Accounts Payable Manager - Governance
Core
Establishing and maintaining a scalable governance framework for vendor management, corporate card programs, payment governance, and risk/compliance within a global law firm.
Role type
Senior IC finance operations manager (governance & controls)
Builds
Global AP governance framework, vendor management standards, payment control requirements, and policy/procedure documentation.
Domain
Professional services / Legal / Finance Operations
Required skills
Vendor management governance, policy and procedure development, risk and compliance assessment, control design, audit remediation, stakeholder coordination, process documentation, data quality management, exception management, approval principles.
Preferred skills
Experience in global multi-office law firms, accounting firms, or professional services organizations.
Technologies
Corporate card systems, e-invoicing platforms, vendor management systems.
Responsibilities
Leading global vendor management governance including onboarding controls and data quality; Providing governance leadership for corporate card and e-invoicing programs; Developing and maintaining payment governance standards; Owning the AP policy and process documentation framework; Leading the assessment and improvement of AP controls with Audit, Risk, and Treasury.
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC
