Lead AP operations for a fast-growing, private equity-backed infrastructure services firm with a strong Midwest presence, driving process standardization and treasury alignment across a multi-region platform.
Why We Like This
- Strategic foundation building: Focus on strengthening accounting processes across key portfolio companies before scaling further, ensuring a solid base for growth.
- Leadership with influence: Opportunity to lead and standardize AP teams across multiple regions, balancing local nuances with enterprise-wide efficiency.
- Cross-functional impact: Involvement in treasury coordination and cash flow management, adding a strategic layer beyond traditional AP responsibilities.
Requirements
- Leadership in Distributed Teams: Proven ability to lead and influence teams across multiple locations, driving standardization and consistency without heavy-handed control—crucial for managing dispersed finance functions.
- Construction Industry Experience: Deep understanding of construction AP processes, especially "paid when paid" contracts, essential for navigating the infrastructure and transportation electrical services sector.
- Treasury & Cash Flow Coordination: Experience integrating treasury functions with AP management to optimize cash flow across multiple portfolio companies, balancing payables and collections in a complex environment.
Responsibilities
- Manage Accounts Payable Operations: Own the end-to-end AP cycle across multiple regions, ensuring invoices and payments are processed on time and vendor relationships stay solid, all while navigating construction-specific compliance and company policies.
- Team Leadership and Development: Lead and develop a distributed team of AP specialists, driving process standardization and collaboration to boost efficiency and consistency enterprise-wide.
- Process Improvement and Standardization: Drive continuous improvement of AP workflows and controls to optimize operations, support treasury cash flow management, and align with broader finance goals.
- Cross-Functional Coordination: Partner closely with treasury, regional controllers, and project managers to align AP activities with cash flow, collections, and project billing—especially under "paid when paid" contract terms.
- Reporting and Compliance Support: Deliver accurate AP data and insights for month-end close, audit readiness, and financial reporting, aiding the scaling and integration of acquired businesses within the portfolio.
$100,000 - $120,000 a year
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