Accounts Payable Manager

Enhanced Games•New York, NY

8h•$85,000 - $100,000

About The Position

The Enhanced Games are on a mission to enhance humanity, redefining the future of sports by merging scientific progress with elite athletic performance. The Games challenge conventional sporting norms, embracing medicine and science to push human potential while prioritizing safety, transparency, and innovation. Science and technology are recognized as fair advantages, allowing athletes to choose natural or enhanced competition. Setting the new gold standard in athlete health and safety, we mandate state-of-the-art medical profiling to monitor key health markers for all athletes competing at the Enhanced Games. And unlike traditional events, all athletes are paid, with million-dollar prizes for setting new world records. Funded by leading venture capitalists including Peter Thiel, the Enhanced Games operate independently of taxpayer money, ensuring financial sustainability and innovation. This is the future of sport - where science, athleticism, and progress inspire superhuman achievement. ABOUT YOU You are a hands-on, detail-oriented leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments. You bring deep accounts payable expertise, a strong internal controls mindset, and pride in running an efficient, well-structured procure-to-pay function. You enjoy building and improving processes, leveraging automation, and creating scalable workflows that support a growing organization. You are naturally organized, proactive, and calm under deadlines, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability. WHAT YOUâLL DO The Accounts Payable Manager will oversee the end-to-end accounts payable function, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant processing of vendor invoices and payments. This role is responsible for processing Accounts Payable, strengthening internal controls, supporting SOX compliance, and driving process improvements across procure-to-pay workflows. This is a hands-on leadership role suited for someone who can balance operational excellence, controls rigor, and scalability in a growing organization.

Requirements

Bachelorâs degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
5â8+ years of progressive accounts payable or accounting operations experience.
Strong understanding of accounts payable processes, internal controls, and SOX requirements.
Experience working with an ERP system (e.g., NetSuite)
Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

Manage daily AP operations, including invoice intake, coding, approvals, payment processing, and vendor communications.
Ensure timely processing of invoices and adherence to payment terms.
Oversee ACH, wire, check, and card payments, ensuring proper authorization and documentation.
Monitor AP aging, resolve discrepancies, and manage vendor inquiries.
Own AP-related SOX controls, including invoice approval, segregation of duties, vendor setup and bank change controls.
Ensure compliance with company policies, U.S. GAAP, and internal control requirements.
Support internal and external audits, including walkthroughs, testing, and remediation of findings.
Maintain strong documentation of AP procedures and controls.
Oversee vendor onboarding, ensuring collection and validation of required tax and payment information (e.g., W-9s).
Implement and monitor controls over vendor master data changes.
Partner with Legal and Procurement as needed on vendor agreements and payment terms.
Drive continuous improvement of AP workflows, automation, and efficiency.
Partner with Accounting Systems / IT on enhancements to AP tools (e.g., Ramp, Bill.com, NetSuite).
Identify opportunities to reduce manual work, improve visibility, and strengthen controls.
Ensure timely and accurate recording of AP activity during month-end close.
Review and reconcile AP-related balance sheet accounts.
Support accrual processes and coordination with FP&A and other accounting teams