Manager, Accounts Payable

Location: Remote in the Philippines; amenability to working from hirify.global Manila’s McKinley West, Taguig City location on a 3:00 PM to 12:00 midnight shift.

Company

hirify.global develops solutions for science and healthcare and operates a global organization across six continents.

What you will do

• Lead, coach and develop an Accounts Payable team of more than 14 FTEs, including recruitment, onboarding, training, performance management and professional development.
• Manage end-to-end Accounts Payable and procure-to-pay operations, including invoices, approvals, payment proposals, reconciliations, expenses, travel settlements and period-end closing.
• Monitor and improve AP KPIs such as processing turnaround time, on-time payments, first-pass yield, backlog, aged items, duplicate payments and exception rates.
• Ensure SLA performance, accounting-policy compliance, internal controls, SOX requirements, tax rules and applicable procedures.
• Partner with Procurement, Receiving, Treasury, Tax, Finance, business stakeholders and suppliers to resolve invoice, purchase-order, goods-receipt, payment and cash-management issues.
• Drive process improvement, automation, standardization, operational excellence, transitioned-activity integration and budget management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• At least 8 years of progressive Accounts Payable or procure-to-pay experience, including direct people-management responsibility.
• Experience leading teams in a global shared-services environment, including geographically dispersed teams supporting EMEA and/or North America.
• Strong working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA, Accounts Payable workflows, payment processes, accounting principles and internal controls.
• Hands-on experience with AP performance management, KPIs, process improvement, automation and standardization.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder-management and communication skills, with excellent English proficiency and the ability to build relationships across levels and functions.
• Availability to work from the Manila, Taguig City location on a 3:00 PM to 12:00 midnight shift.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work and hybrid work arrangements are available depending on the role.
• Bonus or commission and local benefits.
• Referral Program and Volunteer Day.
• Internal Academy through QIALearn.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Collaborative, supportive and diverse equal-opportunity work environment.