Job Title:
Accounts Payable Lead
Company:
Prologis
Accounts Payable Team Lead, Denver
A day in the life
The Accounts Payable Team Lead provides functional leadership within Accounts Payable while independently owning accurate and timely execution of complex activities across the accounts payable lifecycle. The role coordinates priorities across invoice validation, purchase order matching, supplier operations, exception resolution, vendor communication, payment processing, and support for month-end and year-end close. This position partners with Accounts Payable, Procurement, Receiving, Property or Business Operations, Accounting, Treasury, technology teams, vendors, and internal customers to resolve issues and assess upstream and downstream impacts. Based in the Denver office with an onsite expectation of 1–2 days per week, the Team Lead serves as a trusted resource for colleagues, leads routine projects and process improvements, and supports consistent execution through change and ambiguity.
Key responsibilities include:
- Own end-to-end execution of complex accounts payable work across multiple assignment types, managing priorities, deadlines, and follow-up activities to meet accuracy and service-level expectations with limited guidance.
- Execute and review complex payment processes, including payment cycles, positive pay review, EDI transmissions, returned bank items, stale-dated checks, escheatment processing, open payables review, and 1099 reporting and filing.
- Process and review high volumes of purchase order and non-purchase order invoices, validating supplier, legal entity, invoice, currency, tax, coding, approval, matching, and supporting-document details.
- Research and resolve complex invoice, supplier, supplier portal, payment, reconciliation, and workflow issues; identify root causes and broader impacts, formulate solutions, make accountable decisions, and escalate risks or policy exceptions when needed.
- Monitor workflow queues, aging, rejected items, payment holds, and deadlines; coordinate with vendors, internal customers, management, and cross-functional partners to resolve issues and align execution.
- Analyze reports, data, and recurring issues to assess accounts payable processes and systems; lead routine improvements that reduce manual effort and rework, strengthen controls, and improve service and accuracy.
- Lead routine projects and contribute to complex initiatives, including system implementations, user acceptance testing, automation, documentation, training, and cross-training; support month-end and year-end close by researching and resolving assigned reconciling items, and provide coaching, feedback, and development support to team members when assigned.
Building blocks for success
Required:
- Five or more years of relevant accounts payable or transaction-processing experience in a high-volume environment.
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage end-to-end accounts payable work across multiple assignment types, including invoice processing, purchase order matching, approvals, exception handling, supplier operations, vendor inquiries, payment processing, and close support.
- Ability to apply accounts payable processes, internal controls, related systems, and relevant accounting principles to routine and complex situations.
- Experience using an ERP or financial system and an invoice workflow, supplier portal, or imaging application.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Word.
- Ability to manage multiple routine and complex assignments or projects with limited guidance while maintaining accuracy and meeting deadlines and service-level commitments.
- Ability to research transactions and supporting documentation, identify root causes and upstream or downstream impacts, formulate solutions, make accountable decisions, and recognize when management involvement is required.
- Ability to communicate issues and recommended resolutions clearly to vendors, internal customers, cross-functional partners, technology teams, and management.
- Demonstrated leadership through meetings, projects, process improvement, training, or cross-training while maintaining confidentiality and following established controls.
Preferred:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Experience with PeopleSoft or a comparable large-scale ERP and related reporting or workflow tools.
- Experience in a large, multi-entity, shared-services, real estate, or global organization.
- Experience with supplier onboarding or master data controls, supplier tax reporting, sales and use tax, payment operations, or international payment requirements.
- Experience creating process documentation or training resources and supporting operational reporting, dashboards, system implementations, user acceptance testing, automation, or accounts payable process improvement.
- Demonstrates willingness and capability to leverage emerging technology, automation, and AI tools to improve efficiency, quality, and speed. Exercises sound judgment, creative thinking, and accountability for outcomes.
Hiring Salary Range of: $75,000 - $100,000. Salary and whole compensation package (bonus target) to be determined by the candidate’s location, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
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Employment Type:
Full time
Location:
Denver, Colorado
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