Job DescriptionPosition: Alpha Accounts Payable & Compliance ManagerThe Accounts Payable & Compliance Manager leads and manages the organization's accounts payable function and audit compliance. This position oversees the full accounts payable cycle to ensure accurate, timely, and properly authorized payments; maintains strong relationships with vendors and internal departments; supports month-end and year-end close activities; and ensures adherence to company policies, internal controls, and applicable accounting procedures. The Accounts Payable & Compliance Manager is expected to provide leadership, resolve escalated issues, identify efficiency opportunities, update or create processes to ensure SOX compliance for all accounting controls, and drive process improvement.
Main Job Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities- Manage and oversee the full accounts payable cycle, including invoice intake, coding, approval routing, payment processing, and record retention.
- Supervise, train, and provide guidance to accounts payable staff; assign work, monitor performance, and support professional development.
- Ensure invoices, employee expense reports, check requests, electronic transfers, and payment runs are processed accurately, timely, and in accordance with company policies.
- Review and approve payment batches, check runs, electronic payments, and related supporting documentation.
- Maintain and strengthen internal controls over disbursements, vendor setup, invoice approvals, segregation of duties, and payment authorization.
- Support month-end and year-end close activities, including accruals, journal entries, account analysis, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Coordinate sales tax and use tax reporting related to accounts payable activity, as applicable.
- Provide supporting documentation for audits and assist with audit inquiries related to accounts payable transactions, controls, and records.
- Approve journal entries and account reconciliations
- Track internal and external audit requests, deliverables, findings, and follow-up items to ensure timely completion and proper documentation for the Alpha Accounting team.
- Create and maintain processes to ensure Delegation of Authority (DOA) requirements are followed.
- Create, maintain, and monitor processes to support SOX compliance, including documentation, control review, issue tracking, and coordination with internal stakeholders.
- Identify process improvements, automation opportunities, and workflow efficiencies to strengthen accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
- Perform other accounting, reporting, administrative, and department support duties as assigned.
Education and Experience- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
- Minimum of eight years of accounts payable, general accounting, or related finance experience required.
- Prior supervisory, lead, or management experience required.
- Strong knowledge of accounts payable processes, general accounting procedures, SOX compliance, internal controls, and month-end close activities.
- Experience with accounting software and ERP systems; Sage 100 experience preferred.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products, including Excel, Outlook, and Word.
- Strong analytical, reconciliation, reporting, research, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively and professionally with employees, vendors, managers, and internal departments.
- High level of accuracy, efficiency, accountability, discretion, and attention to detail.
- Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, manage competing responsibilities, and support continuous process improvement.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill and or ability required.Limitations and Disclaimers:The above job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.
All job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and perform other job-related duties requested by their supervisor in compliance with federal and state laws.
Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the employee must possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently. 
