Accounts Payable Manager

We are seeking an Accounts Payable Manager for American Campus Communities (ACC), a Blackstone Real Estate portfolio company and the largest owner, manager and developer of high-quality student housing communities in the United States. This role is based in Bengaluru, India and is hired through Revantage India.

The Accounts Payable Manager is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of ACC’s Accounts Payable function, including invoice processing, approval workflows, payment execution, vendor management, exception resolution and period-end activities. The role leads the Bengaluru-based Accounts Payable team and is accountable for the accuracy, timeliness and quality of the team’s output, while maintaining strong service levels for property, corporate and vendor stakeholders.

The Accounts Payable Manager, in consultation with finance and accounting leadership, establishes operating standards, procedures and controls for the function; monitors performance against defined service levels and key metrics; and ensures compliance with ACC policies, internal control requirements and applicable vendor reporting obligations. The role partners closely with US-based leadership and other functions to resolve issues, strengthen processes and drive automation and scalability across Accounts Payable. The position also provides oversight of certain Development Accounting activities, including review of monthly development draws.

Primary Role

• Provide leadership over the end-to-end execution of ACC Accounts Payable operations, including invoice processing, non-invoice (i.e. tenant) payment processing, approval workflows, payment execution, vendor maintenance, exception resolution and period-end activities, ensuring transactions are processed accurately, timely and in accordance with established service levels.

• Lead the Bengaluru-based Accounts Payable team, establishing clear performance expectations, allocating workload, managing priorities and developing team capability through coaching, training and ongoing performance management.

• Establish and monitor key operating metrics for the Accounts Payable function, including invoice processing timeliness, payment execution, aging, unresolved exceptions, error rates and other measures of quality, productivity and service.

• Partner closely with ACC leadership in overseeing payment processing and related controls, ensuring approved obligations are paid accurately and on time and that payment exceptions, returned payments and other issues are identified and resolved promptly.

• Own vendor onboarding and vendor master data governance, including appropriate validation, vendor record maintenance and compliance with 1099 and applicable reporting requirements.

• Establish and maintain scalable Accounts Payable policies, procedures, workflows and review standards, and ensure they are consistently understood and followed across the team.

• Maintain a strong Accounts Payable control environment in accordance with ACC’s larger control framework, including compliance with internal control requirements, segregation-of-duties standards, approval authorities, internal policies and documented operating procedures.

• Working with US-based leadership, serve as a key Accounts Payable liaison and subject-matter leader across property teams, corporate functions and external vendors, ensuring timely escalation and resolution of payment, invoice, vendor and process-related issues.

• Oversee and work in close partnership with the Accounting team’s preparation of monthly development draws and related activities, ensuring completeness, accuracy and timely delivery in support of ACC’s development and construction teams.

• Lead continuous-improvement initiatives across Accounts Payable, identifying opportunities to simplify workflows, reduce manual effort, strengthen controls and improve transaction accuracy and service levels, leveraging AI and inherent ERP automation capabilities.

• Maintain a strong working knowledge of evolving accounting best practices and strategies that can be applied to day-to-day work, the department and the organization, and proactively communicate these to the relevant team members and leadership.

• Partner with US-based leadership and Revantage India on staffing, hiring, performance management and organizational development to ensure the Accounts Payable function has the appropriate capacity and capabilities to support the business.

• Work from the Bengaluru office under the hybrid working model, with working hours aligned to provide a meaningful daily overlap with US business hours; flexibility is expected during month-end close and peak processing cycles.

• Perform other projects and responsibilities as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting is preferred; a professional qualification such as CA, CMA or MBA (Finance) is an advantage.

• Minimum of six years of related professional experience within a large organisation processing high volumes of invoices.

• Four or more years of supervisory experience is required, including managing and developing a team.

• Hands-on experience with accounts payable ERP platforms (Oracle Fusion preferred), paperless accounts payable systems, travel and expense (T&E) software, and ACH or card payment methods.

• Working knowledge of key internal control requirements and internal control environments within an accounts payable function.

• Experience with vendor onboarding, vendor master data governance and 1099 or equivalent statutory reporting.

• Demonstrated ability to lead process improvement, system implementations and software conversions within a finance function.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with high attention to detail when working with large volumes of transactional data.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in business English, with the ability to document procedures and communicate them clearly to staff and stakeholders.

• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise competing deadlines and ensure on-time delivery.

• A service-oriented approach to supporting internal stakeholders and external vendors, with the ability to build trust with onshore teams across time zones.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, with emphasis on Excel.