AP Manager

Exponent • Kansas City, MO

1d • $100,000 - $120,000

About The Position

Lead accounts payable operations for a fast-growing, private equity-backed infrastructure services firm with a strong Midwest presence. The role focuses on strengthening and standardizing accounting processes across portfolio companies and coordinating AP with treasury and cash flow management as the business grows. It leads distributed AP teams across multiple regions while balancing local requirements with enterprise-wide efficiency. The position also supports the scaling and integration of acquired businesses.

Requirements

• Proven ability to lead and influence teams across multiple locations and drive standardization and consistency without heavy-handed control.
• Deep understanding of construction accounts payable processes, especially paid-when-paid contracts.
• Experience integrating treasury functions with AP management to optimize cash flow across multiple portfolio companies and balance payables and collections.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end accounts payable cycle across multiple regions, ensuring timely invoice and payment processing and maintaining vendor relationships while following construction-specific compliance requirements and company policies.
• Lead and develop a distributed team of AP specialists, promoting process standardization, collaboration, efficiency, and consistency across the enterprise.
• Improve AP workflows and controls to optimize operations, support treasury cash flow management, and align with broader finance goals.
• Coordinate with treasury, regional controllers, and project managers to align AP activities with cash flow, collections, and project billing, particularly under paid-when-paid contract terms.
• Provide accurate AP data and insights for month-end close, audit readiness, and financial reporting, and support the scaling and integration of acquired portfolio businesses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed