Accounts Payable Manager Jobs
Accounts Payable Manager jobs are open across manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, retail, and professional services, at every level from supervisor to director, with specializations in full-cycle AP, vendor management, and ERP-driven process improvement. Find a role that fits from the openings below and apply directly.
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Position Overview
The Accounts Payable Lead is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day accounts payable operations, ensuring accurate and timely processing of invoices, payments, and corporate credit card transactions. This role provides leadership and guidance to the Accounts Payable team, maintains strong internal controls, ensures compliance with company policies and accounting standards. The Accounts Payable Lead collaborates closely with vendors, procurement team, and Account Payable Manager, to resolve payment issues, enhance operational efficiency, and accuracy.
Responsibilities:
Operations & Period-End Financials
- Distribute daily workloads, monitor processing Invoices, and ensure accurate coding and payment.
- Oversee corporate card workflows, employee card issuance, compliance, and general ledger reconciliation.
- Support month-end and year-end close activities, including account reconciliations, expense reclass, prepaids and accruals.
Issue Resolution & Reporting
- Investigate and resolve three-way matching discrepancies, complex PO issues, and vendor disputes escalated by the AP staff.
- Guide and support AP Clerks with system navigation and corporate policy training.
- Prepare weekly aging reports, reconcile vendor statements, and pull necessary documentation for internal and external audits.
Check Runs
- Coordinate payment runs, including ACH, wire transfers, and check processing.
- Record EFT and bank draft payment transactions in accounting system and maintain accurate payment records.
- Administer check void processing and related financial system updates.
- Monitor stale-dated checks and unclaimed property procedures.
Compliance & Support:
- Provide cross-functional support for cash flow management.
- Serve as a key backup for certain Accounts Payable Manager tasks to ensure business continuity and segregation of duties.
- Coordinate annual 1099 tax reporting to ensure regulatory compliance and timely filing.
- Review claim’s back-up documentation before routing to Grant Accountants for submission.
Skills/Abilities that are a Must-Have:
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including good communication skills, listening skills and professional attitude. Ability to train and develop staff.
- Experience in non-profit is highly preferred.
- Possess solid analytical, problem-solving and strong critical thinking skills and ability to effectively prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of accounting concepts, theories, practices and analysis techniques.
- Be proficient and skilled in various PC software applications, accounting packages, and Microsoft Outlook and proficient in Excel (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables).
- Valid driver’s license, access to an automobile, insurance, and willingness to drive off-site as required.
Skills/Abilities We’d Like You to Have:
- Familiarity using Financial Edge, or similar accounting software.
- Ability to extract data from reports.
- Desire to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Strong knowledge of guiding and supporting fellow team members.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear
- The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms
- The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk
- The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision
Other Duties:
Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Position Title: Accounts Payable Lead
Organization: Jewish Family Service of San Diego
Department: Finance & Accounting
Position Type: Full-Time (37.5+ hours/week), Non-Exempt
Work Setting: Fully Onsite
Pay Range: $27.00/hour
Total Compensation:
In addition to standard pay, compensation for this position includes:
- Comprehensive, low-cost healthcare coverage for employees
- Generous employer 401(k) contributions
- Employer-covered life insurance
Time Away from Work:
Being able to take time away from work is critical in bringing your best self to work. Time off benefits for this position include:
- Paid vacation time and sick leave
- 15 paid holidays, including Federal and Jewish holidays (as long as the holiday lands on a normal scheduled work day), and floating holidays
- 2 Wellness Days to be taken any time during the year to support employees’ mental wellness
About Jewish Family Service of San Diego
Jewish Family Service of San Diego is a client-centered, impact-driven organization working to build a stronger, more resilient community. For over 100 years, Jewish Family Service has been a trusted resource for the entire community, offering an array of services that are always life-changing, and often life-saving. At Jewish Family Service, we believe our employees are the backbone of our Agency. We strive to ensure that each employee is treated with dignity and respect. Our goal is your success. Come work at JFS and be our partner in Moving Forward Together. To learn more about JFS, please visit jfssd.org.
- Jewish Family Service is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
Position Overview
The Accounts Payable Lead is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day accounts payable operations, ensuring accurate and timely processing of invoices, payments, and corporate credit card transactions. This role provides leadership and guidance to the Accounts Payable team, maintains strong internal controls, ensures compliance with company policies and accounting standards. The Accounts Payable Lead collaborates closely with vendors, procurement team, and Account Payable Manager, to resolve payment issues, enhance operational efficiency, and accuracy.
Responsibilities:
Operations & Period-End Financials
- Distribute daily workloads, monitor processing Invoices, and ensure accurate coding and payment.
- Oversee corporate card workflows, employee card issuance, compliance, and general ledger reconciliation.
- Support month-end and year-end close activities, including account reconciliations, expense reclass, prepaids and accruals.
Issue Resolution & Reporting
- Investigate and resolve three-way matching discrepancies, complex PO issues, and vendor disputes escalated by the AP staff.
- Guide and support AP Clerks with system navigation and corporate policy training.
- Prepare weekly aging reports, reconcile vendor statements, and pull necessary documentation for internal and external audits.
Check Runs
- Coordinate payment runs, including ACH, wire transfers, and check processing.
- Record EFT and bank draft payment transactions in accounting system and maintain accurate payment records.
- Administer check void processing and related financial system updates.
- Monitor stale-dated checks and unclaimed property procedures.
Compliance & Support:
- Provide cross-functional support for cash flow management.
- Serve as a key backup for certain Accounts Payable Manager tasks to ensure business continuity and segregation of duties.
- Coordinate annual 1099 tax reporting to ensure regulatory compliance and timely filing.
- Review claim’s back-up documentation before routing to Grant Accountants for submission.
Skills/Abilities that are a Must-Have:
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including good communication skills, listening skills and professional attitude. Ability to train and develop staff.
- Experience in non-profit is highly preferred.
- Possess solid analytical, problem-solving and strong critical thinking skills and ability to effectively prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of accounting concepts, theories, practices and analysis techniques.
- Be proficient and skilled in various PC software applications, accounting packages, and Microsoft Outlook and proficient in Excel (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables).
- Valid driver’s license, access to an automobile, insurance, and willingness to drive off-site as required.
Skills/Abilities We’d Like You to Have:
- Familiarity using Financial Edge, or similar accounting software.
- Ability to extract data from reports.
- Desire to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Strong knowledge of guiding and supporting fellow team members.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear
- The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms
- The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk
- The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision
Other Duties:
Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Position Title: Accounts Payable Lead
Organization: Jewish Family Service of San Diego
Department: Finance & Accounting
Position Type: Full-Time (37.5+ hours/week), Non-Exempt
Work Setting: Fully Onsite
Pay Range: $27.00/hour
Total Compensation:
In addition to standard pay, compensation for this position includes:
- Comprehensive, low-cost healthcare coverage for employees
- Generous employer 401(k) contributions
- Employer-covered life insurance
Time Away from Work:
Being able to take time away from work is critical in bringing your best self to work. Time off benefits for this position include:
- Paid vacation time and sick leave
- 15 paid holidays, including Federal and Jewish holidays (as long as the holiday lands on a normal scheduled work day), and floating holidays
- 2 Wellness Days to be taken any time during the year to support employees’ mental wellness
About Jewish Family Service of San Diego
Jewish Family Service of San Diego is a client-centered, impact-driven organization working to build a stronger, more resilient community. For over 100 years, Jewish Family Service has been a trusted resource for the entire community, offering an array of services that are always life-changing, and often life-saving. At Jewish Family Service, we believe our employees are the backbone of our Agency. We strive to ensure that each employee is treated with dignity and respect. Our goal is your success. Come work at JFS and be our partner in Moving Forward Together. To learn more about JFS, please visit jfssd.org.
- Jewish Family Service is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Manufacturing
- Automotive
- Healthcare & Medical Services
- Technology & Software
- Education
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in accounts payable manager jobs.
- 5+ years of accounts payable experience including at least 2 years in a supervisory or management role
- Proficiency in ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, or Coupa
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related business field
- Strong knowledge of three-way matching, accruals, and month-end close processes
- Experience managing vendor relationships and resolving invoice discrepancies
- Familiarity with 1099 reporting, sales tax compliance, and internal controls
Tips for Your Accounts Payable Manager Job Search
Quantify AP volume on your resume
Hiring managers want to know how many invoices you processed monthly, how many vendors you managed, and what your team size was. Replace vague phrases like 'managed accounts payable' with specific throughput figures that show the scale of your experience.
Highlight ERP systems by name
SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, and Coupa each appear in different industries' job postings. Match the ERP named in each listing to your resume's skills section so your application clears automated screening before a recruiter ever reads it.
Target listings by industry payment complexity
Construction and healthcare AP roles often require lien waiver tracking or cost-center coding knowledge. Filter your search by industry so you're applying to openings where your specific AP process experience is directly relevant, not generic.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists accounts payable manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a process-improvement talking point
Most accounts payable manager interviews include a question about automation, error reduction, or cycle time. Come ready with a concrete example of a workflow you changed, what problem it solved, and how you measured the result before and after.
Negotiate scope before accepting an offer
Clarify headcount, system ownership, and whether the role includes T&E or only vendor invoices. Accounts payable manager titles vary widely in actual scope, and mismatched expectations after you start are harder to fix than questions asked during the offer stage.
Accounts Payable Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most accounts payable managers?
The companies hiring the most accounts payable managers right now include Intuit, Genesis HealthCare, and Whatnot, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and Florida, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Demand is especially concentrated in manufacturing, healthcare systems, and large retail and distribution organizations.
How many accounts payable manager jobs are remote?
About 33% of accounts payable manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, reflecting how much of the role can be handled through cloud-based ERP and digital invoice processing. Roles focused on vendor communications, reporting, and process oversight tend to be the most remote-eligible, while positions requiring on-site check runs or physical document handling are more likely to require in-office presence.
How do you become an accounts payable manager?
Start by building full-cycle AP experience as a specialist or senior specialist, handling invoice processing, vendor reconciliation, and month-end close tasks. Develop proficiency in at least one major ERP system, then move into a lead or supervisory role overseeing a small team. Consistent experience managing close cycles and process improvements positions you for a manager title, and a degree in accounting or finance strengthens most applications.
Can you get an accounts payable manager job with limited management experience?
Yes, especially if you've led a team informally, trained junior staff, or owned a specific AP workflow end to end. Employers hiring first-time managers often prioritize deep AP process knowledge and ERP fluency over formal title history. Frame your resume around the scope of work you owned independently, measurable outcomes you drove, and any cross-functional projects where you coordinated with procurement, finance, or vendors directly.
What does the accounts payable manager interview process look like?
Most accounts payable manager interviews include an initial recruiter screen focused on ERP experience and team size, followed by a hiring manager conversation covering process knowledge, close cycle ownership, and vendor management. A panel interview with finance leadership or a controller is common at larger companies. Expect scenario questions about handling duplicate payments, escalating vendor disputes, or implementing a new approval workflow, and be ready to walk through how you've managed month-end accruals.
Where can I find and apply to accounts payable manager jobs?
You can find and apply to accounts payable manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your experience and apply directly to each listing. Openings are updated regularly, so checking back frequently gives you access to positions as soon as they go live.
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