Accounts Payable Manager - Global

Legora Legora · Vertical AI · Stockholm, Sweden · Corporate

The company uses AI in its product, but this role is for an Accounts Payable Manager, focusing on financial operations and process improvement. The role involves managing global AP operations, designing processes, ensuring accuracy, and driving automation within the AP function. It requires extensive experience in AP and accounting operations, understanding of internal controls, and the ability to manage priorities in a fast-paced environment.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own end-to-end Accounts Payable operations across all global entities, including oversight of invoice processing, payment execution, and vendor setup
  2. Design, document, and maintain scalable AP processes, controls, and approval workflows aligned with audit requirements
  3. Ensure accurate and timely AP activity, including proper coding, approvals, and cutoff, in alignment with accounting policies
  4. Support month-end close activities relating to AP, including accruals and reconciliations
  5. Oversee the global vendor card program, including policy design, spend controls, and monitoring

Skills

Required

  • Accounts Payable operations
  • Accounting operations
  • Multi-country AP management
  • Internal controls
  • Audit requirements
  • Process design
  • Process improvement
  • ERP systems
  • Spend management systems

Nice to have

  • Automation opportunities

What the JD emphasized

  • 9+ years of progressive experience in Accounts Payable or accounting operations, including ownership of AP processes in a multi-country environment
  • Detailed understanding of AP-related internal controls, approvals, documentation, and audit requirements