Accounts Payable Manager

Accounts Payable Manager


Location: Boston, MA
Schedule: Full-Time, Onsite
Employment Type: Contract (Approximately 6 Months) with Strong Potential for Permanent Hire


Our client, a well-established professional services organization in the Boston area, is seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Manager to lead and stabilize its Accounts Payable function. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on AP leader with a strong background in the legal industry who enjoys improving processes, managing teams, and ensuring efficient day-to-day AP operations.


The ideal candidate will bring leadership experience within a large law firm or professional services environment and have expertise in legal accounting systems, vendor management, and driving operational efficiencies.


Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day Accounts Payable function, ensuring timely and accurate processing of invoices, payments, and disbursements.
• Manage vendor relationships and resolve payment or account discrepancies.
• Oversee invoice processing, check runs, electronic payments, and AP reconciliations.
• Support month-end close activities, including account reconciliations and reporting.
• Supervise and mentor the Accounts Payable team while establishing best practices and ensuring high-quality service.
• Evaluate and improve AP processes, documenting workflows and implementing operational efficiencies.
• Help stabilize AP operations within a manual environment while identifying opportunities for automation and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, and other business departments to ensure compliance with internal controls and company policies.
• Assist with special projects and process improvement initiatives as needed.

Qualifications

• 5 years of progressive Accounts Payable experience, including leadership responsibilities.
• Previous experience as an Accounts Payable Manager or Senior AP Lead within a large organization.
• Strong background managing high-volume AP operations and vendor relationships.
• Experience leading teams and driving process improvements.
• Excellent organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Large law firm accounting experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience within a professional services organization.
• Hands-on experience with Aderant, Elite/3E , or other legal accounting platforms.
• Experience working within large, complex finance organizations.
• Proven ability to document workflows, improve processes, and enhance operational efficiency.

Why Join?


This is a great opportunity to make an immediate impact within a respected organization while showcasing your leadership and process improvement expertise. The role offers significant visibility, a collaborative work environment, and the potential to transition into a permanent position.
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual's skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.


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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here ( ). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice


Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.