Senior Global Accounts Payable Manager

23 Hours ago • 6 Years + • Finance • Operations • $94,600 PA - $200,500 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Senior Global Accounts Payable Manager at Microsoft oversees end-to-end AP operations, designing and delivering complex operational programs. This role requires leading process improvements, collaborating with cross-functional teams (Finance, Procurement, Treasury, and external partners), and influencing stakeholders at all levels. Responsibilities include ensuring robust controls, monitoring AP systems, coordinating with business partners, governing outsourced functions, analyzing process issues, and driving improvements to standard operating procedures. The ideal candidate will have strong AP management experience in a large, global organization, along with proven expertise in process excellence and shared service environments. Proficiency in tax knowledge, data analysis, and communication is crucial.
Must have:
  • Oversee end-to-end AP operations
  • Design and deliver complex programs
  • Lead process improvements
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams
  • Influence stakeholders at all levels
  • Ensure robust controls
  • Monitor AP systems
  • Strong AP management experience
  • Process excellence expertise
  • Proficiency in tax knowledge and data analysis
Good to have:
  • Shared service environment experience
  • Global Procure to Pay experience
  • Strategic and tactical business skills
  • Ability to implement change
  • Microsoft Office proficiency

Job Details

Overview

Are you passionate about being a part of a high performing global team that values collaboration, process excellence and innovation? Do you want to impact the Procure to Pay industry and the direction of Procure to Pay within Microsoft? 

 

The vision for Procure to Pay (P2P) at Microsoft is to provide frictionless end-to-end payment that seek to reduce user time, allow our operations to scale, and move beyond being a cost center for the company. The P2P team manages approximately $100+B of payments to third parties and $30B to employees annually. P2P operations are outsourced as managed service and serve ~200 subsidiaries worldwide. Both Finance Operations' internal and corporate driven big initiatives and efforts are in the road-map to be impacting Accounts Payable across all it's service lines in the short and long term.

 

The Senior Global Accounts Payable Manager will have responsibility for overseeing our Accounts Payable (AP) operations end-to-end. You will independently lead the design of highly complex operational programs from initiation to delivery using industry top practices, as well as provide thought leadership to the AP Operations team to ensure successful execution of the plans. This role engages with Microsoft stakeholders of all levels and cross functions, including Finance Controls and Compliance, Procurement, Treasury, Business Process Outsource partner, and Business Group leadership teams. In this role, you will demonstrate thought-leadership capability and leverage a track record of success in business partnering, managing end-to-end processes, collaborations, and influencing others.

 

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

 

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance or related field AND 4+ years work experience in program management, process management, process improvement
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of work experience in accounting, finance, or financial operations areas.

 

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, Finance, Accounting or other related fields.
  • 6+ years of relevant work experience in Operations, Accounting, Accounts Payable, Finance, Project Management or related fields.
  • 2+ years of work experience in shared services environments.
  • Global Procure to Pay environment in a large organization with previous Accounts Payable management experience.
  • Process excellence experience in a Shared Service Center/Outsourcing environment. 
  • Strategic and tactical business skills, and a demonstrated ability to implement change. 
  • Comfortable working with ambiguity and adept at using data to influence business decision making.
  • Proficient Tax knowledge as it relates to Accounts Payable for domestic and international payment processing.
  • Ability to communicate with all levels within an organization, as well as establish trust quickly and create win-win situations.
  • Microsoft Office experience, including solid Excel and PowerPoint skills, and an ability to prepare and deliver leadership presentations.
  • Ability to travel minimally, preferably both domestic and international.

 

 

Business Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,600 - $183,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $122,000 - $200,500 per year.

 

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

 

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 30, 2025.

 

 

At Microsoft, we believe that diversity enriches our performance and products, the communities where we live and work, and the lives of our employees. As our workforce evolves to reflect the growing diversity of our communities and the global marketplace, our efforts to understand, value, and incorporate differences become increasingly important. Come explore diversity at Microsoft

 

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Responsibilities

  • Use broad and deep industry knowledge of Accounts Payable function to drive continuous process excellence.
  • Ensure AP maintains a vigorous environment of controls, and monitor AP systems and communication channels to ensure smooth processing and a delivery of high quality AP service to internal and external stakeholders.
  • Execute organization’s outsource strategy across several Procure To Pay programs.
  • Analyze root causes of the process issues, size the risk and drive improvement to AP standard operating procedures and policies.
  • Drive effective coordination with business partners to ensure our AP processes and support are meeting the needs of the business and identify areas where we can enhance our support offering.
  • Govern outsourced Accounts Payable function globally, monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
  • Liaise cross functionally to coordinate successful training to our internal business groups.
  • Review trade payable and cash accounts reconciliations, AP aging reports and sign off.
  • Work with internal and external auditors, government agencies and taxing authorities to provide necessary data as requested.
  • Ensure all AP activities align with program objectives, and leverage data to build business cases in support of strategic objectives.
  • Utilize strategy from leadership to influence changes. Support our internal business groups and payees with a Customer Obsessed service approach.
  • Challenge existing processes and procedures, and innovate to elevate our service offering, metrics, and user satisfaction.
  • Embody our and

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