Vise President of Accounts Payable

ICBD•Fort Lauderdale, FL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Vice President of Accounts Payable is an enterprise finance leader responsible for end-to-end AP strategy, execution, controls, and scalability across a complex, multi-entity healthcare services platform. This role owns vendor payables, payment execution, AP controls, expense governance, and working-capital optimization, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, compliance, and discipline at scale. The VP of AP partners closely with Treasury, Accounting, FP&A, Procurement, Legal, and Operations to maintain liquidity discipline, support growth, enable clean closes, and deliver investor-grade processes and reporting. This role is accountable for transforming Accounts Payable from a transactional function into a best-in-class, control-driven, analytics-enabled operation. The VP of AP ensures that all vendor obligations are paid accurately and on time, AP balances are clean and auditable, payment risk is minimized, and AP processes scale with growth, acquisitions, and increasing transaction complexity.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field required.
12+ years of progressive AP, accounting, or finance operations experience.
5+ years in senior leadership managing large, multi-entity AP organizations.
Deep expertise in AP operations, controls, and best practices.
Strong understanding of accounting principles and balance-sheet management.
Experience with ERP systems and AP automation tools (NetSuite preferred).
Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills.
High judgment, attention to detail, and risk awareness.
Proven ability to drive change, standardization, and operational discipline.

Nice To Haves

Experience in healthcare, multi-location services, or PE-backed environments strongly preferred.
Demonstrated success scaling AP in high-growth or acquisitive organizations.

Responsibilities

Own enterprise-wide AP strategy, operating model, and roadmap across all entities.
Standardize AP policies, procedures, approval matrices, and controls.
Design a scalable AP organization capable of supporting rapid growth and M&A.
Serve as executive owner of AP performance, risk, and compliance.
Oversee all invoice intake, coding, approvals, and payment execution (ACH, wire, check, virtual card).
Ensure strong segregation of duties, payment controls, and fraud-prevention mechanisms.
Own AP clearing accounts, accrual accuracy, and balance-sheet integrity.
Partner with Accounting to support a disciplined, fast close process.
Ensure accurate vendor setup, documentation, tax compliance (W-9s, 1099s), and contract alignment.
Coordinate with Procurement and Legal to ensure payments align with executed agreements and pricing terms.
Resolve escalated vendor disputes and payment issues.
Partner with Treasury and FP&A to optimize payment timing, cash forecasting, and working capital.
Drive discipline around payment terms, early-pay discounts, and disbursement prioritization.
Provide AP insights to support liquidity planning and cash burn management.
Own AP system architecture and workflow design (ERP, OCR, invoice automation, approvals).
Lead AP automation initiatives to reduce manual processing and error rates.
Drive continuous improvement using metrics, root-cause analysis, and lean processes.
Deliver executive-level AP reporting, KPIs, and aging analytics.
Serve as AP lead for audits, diligence requests, and internal control reviews.
Ensure AP compliance with internal policies, regulatory standards, and audit expectations.
Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing AP leadership team.
Establish clear performance standards, accountability, and career development paths.
Foster a culture of ownership, urgency, accuracy, and service orientation.