Accounts Payable Manager

RS&H•Jacksonville, FL

2h•Hybrid

About The Position

RS&H is currently seeking an Accounts Payable Manager to join our hybrid Finance & Accounting team in Jacksonville, FL. This role provides direct oversight of accounts payable operations, including invoice processing, payment support, vendor inquiry resolution, controls, and process improvement. The Accounts Payable Manager will lead team priorities, coach and develop team members, strengthen service quality and compliance, and partner with internal stakeholders to ensure AP work is completed accurately, timely, and in alignment with policies, procedures, and departmental objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field and a minimum of 8 years of related experience; or 6 years with a Master’s degree; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience managing or supervising accounts payable, accounting, finance operations, shared services, or transaction processing teams.
Ability to evaluate AP trends, exceptions, aging, error rates, process gaps, and control risks.
Proficiency with AP automation, expense management, payment, reporting, dashboard, Microsoft Excel, and workflow tools.
Ability to communicate performance expectations, difficult information, and process changes clearly and professionally.

Nice To Haves

CPA, AP certification, MBA, process improvement certification, or related credential preferred.
Experience with ERP implementations, AP automation, payment platforms, reporting dashboards, workflow tools, or document management solutions.
Experience in AEC, professional services, project-based, overhead-intensive, or matrixed business environments.

Responsibilities

Manage accounts payable operations and oversee invoice processing, payment runs, vendor master data, expense reimbursement, audit requests, and month-end close activities.
Establish team priorities, operational goals, performance expectations, and service standards aligned with department objectives.
Resolve difficult and moderately complex accounts payable issues involving payment delays, vendor disputes, controls, approvals, coding, or system workflows.
Manage, coach, develop, and evaluate team members; provide technical guidance, performance feedback, and resource planning support.
Monitor AP metrics, aging, backlog, cycle times, error rates, duplicate payment risk, exception trends, control adherence, and stakeholder service levels.
Implement policies, procedures, documentation standards, training, and process changes to improve consistency, accuracy, compliance, and efficiency.
Partner with Corporate Accounting, Technology, Project Finance, Operations, vendors, and internal stakeholders to resolve issues and improve workflows.
Support internal controls, audit readiness, compliance reviews, segregation of duties, payment governance, and remediation efforts.
Lead process improvement initiatives to strengthen AP operations, reporting, system use, team capacity, and service delivery.