Accounts Payable Manager

We are looking for an experienced Accounts Payable Manager to lead the assessment and modernization of a complex, high-volume payables operation in Solana Beach, California. This Long-term Contract opportunity will focus on improving efficiency, strengthening controls, and building a scalable automation approach across 19 entities. The consultant will partner with finance, operations, IT, and leadership teams to redesign workflows, recommend practical technology solutions, and support implementation of a more effective AP function.

Responsibilities:
• Review the current accounts payable process across multiple entities and identify areas where automation can reduce manual effort and improve consistency.
• Analyze invoice intake, approval routing, vendor administration, payment activity, and reporting practices to uncover operational gaps and enhancement opportunities.
• Recommend and help deploy an accounts payable automation solution using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central capabilities and/or a compatible third-party platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define the most effective long-term approach for payables processing, controls, and system support.
• Create clear future-state process documentation, including approval structures, internal controls, exception handling, and workflow design.
• Lead core project activities such as process mapping, business requirements gathering, testing coordination, and implementation support.
• Improve efficiency for both purchase order and non-purchase order invoice processing while reducing paper-based approvals and manual data entry.
• Support user training and change adoption efforts while establishing performance metrics that strengthen accuracy, timeliness, and scalability within AP.Accounts Payable (AP), Coding Invoices, Check Runs, Automated Clearing House (ACH), Code Invoices, Automation workflows, Data Mapping, Automation