Accounts Payable Lead

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Accounts Payable Lead

Pay: $31.00–$38.00/hour

Location: Maitland, FL | Fully Onsite

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

This Accounts Payable Lead opportunity offers the chance to step into a visible leadership role with a nationally recognized commercial HVACR organization that has built its reputation on operational excellence, customer service, and long-term stability. With more than 30 years of success, the company continues to grow while investing in its people, processes, and technology.

As the Accounts Payable Lead, you'll oversee daily AP operations in a high-volume, multi-entity environment while serving as the primary resource for escalations, process improvement initiatives, and team support. This is more than a processing role—the Accounts Payable Lead will help drive accountability, improve efficiencies, and ensure the department operates at a high level.

This opportunity is ideal for an Accounts Payable Lead who enjoys mentoring others, solving problems, and taking ownership of a critical accounting function in a stable, growing organization.

Key Responsibilities of the Accounts Payable Lead

• Lead day-to-day accounts payable operations, including workload delegation, quality review, and oversight of team performance as the Accounts Payable Lead
• Manage high-volume, multi-entity AP processing, including vendor payments, invoice approvals, reconciliations, and compliance documentation as the Accounts Payable Lead
• Serve as the primary point of contact for AP escalations, vendor issues, and procure-to-pay troubleshooting as the Accounts Payable Lead
• Maintain and analyze key departmental trackers, dashboards, aging reports, utilities schedules, rent schedules, and vendor reporting as the Accounts Payable Lead
• Partner with finance leadership to improve processes, strengthen controls, and support month-end close activities while assisting with hands-on AP work as needed as the Accounts Payable Lead

Qualifications For The Accounts Payable Lead

• 2+ years of full-cycle accounts payable experience, including vendor reconciliations, W-9 administration, and 1099 reporting
• 2 + years of prior leadership, supervisory, or lead experience within an accounts payable environment
• Strong Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs, XLOOKUPs, and INDEX MATCH functions

What You'll Gain as the Accounts Payable Lead

• Leadership opportunity within a well-established and respected organization
• Strong visibility with accounting and finance leadership
• High-impact role with opportunities to improve processes and influence operations
• Stable, growth-oriented company with long-term career advancement potential
• Collaborative environment where leadership and initiative are valued

Who Thrives as the Accounts Payable Lead

The ideal Accounts Payable Lead is hands-on, organized, and comfortable balancing leadership responsibilities with day-to-day execution. This Accounts Payable Lead enjoys solving problems, supporting team members, improving workflows, and operating in a fast-paced environment where accuracy and accountability matter.