Accounts Payable Team Manager

The Accounts Payable Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing Verisk's Accounts Payable operations across assigned entities, regions, and business units. The role ensures accurate, compliant, and timely processing of supplier invoices, employee expenses, vendor payments, reconciliations, and period-end activities while maintaining a strong control environment and high service standards.

The successful candidate will provide strong leadership and mentorship to the Accounts Payable team, establish operational discipline, develop team capability, and drive continuous improvement. The role partners closely with Accounting, Procurement, Treasury, Tax, Finance, business stakeholders, suppliers, and external service providers to resolve issues, improve the end-to-end Procure-to-Pay process, and support financial accuracy.

The role requires strong accounting knowledge within Accounts Payable, including invoice accounting, accruals, prepaid expenses, vendor reconciliations, month-end close activities, indirect tax considerations, and the impact of Accounts Payable transactions on the general ledger and financial statements.

• Lead, coach, and develop Accounts Payable Team Leads, Supervisors, and AP professionals, as applicable to the organizational structure.

• Set clear objectives, priorities, performance expectations, and accountability standards aligned with FSSC goals.

• Build an engaged, inclusive, customer-focused culture that promotes ownership, collaboration, continuous learning, and proactive communication.

• Maintain end-to-end ownership and accountability for Accounts Payable service delivery across the assigned scope.

• Ensure accurate and timely processing of supplier invoices, employee expenses, vendor payments, payment runs, reconciliations, and month-end activities.

• Oversee invoice verification, coding, approvals, exception handling, duplicate prevention, payment controls, and resolution of vendor account discrepancies.

• Monitor AP aging, blocked and held invoices, debit balances, unallocated transactions, and other open items, ensuring timely investigation and resolution.

• Act as the senior escalation point for complex operational, supplier, stakeholder, and payment-related matters.

• Ensure compliance with corporate accounting policies, internal controls, delegated authorities, information security requirements, tax rules, and statutory obligations applicable to the assigned scope.

• Support internal and external audits by providing accurate evidence, responding to queries, and ensuring timely remediation of findings.

• Build effective relationships with Accounting, Procurement, Treasury, Tax, Finance, business units, suppliers, and external partners.

• Resolve escalations, complaints, disputed items, and recurring root causes while balancing control, service quality, and business needs.

• Promote clear communication and education for stakeholders on AP policies, payment processes, documentation requirements, and service channels.

• Identify and implement opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, controls, scalability, and customer experience across the Procure-to-Pay process.

• Lead or support process transitions, knowledge transfers, stabilization activities, system implementations, testing, automation, and organizational change.

• Contribute to the optimization of ERP, workflow, case-management, reporting, and invoice automation solutions, including Oracle Fusion and ServiceNow where applicable.

• Use data, trends, root-cause analysis, and operational insight to prioritize improvements and measure outcomes.

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field.

• Minimum 6 years of progressive experience in Accounts Payable, Procure-to-Pay, or a related finance function.

• Minimum 3 years of leadership experience managing Team Leads, Supervisors, or operational finance team of at least 7 employees.

• Strong accounting knowledge relevant to Accounts Payable, including journal entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, vendor reconciliations, period-end cut-off, balance sheet accounts, expense recognition, and the impact of AP transactions on financial statements.

• Strong knowledge of end-to-end Accounts Payable and Procure-to-Pay processes, financial controls, audit requirements, and indirect tax considerations relevant to AP operations.

• Experience working with ERP systems, preferably Oracle Fusion, and strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data analysis.

• Advanced English proficiency, with strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, analytical, organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving capabilities.

What we offer

• A leadership opportunity with end-to-end ownership of Accounts Payable operations across multiple entities, regions, and business units.

• The chance to lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing finance team while shaping service delivery and operational excellence.

• Exposure to senior stakeholders across Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Procurement, and business leadership teams.

• The stability, scale, and long-term career opportunities of a leading technology and analytics company.

• A hybrid working model with 3 days per week in the office.

• Private health insurance, medical care, and a Multisport card.