Head of Accounts Payable

Job Description:

Dynamic and growing financial services firm in lower Fairfield County, CT is hiring a Vice President to join the Corporate Finance team. This role will provide strong leadership over the Accounts Payable team in their day-to-day operations and report directly to the Corporate Controller.

The ideal candidate will be a Coupa expert and a key player in designing and building a world class global accounts payable department that can efficiently scale with the firms rapidly growing business.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Oversee all day-to-day Accounts Payable (AP) functions
  
• Ensure all invoices are processed timely and accurately for both US and international vendors by the team.
  
• Manage invoice approvals and coding, ensure workflow routings are appropriate and accelerated as needed; address any AP aging and unapproved invoices.
  
• Coordinate operating cash needs with the head of treasury.
  
• Ensure high priority, past due, and/or other urgent requests are addressed across departments. Analyze expense data to identify trends for vendor payments and travel & expense transactions.
  
• Develop and monitor KPI`s and create progress reports
  
• Enhance reporting for stakeholders to ensure transparency and meaningful analysis and insights can be gained.
  
• Continuously review and enhance the AP process, functions, and capabilities within Coupa such as dashboards.

Requirements: