Accounts Payable Manager (Hybrid)

CC Apartment Managers•New York, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Accounts Payable Manager governs and oversees the Accounts Payable function, including its controls, reporting, operations, and performance. The role establishes departmental standards, manages workflow performance and vendor governance, monitors KPIs, coordinates month-end AP activities, and ensures invoice processing is accurate, timely, and compliant with company policies. It operates in a technology-enabled environment using PayScan, AvidXchange, automated approval workflows, and exception-based management. The position leads AP staff and collaborates with Corporate Accounting, Financial Reporting, Property Accountants, Property Management, Asset Management, Procurement, Treasury, Banking teams, and external auditors. It supports audit and close activities, vendor issue resolution, and initiatives to automate and improve AP processes. A bachelor's degree in a relevant field is preferred. The role requires 7+ years of Accounts Payable experience and 3+ years of AP leadership experience, including experience managing direct reports. The work is primarily light physical work and involves sitting for most of the time, extended computer use and reading, repetitive wrist and hand movements and typing, and communicating by speaking and listening. The work environment may occasionally include noise loud enough to require shouting to be heard. Duties may be reassigned by management.

Requirements

7+ years of Accounts Payable experience.
3+ years of AP leadership experience.
Experience managing a team of direct reports.
Strong Excel and reporting skills.
Excellent organizational and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
Experience in affordable housing, real estate, or property management.
Experience with workflow-based AP environments.
Experience with Yardi, AvidXchange, and PayScan.
Experience leading process-improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

Establish and maintain AP policies and procedures, invoice workflow standards, and approval controls.
Maintain segregation-of-duties controls and monitor compliance with purchasing and payment policies.
Oversee vendor governance and vendor master controls.
Ensure AP activities comply with audit and regulatory requirements.
Lead and develop AP Supervisors and AP Operations Specialist.
Monitor workload distribution and operational performance; resolve escalated processing and approval issues.
Coordinate month-end AP close activities and oversee exception management and remediation.
Maintain AP KPI dashboards and performance reporting; monitor invoice aging and approval-cycle performance.
Analyze processing trends and bottlenecks and recommend process improvements and automation.
Report material AP risks and performance concerns to leadership.
Coordinate AP audit support and oversee 1099 reporting and compliance.
Support Financial Reporting and Corporate Accounting during audits and close, and maintain documentation standards.
Support vendor relationship governance and issue resolution.
Collaborate with accounting, reporting, property, asset management, procurement, treasury, banking, and external audit partners.
Support workflow automation and AP process-improvement initiatives.