Accounts Payable Team Lead

Accounts Payable (AP) – Manager
Job Title: Accounts Payable Manager
Role Level: Payable - Team Lead
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

Work arrangement
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