Accounts Payable Manager

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Accounts Payable Manager to join our team in Texas for a long-term contract assignment. This onsite role is ideal for someone in finance who can guide day-to-day payables operations, support a small AP team, and maintain accuracy in a fast-paced logistics environment. The position will play a key part in sustaining timely vendor payments, strengthening process consistency, and partnering with finance leadership on critical accounting activities.

Responsibilities:
• Oversee the end-to-end accounts payable cycle, from invoice receipt and coding through approvals, matching, and payment execution.
• Lead, coach, and assign work for two Accounts Payable Specialists to ensure deadlines are met and workloads are balanced effectively.
• Support accounts payable activities tied to the transition from CargoWise to Oracle Fusion, including validation of migrated data, parallel processing, and workflow alignment.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies between legacy system records and Oracle Fusion transactions to preserve data accuracy.
• Maintain uninterrupted vendor payment activity during system-related changes while ensuring adherence to agreed payment terms.
• Create, refine, and document accounts payable procedures and standard operating practices for the Oracle Fusion environment.
• Reconcile the AP subledger to the general ledger and assist with month-end close deliverables and reporting needs.
• Serve as an escalation point for vendor questions, invoice disputes, and payment issues, providing timely and effective resolution.
• Partner with finance and technical teams to address AP system issues, strengthen internal controls, and provide reporting insights to leadership.• Hands-on experience using Oracle Fusion Cloud Accounts Payable in a live processing, implementation, or migration setting.
• At least five years of progressive accounts payable experience, including two or more years supervising or managing staff.
• Demonstrated success managing full-cycle AP operations within a mid-sized or large organization.
• Strong knowledge of purchase order and non-purchase order invoice processing, three-way matching, and payment workflows.
• Ability to analyze large data sets, perform reconciliations across systems, and resolve exceptions with accuracy.
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence working through data validation activities during system changes.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities, with the ability to collaborate across finance, IT, procurement, and vendor contacts.
• Availability to work onsite five days per week in Colleyville, Texas for the duration of the engagement.