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You will own the end-to-end AP lifecycle: non-PO invoice processing, payment runs and bank file management, supplier onboarding and master data integrity, and the handling of returned EFTs, stale-dated checks, and unclaimed property. You will lead a team of AP Managers who oversee back-office and shared services staff. You will set the standard for accountability, continuous improvement, and customer service.\nThis is a hands-on leadership role for someone who knows payment operations in detail. You will manage ACH, wire, check, and international payment processes. You will make sure every payment, including ad hoc and off-cycle payments, goes out accurately, on time, and with proper controls. You will protect the organization through strong internal controls, SOX compliance, tax reporting oversight, and proactive defense against fraud, including business email compromise and payment redirection schemes.\nYou will also shape the future of AP. Working closely with IT, Treasury, Accounting, Tax, Legal, Purchasing, and Sourcing, you will develop a forward-looking strategy built on automation and self-service. You will lead system enhancements on Oracle Fusion Cloud, and you will contribute to migrations, acquisitions, and process integrations.\nWhat You Bring\nYou are a seasoned AP leader with at least 5 - 7 years of experience. You have managed managers, and you have run a back-office or shared services operation. You have deep knowledge of payment methods and banking, including ACH/NACHA, and you have hands-on experience with return EFTs, stale checks, and escheatment. Oracle Fusion Cloud experience is a must. You communicate clearly, influence people at every level, and stay effective in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or equivalent experience is required.\nHere’s what you’ll do:\nTeam Leadership and Management\nLead, coach, and develop AP Managers, who in turn manage back-office staff. \nBuild a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and customer service. \nInvoice Processing\nOversee the full invoice lifecycle for non-PO invoices. \nReduce manual work through automation, improvements, and analysis of exceptions. \nHandle invoice questions, discrepancies, duplicate invoice prevention, and recovery of overpayments and credits. \nPayment File Management\nOwn the scheduled payment run process, including ACH, wire, check, and international payments. \nOversee creation, transmission, and reconciliation of payment files to banks. \nManage ad hoc and off-cycle payment files, including manual, and exception payments, with proper approvals and controls. \nEnsure compliance with bank cutoffs and payment policies. \nCoordinate with Treasury on cash forecasting, funding, and payment timing. \nReturn EFTs, Stale-Dated Checks, and Unclaimed Property\nManage the process for returned or rejected EFT/ACH payments. This covers investigating the cause, validating bank details, re-issuing payments, and correcting the supplier master data. \nManage voids and reissues. \nManage the stale-dated check process. \nEnsure compliance with escheatment and unclaimed property regulations, working with Legal, Tax, and Accounting. \nSupplier Onboarding and Change Requests (Internal and External)\nOwn the supplier onboarding process, including W-9/W-8 collection, TIN matching, and bank account validation. \nManage supplier master data change requests from internal requestors and external suppliers. These include banking changes, remit-to updates, and legal name or address changes. \nMaintain supplier data integrity through regular cleansing, duplicate detection, and inactive-supplier handling \nWork to enhance supplier portal and self-service tools to reduce manual intervention. \nControls, Compliance, and Audit\nMaintain a strong internal control environment, including SOX controls where applicable. \nPartner with Internal Audit, External Audit, and Compliance on testing and remediation. \nEnsure compliance with tax reporting (1099, VAT/GST, and withholding) in partnership with Tax. \nDefine, document, and update policies, procedures, and desk-level instructions. \nMonitor and mitigate fraud risk, including business email compromise and payment redirection schemes. \nCross-Functional Collaboration\nIT: Partner on ERP, AP automation, bank connectivity, and system integrations. Lead UAT, defect resolution, and roadmap prioritization. \nPurchasing and Sourcing: Align on AP processes, supplier setup, and payment terms. \nTreasury, Accounting, Tax, and Legal: Coordinate on working capital initiatives, cash management, month end close, reconciliations, and regulatory requirements. \nBusiness Stakeholders: Resolve escalations and communicate expectations on approvals and turnaround times. \nStrategy, Process Improvement, and Reporting\nDevelop a forward-looking AP strategy that considers automation \nLead continuous improvement initiatives \nContribute to system implementations, migrations, acquisitions, and process integrations. \nWhat you’ll need to be successful:\n5 - 7 years required, 10+ years desired of AP experience, including at least 5 - 7 years managing an AP operations team. \nDemonstrated experience managing managers and a back office or shared services team. \nDeep knowledge of the full AP lifecycle, including invoice processing, payment runs, supplier maintenance, and exception handling. \nHands-on experience with ad hoc payment files, return EFTs, stale checks, and escheatment processes. \nStrong understanding of payment methods and banking, including ACH/NACHA, wires, and checks. \nExperience with Oracle Fusion Cloud is a must. \nStrong knowledge of internal controls, fraud prevention, and audit requirements. \nExcellent critical thinking, forward planning, and problem-solving skills. \nAbility to move swiftly, multitask, and reprioritize in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. \nStrong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels and across departments. \nBachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or equivalent experience. \nMay require a background check due to job duties requiring routine access to DIRECTV and DIRECTV customer’s proprietary data. Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction will be considered for employment in accordance with local ordinances and state law.\nThis is a remote position that can be located anywhere in the United States, excluding Alaska. Candidates located in the Central or Eastern U.S. are preferred to best align with AP operational hours. #LI-Remote\nA career with us comes with big rewards:\nDIRECTV's compensation structure is designed to be market-competitive and fully supports efforts to attract and retain employees. It is the company's policy to offer pay that is competitive with other employers in the local market. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.\nThe Base Salary range displayed below reflects the minimum and maximum target salary for each of DIRECTV's 4 (four) US Labor Market Zones. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.\nDIRECTV WAGE ZONES: $122,194 - $221,818\nLow (N1): $122,194 - $183,241\nMid (N2): $128,625 - $192,885\nHigh (N3): $141,488 - $212,174\nTop (N4): $147,919 - $221,818\nClick HERE to review information on some of the largest Designated Market Areas (DMAs). Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.\nPlease note that the salary ranges reflect base salary only and do not include bonus or benefits - when you consider all of these together, it represents a pretty impressive total compensation package.\nApply today!\nFair Chance Ordinance Notice for Los Angeles County applying for jobs at DIRECTV\nCompliance Notice of AI-Assisted Candidate Screening","description_format":"text","description_chars":8086,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":10,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Broadcasting","Streaming & OTT Platforms"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-04T08:13:24Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 28 · green card filings: 12","filings_12m":28,"filings_prev_12m":74,"green_card_filings_12m":12,"median_offered_wage_usd":171000,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-09T07:32:21+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":83,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.827,"p_room":1,"age_days":6,"expected_fill_days":18,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-09T06:03:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":221818,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/directv-director-procure-to-pay-operations","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/directv-director-procure-to-pay-operations.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-10T06:45:43Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":15729,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1755713},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1755713"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fdirectv-director-procure-to-pay-operations"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fdirectv-director-procure-to-pay-operations"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fdirectv-director-procure-to-pay-operations"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/directv-director-procure-to-pay-operations\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fdirectv-director-procure-to-pay-operations"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3730903}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"directv.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3730903},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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