Assistant Accounts Payable Manager
Palmetto Clean TechCharlotte, North Carolina
Full Time
Posted January 22, 2026
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Job Description
The role involves managing high-volume accounts payable operations, overseeing vendor relationships, ensuring accurate and timely invoice processing, and leading a team to support financial reporting and process improvements within the residential solar industry.
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 and reconciliations for financial reporting.
- Review AP-related journal entries and GL reconciliations, supporting internal and external audits.
- Identify and implement process improvements and automation initiatives in AP operations.
- 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 enhance 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
- Ability to oversee and manage end-to-end AP processes, ensuring timely and accurate invoice processing, proper 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
- Ability to review and analyze AP-related journal entries and GL reconciliations
- Experience assisting in internal and external audits, providing necessary documentation and explanations related to AP transactions
- Ability to identify and implement process improvements and automation initiatives to increase efficiency and accuracy in AP operations
- Experience generating ad hoc reports and pulling detailed AP-related data as requested
- Ability to work with IT and finance teams to optimize AP system functionality and enhance reporting capabilities
- Experience analyzing AP trends, payment cycles, and vendor performance to recommend cost-saving opportunities
- Providing leadership, support, and coaching to the AP team to enhance their skills and performance
- Fostering a positive, high-performance work culture to ensure the team meets its goals and deadlines
- Training and mentoring AP staff on best practices, compliance standards, and system optimizations
- Leading AP team meetings to ensure alignment on priorities and continuous learning
- 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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