Accounts Payable Regional Manager - Americas
Aristocrat is looking for an exceptionally skilled Accounts Payable Regional Manager for the Americas region who will hold a key role in a dynamic team. This opportunity provides the chance to lead and refine the full-cycle Accounts Payable process, ensuring efficiency and flawless execution.
By joining the team, the role holder will make a meaningful contribution to Aristocrat's mission and experience the fulfilling challenge of driving process improvements and collaborating with cross-functional teams worldwide.
- Coordinate the entire Accounts Payable process for the Americas region, ensuring invoices are processed and payments are made promptly and according to regulations.
- Identify, monitor, and resolve PO invoice coordination errors (coordinated and non-coordinated).
- Drive backlog reduction related to PO automation by collaborating with procurement, IT, and processing teams.
- Manage intercompany settlements for Americas entities.
- Monitor performance through dashboards and reports on important metrics to build accountability for the processing team in India.
- Ensure leadership has full insight into backlog, exceptions, and regional AP performance.
- Own and resolve all Americas blocking issues, collaborating with internal partners, vendors, and the global AP team to drive resolution and process improvement.
- Coordinate payment scheduling and processing of vendor and rental invoices across Americas countries.
- Conduct monthly GRNI (Goods Received Not Invoiced) monitoring and reconciliation in alignment with GL expectations.
- Serve as the regional Concur Administrator, managing user support, policy application, and blocking issues.
- Coordinate regional travel and expense submissions, focusing on exception management and inquiry resolution.
- Support statutory and regulatory requirements for each Americas country, ensuring accurate documentation and timely audit response.
- Participate in global and regional projects aimed at improving processes, driving automation, and aligning AP practices across regions.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (required).
- 5+ years of experience in Accounts Payable or Finance Operations, ideally in a multinational or shared services environment (required).
- Strong knowledge of Americas regional finance practices, tax rules, and compliance regulations (required).
- Hands-on experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and Concur (required).
- Proficient in Excel and experienced with dashboards, metrics, and reporting tools (required).
- Strong communication skills with an ability to collaborate across countries, cultures, and time zones (required).
- Proven track record of handling customer issues and process exceptions with composure and accountability (required).
- Demonstrated experience working with offshore teams and shared service models (required).
- Analytical problem solver with a proactive approach to issue resolution and continuous improvement (required).
- Comprehensive pay and benefits package designed to stay competitive in the market, support wellbeing, and recognise contribution to success.
- Pay-for-performance belief in rewarding individual impact.
- Specific compensation package determined by factors such as skills, experience, qualifications, and location.
- May be eligible for annual bonuses and incentives, health and wellbeing benefits, paid time off, retirement plans, insurance coverage, and other local or statutory benefits.
Aristocrat Leisure Limited is an Australian gaming and technology company and one of the world's largest providers of gambling products. Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and headquartered in Sydney, it designs and manufactures electronic gaming machines and casino-management systems, and runs sizeable online real-money gaming (Aristocrat Interactive) and mobile games (Pixel United) businesses. Founded in 1953, the group employs more than 7,000 people across over 20 locations worldwide. It is the largest gaming-machine manufacturer in Australia and among the biggest slot-machine makers globally.