461011.Accounting Automation and Payable Manager

Under the general direction of the Senior Manager of Financial Operations, the Accounting Automation & Payables Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the Authority’s Accounts Payable and related accounting operations.

This position provides leadership over the payables function, ensuring timely, accurate, efficient, and compliant processing while driving continuous improvement and automation.

The Manager leads and develops staff, establishes priorities and performance expectations, and fosters a culture of accountability, innovation, and change.

The position serves as a key accounting resource, applying knowledge of GAAP, GASB, internal controls, and Authority policies to ensure automated processes produce accurate and compliant financial results.

This role partners with Finance, Procurement, Information Technology, and departments across the Authority to modernize procure-to-pay processes, implement and optimize Oracle Fusion and related technologies, strengthen controls, and reduce manual intervention.

The Manager identifies opportunities to eliminate inefficient processes, develops performance measures, supports system implementations, and leads initiatives that improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.

This position is not simply responsible for managing Accounts Payable as it exists today; it is responsible for reinventing the process and building a future-ready, technology-enabled AP organization.
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