This leader will oversee invoice processing, employee reimbursements, vendor payments, and regulatory compliance, while partnering cross-functionally to enhance working capital management, operational scalability, and financial controls.
The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of progressive experience in Accounts Payable, Expense Management, and P2P operations, along with a proven track record leading global teams within multinational or shared services environments and delivering measurable operational excellence

Responsibilities
Global Accounts Payable Operations
• Lead and manage end-to-end AP operations across multiple legal entities in the US, EMEA, and APAC regions.
• Oversee invoice intake, validation, processing, payment execution, vendor statement reconciliations, and AP aging analysis.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, contractual terms, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Govern vendor master data integrity, including supplier onboarding and maintenance processes.
• Monitor and report on AP performance metrics,



ensuring adherence to established service level agreements (SLAs) and KPIs.
• Collaborate with Procurement and Treasury to optimize payment terms and improve working capital performance.
• Strengthen internal controls and proactively drive fraud prevention and payment security initiatives.
• Manage end-to-end processing of pass-through costs, ensuring accurate and timely handoff to Billing/Invoicing teams (experience with Sunshine Reporting preferred).
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including accruals, reconciliations, and journal entries.
• Identify and implement opportunities for automation, efficiency gains, and process standardization.
Employee Expenses & Travel Management

• Oversee global employee expense reimbursement programs and travel-related financial processes.
• Ensure timely review, approval, and reimbursement of employee expenses in line with policy.
• Drive compliance with T&E; policies

📌 Manager - Global Accounts Payable and Employee Expenses (Pune)
🏢 Cytel
📍 Pune