Accounting Manager

Object Technology Solutions, Inc (OTSI) has an immediate opening for a General Accounting Manager

General Accounting Manager (Boise, ID - Onsite)

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITES:

· The Senior AP Deployment Specialist serves as a dedicated Accounts Payable Operations representative assigned full-time to the global invoice intake and processing transformation program.

· Acting as the AP Operations throughout the deployment lifecycle, the role supports discovery, process reviews, business requirement validation, testing, deployment readiness, go-live, hyper-care, and stabilization activities.

· The position operates separately from day-to-day Accounts Payable processing teams, allowing business-as-usual operations to remain focused on service delivery while dedicated AP deployment specialists support the transformation program full-time.

· Working closely with country AP teams, the AP Process Transformation & AI Deployment Specialist, Change Management & Training Lead, project teams, and technology partners, the Senior AP Deployment Specialist helps ensure future-state solutions are practical, sustainable, compliant, and aligned with real-world AP operating requirements.

· AP Business Ownership

· Throughout discovery, design validation, testing, deployment, hyper-care, and stabilization the AP operations activities

· Ensure documented requirements and configured solutions accurately reflect AP operational needs, controls, exception handling practices, and business requirements.

· Act as the primary working-level representative between AP Operations and the deployment program.

· Champion AP user readiness, operational adoption, and long-term sustainability of future-state processes

SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

1. Discovery & Country Requirements

· Participate in country discovery workshops, process walkthroughs, and design discussions.

· Demonstrate and explain current-state AP processes, controls, approval of workflows, exception handling, and operational practices.

· Identify country-specific legal, tax, regulatory, compliance, language, and operational requirements.

· Validate that local requirements are correctly understood and documented.

· Assess operational impacts associated with proposed future-state processes.

2. Process Validation & Future-State Readiness

· Review and validate Process Design Documents (PDDs), business requirements, process flows, controls, exception scenarios, and operating procedures.

· Confirm that future-state processes accurately reflect AP operational requirements and business realities.

· Evaluate how future-state processes will be operated, supported, and governed by AP after deployment.

· Identify operational gaps, support requirements, ownership requirements, and adoption risks.

· Validate that future-state solutions are scalable, sustainable, and practical for long-term AP operations.

3. Business Validation & User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

· Develop end-to-end UAT scenarios and business test scripts based on real AP operational activities, controls, and exception handling requirements.

· Prepare and maintain required business test data.

· Execute UAT and validate solutions against approved business requirements.

· Confirm that business outcomes are achieved, not solely that system functions operate.

· Identify defects, process gaps, usability concerns, operational impacts, and business risks.

· Support defect triage, retesting, and business sign-off activities.

SIT ownership: System Integration Testing is performed by the implementation and development teams. The Senior AP Deployment Specialist focuses on business validation and UAT activities.

4. Deployment Readiness & Go-Live Support

· Support deployment planning, readiness assessments, cutover activities, and country go-live preparations.

· Confirm operational readiness across users, controls, work instructions, exception handling procedures, and support processes.

· Coordinate deployment of readiness activities with country AP teams.

· Validate user preparedness and operational readiness before deployment.

· Support business go-live activities and the transition into production operations.

5. Hypercare & Stabilization

· Act as an AP User during go-live and hyper-care activities.

· Support issue identification, investigation, prioritization, escalation, and resolution.

· Monitor user adoption, operational effectiveness, exception trends, and process performance.

· Support the transition from project deployment to steady-state AP ownership and operations.

· Validate that AP teams are fully prepared to own and sustain future-state processes.

6. AP Operations & Continuous Improvement

· Identify opportunities to improve process effectiveness, user experience, controls, and operational efficiency.

· Capture lessons learned and support continuous improvement activities for future deployment waves.

· Promote the adoption of standardized global processes across countries.

· Support AP adoption of intelligent automation and future AI-enabled capabilities.

· Provide operational feedback to guide future solution enhancements and country rollouts.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

· Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or related discipline.

· 8+ years of experience in Accounts Payable, Procure-to-Pay, Shared Services, Finance Operations, or AP transformation initiatives.

· Strong understanding of invoice processing, approvals, exception management, controls, and payment of readiness processes.

· Experience participating in UAT, deployment, go-live, hyper-care, or operational improvement initiatives.

· Strong analytical, communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

· Ability to work effectively across global teams and multiple countries.

· Experience with SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA is preferred