Accounts Payable (AP) – Manager

Job Title: Accounts Payable Manager

Role Level: Payable - Team Lead

Education:

• Minimum 15 years of regular, full time education (10 + 2 + 3)

• Non-technical graduation and/or masters in finance & accounts stream -BCOM, MCOM, MBA in Finance, CA/ICWA or Engineering background with proven black belt or transformation expertise in Finance and Accounts processes.

Must Have Skills:

• Lean Six Sigma certified or formally trained (Black Belt preferred)

• Finance and Accounting domain experience

• Proven track record of leading and/or mentoring multiple Lean Six Sigma improvement projects

• End-to-end P2P and AP service delivery

• Invoice, payment, vendor and AP close management

• Controls, compliance, team and stakeholder management

Good-to-Have Skills:

• Vendor master and working-capital governance

• Retail P2P and global delivery exposure

• Analytics, automation and transformation

• Continuous Improvement / Lean & Six Sigma

• Stakeholders Coordination

• ERP Exposure

Role Summary





The Accounts Payable Manager is responsible for managing end‑to‑end AP operations in a high‑volume retail environment, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant processing of invoices and payments in alignment with defined service levels and governance standards.

Key Responsibilities

- Manage invoice processing, matching, exception handling, and payment execution
- Monitor AP SLAs including cycle time, accuracy, and exception resolution
- Oversee vendor query handling and issue resolution
- Support period‑end AP close activities and reconciliations
- Drive process standardization, efficiencies, and automation initiatives
- Ensure compliance with finance controls, policies, and audit requirements
- Prepare operational reports and performance dashboards

Experience & Skills

- 10-15 years of experience in Accounts Payable operations
- Strong knowledge of invoice matching (2‑way/3‑way), exceptions, and payments
- Experience in ERP‑based AP environments (Oracle preferred)
- Team management and stakeholder coordination skills

📌 Accounts Payable Team Lead (Bengaluru)
🏢 Tata Consultancy Services
📍 Bengaluru