Accounts Payable Manager

The County Materials Family of Companies manufactures and delivers concrete construction products to meet the demand for growing communities.

Since 1946, we've relied on our talented and dedicated team members to provide reliable products with personalized service.

We're hiring an Accounts Payable Manager to join County Materials in Marathon Wisconsin.

Job Summary:
The Accounts Payable Manager is responsible for leading the organization's Accounts Payable function across multiple entities and operating locations, ensuring accurate, efficient, and well-controlled invoice processing and payment operations.

This role oversees day-to-day AP activities while driving process improvement, standardization, automation, and scalability to support business growth and operational excellence.

The position plays a key role in transforming AP into a technology-enabled, data-driven function by enhancing purchase-to-pay processes, strengthening internal controls, advancing automation and three-way matching capabilities, improving reporting and performance metrics, and optimizing the use of internal resources and third-party service providers.

The Accounts Payable Manager partners closely with Accounting, Treasury, Procurement, Operations, IT, and business leaders to ensure timely vendor payments, reliable financial reporting, effective risk management, and continuous improvement of Accounts Payable processes in support of organizational objectives.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

Accounts Payable Leadership & Operations


* Lead and oversee all Accounts Payable operations, ensuring the accurate, timely, and controlled processing of invoices and payments across multiple entities.


* Manage, develop, and hold accountable AP staff and third-party service providers through clear expectations, coaching, performance management, and cross-training.


* Foster a culture of accountability, customer service, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.


* Serve as the escalation point for complex AP issues and ensure appropriate business continuity, documentation, and process coverage.

Process Improvement & Transformation


* Lead the modernization and continuous improvement of AP processes, leveraging automation, workflow tools, and technology solutions to improve efficiency, scalability, accuracy, and controls.


* Expand and optimize purchase order utilization, three-way matching, and standardized AP processes across all business units.


* Develop and maintain AP policies, procedures, approval matrices, and internal controls while identifying opportunities to reduce exceptions, delays, and manual intervention.


* Partner with Finance and IT on ERP enhancements, system integrations, upgrades, and future-state AP initiatives.

Vendor & Third-Party Provider Management


* Manage outsourced AP service providers through established service-level agreements, KPIs, controls, and performance expectations.


* Evaluate provider p...