Lead and develop the AP team, fostering a high-performance culture through coaching, training, and career development. Oversee the accurate and timely processing of vendor invoices, employee reimbursements, and other payments, including invoice matching, approvals, coding, posting, and reconciliations. Ensure compliance with internal controls, audit requirements, and regulatory standards; maintain up-to-date AP policies and procedures. Manage vendor relationships, resolve escalations and payment issues, and ensure optimized payment terms. Financial reporting supports by leading month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, which include aging analysis, reconciliations, accruals, reporting, and audit support. Build strong stakeholder relationships, addressing complex issues promptly and ensuring policy compliance while balancing business needs. Provide visibility on individual team performance and drives everyone to deliver as per set targets in place