate brings deep AP expertise, strong leadership instincts, and a continuous improvement mindset.

Requirements

Extensive hands-on experience managing invoice and payment operations at scale, including full-cycle AP processing, payment file management, and reconciliation.
Direct experience with Oracle Payables or a comparable ERP system is required.
Experience with robotic process automation (RPA) or workflow automation tools (e.g., Power Automate or equivalent) to streamline AP invoice and payment processes; demonstrated ability to identify manual process inefficiencies and partner cross-functionally to implement automation solutions.
Demonstrated ability to lead, develop, and hold accountable a team of AP professionals. Experience monitoring team workloads, providing coaching, and ensuring quality and timeliness standards are consistently met.
Working knowledge of payment platforms and tracking tools, including JPMorgan payment systems, Corpay, and VCARD payment processes.
Ability to reconcile payment files against reporting outputs and identify discrepancies.
Experience managing AP activities in alignment with a financial close calendar, including coordinating with back-office partners and internal business units to meet critical deadlines.
Strong attention to detail with experience conducting invoice quality reviews, identifying keying errors, and enforcing payment term compliance.
Familiarity with payment term waiver processes and dispute resolution workflows.
Proven ability to work effectively with internal teams (Finance, Treasury, Ad Sales) and external partners (back-office processing teams, banking partners) to resolve issues and maintain operational continuity.
Experience documenting processes, developing job aids and SOPs, and transitioning work to shared service or back-office teams.
Ability to identify workflow inefficiencies and drive sustainable improvements.
Ability to extract, interpret, and act on data from AP dashboards and reporting tools.
Experience using Excel or similar tools for reconciliation, trend analysis, and operational reporting.
Familiarity with workflow tracking platforms such as Smartsheet to manage team task queues, monitor progress, and ensure accountability across multiple concurrent workstreams.
Experience training team members and business users on AP systems, bulk upload processes, and operational procedures.
Ability to communicate technical processes clearly to varied audiences.
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
3 – 5 years required, 5+ years desired of accounts payable or procure-to-pay experience, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or management capacity.
Proficiency with ERP-based AP systems (Oracle preferred).
Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with banks.
Familiarity with Smartsheet or similar workflow management tools.
Experience managing back-office or shared services partnerships.
May require a background check due to job duties requiring routine access to DIRECTV and DIRECTV customer’s proprietary data.

Responsibilities

Oversee invoice processing operations, ensuring invoices are handled accurately, timely, and in accordance with established procedures.
Manage end-to-end payment operations, including daily payment file reconciliation, wire total reporting to Treasury, and payment tracking.
Monitor team performance and workflow queues ensuring help desk inquiries, invoice changes, and comment resolution meet quality and timeliness standards.
Coordinate month-end close activities, including timely notification to back-office partners.
Oversee Return EFT and Stale Check resolution.
Ensure payment term compliance, including investigation of payment term mismatches, processing of Payment Term Waiver approvals, and escalation of exceptions as needed.
Oversee TSA invoice processing, ensuring template accuracy to support on-time payment clearance.
Monitor and manage Credit Memos with outstanding payment status, ensuring Immediate Terms are applied appropriately.
Supervise bulk invoice template workflows and ensure daily query uploads are completed; serve as backup when needed.
Train team members and business users on AP processes and AP system tools.
Identify trends in manual invoice submissions and proactively engage the business to address root causes.
Support the transition of select processes to the back-office team, ensuring proper documentation and knowledge transfer.
Perform UAT and regression testing on new or updated processes.