Senior Manager, AP & Travel & Expense
Hyderabad - Mindspace (5 days Onsite)
Full-time Opportunity
About the Role
The Azurity Accounting Team is looking for a Manager, Payables (AP and Travel & Expense), who is a self-starter with a sense of urgency and provides leadership and guidance in the AP & T&E areas. This role requires a dedicated AP professional who has a thorough understanding of finance and a process improvement mindset. Additionally important is the building of strong relationships within the team and throughout the organization, resolving disputes and ensuring that the team is delivering a quality product to stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
AP Automation & Transformation (primary mandate)
- Lead the end-to-end automation roadmap for AP: e-invoicing/OCR capture, AI-based invoice coding and 2-way/3-way match, workflow-based approvals, and automated vendor payment run generation within Oracle.
- Own the business requirements and act as functional lead (with IT/Oracle admins) for AP modules in Oracle Fusion Cloud or Oracle EBS, including configuration of matching tolerances, hold codes, payment terms, and approval hierarchies.
- Define and track automation KPIs: straight-through processing rate, touchless invoice %, exception/hold rate, invoice processing cost per invoice, cycle time, and early-payment discount capture.
- Stay current on emerging AI/automation tools in the PTP (procure-to-pay) space and bring forward a continuous-improvement pipeline beyond the initial implementation.
Core AP Operations & Team Management
- Manage full-cycle AP for multiple legal entities/countries: invoice receipt and coding, 2-/3-way match, non-PO invoice approval routing, vendor statement reconciliation, and T&E integration.
- Own the payment process across payment methods and currencies (ACH, wire, check) and multiple banking relationships; manage payment run scheduling, cash-flow-conscious payment timing, and positive pay/fraud controls.
- Manage vendor master data governance (new vendor setup, W-9/W-8, banking changes) with appropriate segregation of duties and fraud-prevention controls.
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of 7-8 (processors through senior analysts); manage workload distribution, quality, and SLAs across the multi-country portfolio.
- Own AP-related month-end close activities: accruals for unbilled/un-invoiced receipts, AP aging and reconciliation, GRNI (goods-received-not-invoiced) analysis, and reporting to Controllership.
- Partner with Procurement, Supply Chain/Ops Finance, and Tax on CMO/CPO invoice issues, freight/logistics accruals, and intercompany AP where relevant given the FG-buy operating model.
- Serve as the AP control owner for SOX/internal-controls purposes (where applicable) and support internal/external audit requests.
- Manage escalations, vendor disputes, and problem invoices; maintain strong vendor relationships despite high SKU/vendor complexity.
- Own the business requirements and act as functional lead (with IT/Oracle admins) for AP modules in Oracle Fusion Cloud or Oracle EBS, including configuration of matching tolerances, hold codes, payment terms, and approval hierarchies.
- Take full responsibility for the payment process and work closely with the treasury team on payments.
Required Skills and Experience
- 10+ years’ accounts payable experience with clear progression, including 2-3 years’ supervisory experience
- Proven management and supervisory skills, including the ability to persuade others to achieve excellence and to foster an environment of openness and teamwork
- Oracle ERP system experience
- Strong PC skills required including proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, or related degree.
