About the role
Accounts Payable (AP) – Manager
Job Title: Accounts Payable Manager
Role Level: Band 5
Education:
• Minimum 15 years of regular, full-time education (10 + 2 + 3)
• Non-technical graduation and/or masters in finance & accounts stream -BCOM, MCOM, MBA in Finance, CA/ICWA or Engineering background with proven black belt or transformation expertise in Finance and Accounts processes.
Must Have Skills:
• Lean Six Sigma certified or formally trained (Black Belt preferred)
• Finance and Accounting domain experience
• Proven track record of leading and/or mentoring multiple Lean Six Sigma improvement projects
• End-to-end P2P and AP service delivery
• Invoice, payment, vendor and AP close management
• Controls, compliance, team and stakeholder management
Good-to-Have Skills:
• Vendor master and working-capital governance
• Retail P2P and global delivery exposure
• Analytics, automation and transformation
• Continuous Improvement / Lean & Six Sigma
• Stakeholders Coordination
• ERP Exposure
Role Summary
The Accounts Payable Manager is responsible for managing end‑to‑end AP operations in a high‑volume retail environment, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant processing of invoices and payments in alignment with defined service levels and governance standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage invoice processing, matching, exception handling, and payment execution
- Monitor AP SLAs including cycle time, accuracy, and exception resolution
- Oversee vendor query handling and issue resolution
- Support period‑end AP close activities and reconciliations
- Drive process standardization, efficiencies, and automation initiatives
- Ensure compliance with finance controls, policies, and audit requirements
- Prepare operational reports and performance dashboards
Experience & Skills
- 10-15 years of experience in Accounts Payable operations
- Strong knowledge of invoice matching (2‑way/3‑way), exceptions, and payments
- Experience in ERP‑based AP environments (Oracle preferred)
- Team management and stakeholder coordination skills