Senior Global Accounts Payable Manager

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.

• 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