OpenAI Senior Manager, Accounts Payable at OpenAI responsible for owning and scaling supplier payment operations. This role involves reviewing and approving payment runs, resolving complex exceptions, and improving payment processes and systems.
Responsibilities
We’re looking for an Accounts Payable Senior Manager to own and scale supplier payment operations. You’ll be responsible for accurate, timely payments, strong controls, and dependable service as OpenAI grows.
This is a hands-on leadership role. You’ll review and approve supplier payment runs, oversee work initiated by our BPO teams and AP agents, as well as personally resolve complex exceptions. You’ll stay close to execution during volume spikes and month-end close while building the processes, coverage, and systems the team needs to scale.
You’ll partner with Procurement, Supplier Master Data Operations, Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Finance Systems, and existing AP processing teams to make payments reliable from payment readiness through settlement reconciliation. You’ll clarify handoffs, address recurring failures, and improve ERP, banking, and procurement workflows. You’ll also apply automation and AI where they improve accuracy, service, or team capacity, with appropriate controls and human review.
This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office (Mon-Wed) per week and we offer relocation assistance to new employees.
We’re looking for someone with:
Strategic AP leadership and a hands-on approach to scaling systems and processes, with strong attention to detail.
Demonstrated ownership of complex indirect AP and supplier-payment operations, including PO and non-PO workflows.
Experience leading teams or outsourced delivery partners, setting expectations, developing capability, and managing performance.
Strong payment-control judgment and experience investigating duplicates, bank-detail changes, and payment failures.
Working depth in AP accounting, reconciliations, accrual inputs, and close coordination.
Experience translating AP needs into ERP or procurement-system improvements with measurable results.
Clear communication and the ability to influence partners and senior stakeholders in ambiguous situations.
Qualification
Working depth in AP accounting
Required
Strategic AP leadership and a hands-on approach to scaling systems and processes
Demonstrated ownership of complex indirect AP and supplier-payment operations, including PO and non-PO workflows
Experience leading teams or outsourced delivery partners, setting expectations, developing capability, and managing performance
Strong payment-control judgment and experience investigating duplicates, bank-detail changes, and payment failures
Working depth in AP accounting, reconciliations, accrual inputs, and close coordination
Experience translating AP needs into ERP or procurement-system improvements with measurable results
Clear communication and ability to influence partners and senior stakeholders in ambiguous situations
