Assistant Accounts Payable Manager
Palmetto Clean TechCharlotte, North Carolina
Full Time
Posted December 4, 2025
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Job Description
The Assistant AP Manager will oversee high-volume accounts payable operations, manage vendor relationships, ensure accurate and timely invoice processing, and lead process improvements within the residential solar industry to support financial accuracy and efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end accounts payable processes, ensuring timely and accurate invoice processing and payments.
- Oversee vendor relationships, resolving discrepancies and maintaining effective communication.
- Handle high-volume payments, including milestone-based payments, with precision and compliance.
- Ensure proper coding, approval workflows, and payment processes align with company policies.
- Perform month-end close activities, including accruals, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Assist in internal and external audits related to accounts payable transactions.
- Identify and implement process improvements and automation initiatives to enhance AP efficiency and accuracy.
- Generate reports and analyze AP data to identify trends, cost-saving opportunities, and system enhancements.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and support to the AP team to improve performance and foster a positive work culture.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 5 years of progressive experience in Accounts Payable, with 2 years in a managerial or supervisory role.
- Strong understanding of month-end close processes, vendor management, and accruals.
- Proficiency in banking and Accounts Payable systems, particularly HSBC, JPM, BofA, Stampli, NetSuite, Navan, Tipalti.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to generate and interpret AP reports.
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy, especially when managing large payments.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to coach and support team members.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, high-volume environment while maintaining efficiency and positivity.
- Experience managing high-volume payments of approximately 100 million dollars monthly, including milestone-based payments, with precision and compliance.
- Experience overseeing and managing the end-to-end Accounts Payable process, including invoice processing, coding, approval workflows, and payment processes in Stampli, NetSuite, and Navan.
- Experience managing and strengthening vendor relationships, ensuring timely communication and resolution of discrepancies.
- Experience overseeing AP aging reports and ensuring timely resolution of outstanding invoices.
- Experience ensuring timely and accurate month-end accruals and reconciliation processes for financial reporting.
- Experience reviewing and analyzing AP-related journal entries and GL reconciliations.
- Experience assisting in internal and external audits related to AP transactions.
- Experience identifying and implementing process improvements and automation initiatives to increase efficiency and accuracy in AP operations.
- Ability to generate ad hoc reports and pull detailed AP-related data as requested.
- Ability to analyze AP trends, payment cycles, and vendor performance to recommend cost-saving opportunities.
- Experience providing leadership, support, and coaching to the AP team to enhance their skills and performance.
- Experience fostering a positive, high-performance work culture and training/mentoring AP staff on best practices, compliance standards, and system optimizations.
- Employment contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.
Benefits & Perks
unlimited PTO
medical coverage
dental coverage
vision coverage
paid parental leave
retirement plans
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