Applied
Senior Accounts Payable Manager
Sunnyvale. Posted 18 days ago
The role
You will own and scale the global accounts payable and procure-to-pay functions. You will lead the AP team and oversee expense programs, systems, and internal controls.
What you will do
- Own and scale end-to-end accounts payable and procure-to-pay processes across global entities.
- Partner with Procurement, Legal, IT, FP&A, and business stakeholders.
- Oversee corporate credit card and expense reimbursement programs.
- Lead, coach, and develop the AP team.
- Develop and maintain global AP policies, procedures, and internal controls.
- Own month, quarter, and year-end AP close activities.
- Oversee vendor master data, payment operations, and vendor inquiries.
- Drive AP systems strategy, automation, and continuous process improvement.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in accounts payable, procure-to-pay, and employee expense management.
- 3+ years of team leadership.
- Proven experience scaling AP operations and leading process improvements and system implementations.
- Hands-on expertise with NetSuite, AP automation platforms, and corporate card and expense management systems.
- Experience managing multi-entity, multi-currency AP operations.
- Understanding of internal controls, audit requirements, international payments, and tax regulations.
- Advanced Excel proficiency.
- Experience leveraging AI tools (e.g., Claude, LLMs, Cursor) to automate workflows.
- Experience operating in or preparing for a SOX-compliant, public-company control environment.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Nice to have
- Experience within a high-growth hardware or technology company.
- Experience with Brex, FloQast, Workday, or Ramp.
Benefits
- Base salary
- Equity (options and/or restricted stock units)
- Comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage
- 401k retirement benefits with employer match
- Learning and wellness stipends
- Paid time off
About the company
Applied Intuition, Inc. is a Silicon Valley company creating digital infrastructure for physical AI. It services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries.