Head of Accounts Payable
About The Position
SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group with a 400-year history, headquartered in Tokyo. It offers a diverse range of financial services including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance, with over 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide. In the Americas, SMBC Group operates in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru, providing commercial and investment banking services to corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. The Head of Accounts Payable leads Accounts Payable and vendor lifecycle operations across SMBC’s Americas Division, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, strong governance, and compliance. This role oversees operational performance, risk controls, and transformation initiatives, collaborating with various departments such as Corporate Accounting, Legal Entity Controllers, Tax, Legal, Human Resources, Operations, Treasury, Technology, and subsidiaries.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field
- 10–15+ years’ experience in Accounts Payable leadership, ideally within banking or financial services
- Expertise with Oracle E-Business Suite/Fusion (Cloud) and AP automation tools
- Proficiency in e-invoicing within Coupa compliance as a service
- Strong audit, controls, and KPI management experience
- Strong understanding of global payment systems, tax regulations and compliance and third party risk frameworks
- Exceptional analytical, cross‑functional leadership, communication and process improvement skills
- Experience leading cloud migrations, P2P transformations, and shared services or captive center oversight
Responsibilities
- Set strategy and operating model for Accounts Payable (AP) across the Americas
- Own the risk & control framework for AP and vendor master data
- Monitor KPIs and SLA performance, deliver executive reporting
- Lead end‑to‑end invoice‑to‑pay processing and vendor master governance
- Oversee period‑close activities related to AP
- Drive issue resolution and root‑cause remediation
- Ensure compliance with local regulations and tax requirements
- Serve as business owner for Oracle EBS/Cloud AP and Coupa
- Manage AP policies, procedures and controls to ensure compliance
- Lead automation and process‑improvement initiatives
- Support internal, external audits and regulatory reviews
- Develop and coach a high‑performing team
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
