Accounts Payable Lead, Source to Pay, Google Payments

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Operations, or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience in people management.

• Experience in payment operations and/or payment processing.

• Experience with project management and process improvement.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with payments and in an AP specialist role.

• Experience with banking and payment platforms, including wire, automated clearing house (ACH), etc.

• Understanding of the procure-to-pay cycle and the overall process.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify patterns.

• Ability to achieve results in a fast-paced, high volume environment.

About the job

The Google Business Services (GBS) team within Accounting and Finance Operations manages critical transactions on a global basis and ensures processes are controlled, effective, and efficient. The Source to Pay (S2P) organization, a subset of GBS, is responsible for managing the purchasing process, including supplier enrollment, purchasing, invoice validation and processing, and payment. The S2P team supports all business needs while compliantly and efficiently delivering value back to Alphabet. Our vision is to build viable and scalable processes and systems and enable amazing careers and opportunities for our team.

As an Accounts Payable Lead, you will manage the oversight and execution of large payments to vendors and partners and manage a team that executes the function. You will support the day-to-day execution of disbursements, customer service, and master data functions, including the disbursement of business annually and the accompanying Google, vendors’, and partners’ data. In addition, you will support driving continuous improvement and performance goals through the compilation of data analysis, reporting tools, and performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Accounts Payable (AP)/Payments Analysts.
• Manage escalations and support payment resolution, including complex/highly visible escalations. Manage general inquiries, and act as a point of contact to answer questions from internal stakeholders about already established S2P programs or initiatives.
• Improve continuously, including identifying non-value added processes and improvement opportunities to automate manually intensive tasks and maximize efficiencies and productivity.
• Work closely with other functional areas and foster a client-focused environment which supports internal and external customers.
• Execute manual payment releases, including supporting the release of manual payments through bank portals. Provide approval for a range of requests coming from internal stakeholders and the third-party service provider.

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