Accounts Payable Manager

Accounts Payable Manager / Team Lead

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Experience: 6–10 years

About the Company

Rassense Private Limited is a food and beverage services company based in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, with a workforce of more than 4,500 people. The company is focused on delivering innovative food experiences at work and is building toward a broader vision of being India’s first food service company that can deliver solutions across sectors and geographies. Rassense aims to combine technology, including AI tools, with its Indian heritage and close connect to production communities to strengthen customer experience and continue growing as India’s largest domestically owned food services company. Its operating philosophy, Together is More, emphasizes collaboration over silos, unity between employees, clients, and partners, and long-term relationships grounded in ethics, quality, trust, and transparency. The environment suits people who value shared progress, disciplined execution, and cross-functional partnership in a growing service business.

About the Role

This role owns the full accounts payable function for a large, fast-moving services business in Bangalore, ensuring vendor invoices, payments, reconciliations, compliance, and reporting run accurately and on time. You will lead AP operations across ERP/SAP, manage vendor relationships, coordinate closely with procurement, operations, and finance, and keep the control environment tight under deadline pressure. The role also carries team leadership, so your impact comes through both process discipline and people management. It is a hands-on finance leadership position with competitive compensation and clear responsibility for keeping working capital, compliance, and monthly close on track.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end vendor invoice processing, validation, and posting so AP entries are accurate, timely, and aligned with purchase orders, contracts, and approval workflows.
• Lead vendor payment execution and query resolution, keeping due dates, credit terms, and stakeholder expectations aligned while reducing friction across the payment cycle.
• Manage vendor reconciliations, outstanding balances, debit notes, credit notes, advances, and adjustments to keep books clean and disputes closed quickly.
• Drive TDS deduction, accounting, and payment coordination in line with statutory requirements, supporting audits and internal controls with reliable documentation.
• Prepare AP ageing, vendor outstanding, payment dashboard, and MIS reporting that improves cash flow visibility and supports management decisions.
• Lead, coach, and allocate work across the AP team so deadlines are met, SOPs are followed, and performance improves through better process discipline.
• Partner with procurement, operations, and finance to resolve invoice discrepancies and improve workflow efficiency across the end-to-end procure-to-pay process.

Essential Skills & Technologies

• Strong end-to-end Accounts Payable knowledge covering invoice verification, payment processing, reconciliations, accrual support, and month-end / year-end close activities.
• Solid understanding of TDS, statutory compliance, internal financial controls, and audit support requirements in an Indian corporate environment.
• Hands-on experience with ERP/SAP or similar accounting systems for transaction posting, control checks, and AP reporting.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel capability for ageing analysis, dashboard tracking, reconciliation support, and MIS preparation.
• Strong vendor management and stakeholder communication skills to resolve disputes, maintain trust, and coordinate across procurement, operations, and finance.
• Proven leadership and team management ability to prioritize work, monitor performance, and improve execution under deadlines.
• Hindi fluency for regular interaction with vendors across multiple regions.

Additional Plus

• Experience in corporate catering, hospitality, manufacturing, facilities management, or a similar high-volume, multi-stakeholder operating environment.
• Exposure to process improvement initiatives that shorten AP cycle times and strengthen controls.
• CA Inter or equivalent finance qualification that adds depth in accounting discipline and compliance awareness.

What You'll Bring

• 6–10 years of finance or Accounts Payable experience with at least 2–3 years leading an AP team in a structured business environment.
• A track record of keeping invoice-to-payment operations accurate, controlled, and responsive while balancing service quality with compliance.
• The ability to work across multiple teams, influence outcomes, and stay calm when deadlines, reconciliations, and audit requirements converge.
• Strong ownership mindset, with the judgment to spot process gaps, fix root causes, and improve how the AP function performs over time.