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Accounts Payable Manager
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Robert Half
Kansas City, MO (In Person)
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Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Accounts Payable Manager to lead a high-volume AP function supporting a large-scale agriculture organization in Kansas City, Kansas. This role oversees daily operations, guides a lean team through shifting priorities, and helps maintain accurate, timely payment processing across significant annual spend. The ideal candidate brings strong leadership skills, sound knowledge of end-to-end payables, and experience working within a large enterprise resource planning environment.
Responsibilities:
- Direct the day-to-day activities of the accounts payable team, providing leadership to eight permanent employees and two contract specialists.
- Oversee invoice processing for a high-volume corporate payables operation handling approximately 200,000 invoices annually tied to substantial company spending.
- Review and approve invoice coding practices to ensure transactions are recorded accurately and aligned with internal financial controls.
- Manage payment execution activities, including check disbursements and ACH transactions, while maintaining timeliness and accuracy.
- Balance staffing coverage and workflow priorities across a lean team to keep operations running smoothly during absences and peak periods.
- Monitor performance, resolve escalated payment issues, and drive consistent service levels across the AP function.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to improve efficiency, strengthen compliance, and support process effectiveness within the payables cycle.
- Utilize SAP or a comparable large-scale ERP system to manage AP operations, reporting, and process oversight.