Accounts Payable Manager - Finance Department

MaineGeneral Health • Waterville, ME

16h

About The Position

MaineGeneral Health is seeking an Accounts Payable Manager to provide leadership and oversight for key financial operations, including accounts payable and departmental financial performance. This role plays a critical part in ensuring financial accuracy, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and alignment with the organization’s strategic priorities. The Accounts Payable Manager partners closely with finance leadership and operational departments to support strong financial stewardship, process improvement, and business performance across the organization.

Requirements

• Accounts payable leadership within a healthcare or complex organizational setting highly preferred.
• Strong understanding of compliance standards and vendor management.
• Demonstrated ability to manage staff, workflows, and financial processes while maintaining strong internal controls.
• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret financial data and translate insights into actionable recommendations.
• Experience supporting cross-functional initiatives and special projects in partnership with operational leaders.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to engage effectively with finance leadership, operational departments, and external partners.

Nice To Haves

• Accounts payable leadership within a healthcare or complex organizational setting highly preferred.
• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct oversight and leadership of accounts payable staff and processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, internal controls, and compliance with applicable regulations.
• Assist in developing departmental goals, standards, and performance objectives that align with MaineGeneral Health’s strategic plan and long-term vision.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, internal policies, and financial control standards.
• Oversee vendor relationships, ensuring service quality, cost-effectiveness, and alignment with organizational needs.
• Lead or support financial process improvement initiatives to strengthen efficiency, transparency, and reliability.
• Develop reporting tools and dashboards to support data-driven decision-making and financial performance management.
• Provide business analysis and financial support for special projects, operational initiatives, and leadership requests.

Benefits

• Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.
• Physical Wellness: We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs. Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents. A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.
• Emotional Wellness: When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.
• Financial Wellness: Access the wages you’ve already earned before payday with Payactiv, giving you greater flexibility over your finances. Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career. We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan. Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident. We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.
• Career Mobility: Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource – they’re how we grow our business and care for our community.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager