Accounts Payable Lead Job in Coimbatore: 4–10 Years Experience Required

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu: A full-time Accounts Payable Lead opportunity is available in Coimbatore for professionals with 4 to 10 years of overall experience in Accounts Payable. Experience with LN Infor ERP systems is listed as an added advantage.

The position is a work-from-office, night-shift role aligned with the US time zone and is intended for an immediate joiner.

Job Details

Job Summary

The Accounts Payable Lead will work within a Shared Services environment, handling activities related to vendor invoices, payments, reconciliations and compliance with internal controls.

The role focuses on maintaining timely and accurate Accounts Payable operations while meeting service-level requirements.

Key Areas of Responsibility

The position includes responsibility for several areas of the Accounts Payable process.

Invoice Processing

The role involves handling the end-to-end AP process, including:

• Receiving and validating invoices
• PO matching and invoice booking
• Monitoring daily invoice queues
• Ensuring processing within defined SLAs
• Following company policies and approval procedures
• Maintaining financial controls

Payments and Reconciliations

Responsibilities include managing payment cycles and reviewing payment proposals before release.

The professional will also work on:

• Vendor account reconciliations
• Payment exceptions
• Open-item clearing
• AP ageing reduction
• Invoice discrepancies
• Vendor queries and disputes
• ACH, wire and check payments

Month-End and Year-End Closing

The Accounts Payable Lead will support closing activities by:

• Calculating and posting AP accruals
• Reviewing GR/IR accounts
• Supporting timely account clean-up
• Providing close-related information and reporting to controller teams

Daily Operations

The position also includes operational activities such as sorting and scanning invoices, handling vendor queries and following up on missing or unpaid invoices.

Other responsibilities include:

• Creating vendor records in LN
• Downloading invoices from vendor portals
• Processing check payments
• Preparing payment-run files
• Submitting approved payments to the bank
• Sending remittance letters to vendors
• Posting AP documents in LN

Project and Compliance Activities

The role may also involve temporary projects and additional AP clean-up activities.

These include reviewing older uncashed checks and unpaid invoices, coordinating with vendors to convert check payments to ACH, and supporting W-9 compliance.

The professional may also work on vendor reconciliation by correcting vendor and invoice information in LN and resolving discrepancies.

Stakeholder Interaction

The Accounts Payable Lead will interact with several internal and external stakeholders, including:

• India Shared Service Team
• US Finance Team
• US Operations Team
• Procurement teams
• Auditors
• External vendors

Who Can Apply?

The position is intended for professionals with 4–10 years of Accounts Payable experience and a graduate qualification in Commerce, Finance or Accounting.

Experience with LN Infor ERP systems is mentioned as an added advantage.

Candidates should also be comfortable working from the office during the US time-zone night shift.

Career Opportunity

This mid-senior-level position provides an opportunity for experienced Accounts Payable professionals to work across invoice processing, payment management, reconciliation, closing activities, vendor management and finance operations within a shared-services environment.

Interested candidates should review the original job posting for the employer's application process and any additional requirements.