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Robert Half
AP and Procure-to-Pay Consultant
Career Insights for Accounts Payable / Receivable Clerk
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What they do
An Accounts Payable or Receivable Clerk keeps records of accounts and financial transactions, with specific responsibility for Accounts Payable/Receivable. Works for a business or bookkeeping service. Provides information for financial and tax reports completed by an accountant.
$45,911 / year median in North Carolina
-1% projected decline
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced AP and Procure-to-Pay Consultant to support a Long-term Contract opportunity in Greensboro, NC. This position will focus on strengthening accounts payable and procure-to-pay operations by reviewing current practices, improving workflow performance, and putting scalable processes in place. The ideal candidate brings a practical approach to operational improvement, strong cross-functional partnership skills, and hands-on experience with Ariba-driven environments.
Responsibilities:
- Review the full accounts payable and procure-to-pay lifecycle to uncover delays, control weaknesses, and opportunities to improve execution.
- Refine operational workflows spanning requisitions, purchase orders, receiving, invoice handling, approval routing, payment activity, and supplier coordination.
- Work closely with teams across Finance, Accounting, Procurement, IT, Tax, Supplier Master Data, and Accounts Payable to address process issues and align on effective solutions.
- Examine Ariba-related and transactional data to identify patterns, measure performance, and recommend meaningful operational enhancements.
- Support Ariba optimization efforts through troubleshooting, workflow adjustments, and targeted process improvement initiatives.
- Reinforce compliance, standardization, and internal control practices across accounts payable and broader procure-to-pay activities.
- Develop and maintain clear process documents, workflow diagrams, operating procedures, and reference materials to support consistency.
- Lead practical improvement initiatives that raise accuracy, efficiency, and long-term sustainability of AP and P2P operations.
- Guide issue resolution and stakeholder adoption to help ensure new processes remain effective beyond the initial engagement.