Harcourt Matthews · 17 hours ago
Financial Operations Manager
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$135K/yr - $155K/yrHarcourt Matthews is a leading global organisation with operations across the Americas, Europe and Asia, seeking a Financial Operations Manager to oversee and evolve its Accounts Payable function. This role involves end-to-end responsibility for Accounts Payable while contributing to finance operations initiatives and leading a team to drive efficiency and compliance.
Staffing & Recruiting
No H1B
Hiring Manager
Heather Allen
Responsibilities
Owns Accounts Payable operations – Leads the full AP lifecycle across multiple entities and jurisdictions, ensuring timely, accurate and compliant processing of invoices, payments and expenses
Leads and develops the AP team – Manages, coaches and mentors a high-performing AP team, setting clear expectations, building capability and promoting a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
Drives financial operations excellence – Enhances AP processes through automation, system optimisation and best-practice controls, improving efficiency, accuracy and service delivery
Acts as a key operational partner – Collaborates with Finance, Procurement, Treasury and the wider business, serving as the primary AP point of contact for stakeholders, vendors and outsourced service providers
Ensures governance, compliance and audit readiness – Maintains strong financial controls, supports internal and external audits, and ensures adherence to organisational policies, accounting standards and regulatory requirements
Supports broader finance operations initiatives – Contributes to cross-functional finance projects, system implementations and transformation initiatives, with AP as the core area of ownership
Qualification
Required
End-to-end responsibility for Accounts Payable
Leads the full AP lifecycle across multiple entities and jurisdictions
Ensures timely, accurate and compliant processing of invoices, payments and expenses
Manages, coaches and mentors a high-performing AP team
Sets clear expectations, builds capability and promotes a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
Enhances AP processes through automation, system optimisation and best-practice controls
Collaborates with Finance, Procurement, Treasury and the wider business
Serves as the primary AP point of contact for stakeholders, vendors and outsourced service providers
Maintains strong financial controls
Supports internal and external audits
Ensures adherence to organisational policies, accounting standards and regulatory requirements
Contributes to cross-functional finance projects, system implementations and transformation initiatives
Comfortable operating beyond transactional AP
Understanding of end-to-end finance operations, controls and stakeholder impact
Hands-on experience with AP and expense platforms such as Coupa, Concur or Chrome River
Strong interest in process automation and optimisation
Skilled in using KPIs, metrics and reporting to monitor performance, identify risks and drive improvements
Confident communicator who builds trust across teams
Leads with clarity and consistently delivers high-quality outcomes in fast-paced environments
Strong background managing financial operations, ideally Accounts Payable
Preferred
Large, complex or global organisation experience
Experience in professional services, corporate or shared services environments
Benefits
Bonus and benefits
Company
Harcourt Matthews
Harcourt Matthews are recruitment specialists with a proven background in providing recruitment solutions for Legal Operations and Finance teams.
Founded in 1998
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase