Job Description

About Signant Health

At Signant Health, we help bring life-changing treatments to patients faster. We are a global evidence generation company that supports clinical trials with smart technology, scientific expertise, and hands-on operational support — so better data leads to better decisions in healthcare. We embrace AI and advanced technologies to enhance every aspect of what we do, from data analysis to operational efficiency.

Our teams work at the intersection of science, technology, and patient experience, delivering digital solutions powered by AI innovation that make clinical trials more efficient, more accurate, and more accessible around the world. Trusted by leading pharmaceutical companies and CROs, our platforms and services support studies across more than 90 countries and have contributed to hundreds of new drug approvals.

If you are motivated by meaningful work, global impact, and innovation in clinical research and digital health — including the opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI technologies — you will find purpose and opportunity at Signant Health.

About the Role

The Accounts Payable Manager will oversee and participate in all aspects of the accounts payable function across multiple legal entities, including processing vendor bills with accurate general ledger coding, approving employee expense reports, managing timely vendor payments, processing pass-through project expenses in accordance with customer contracts, and performing intercompany payable processing, while supervising the day-to-day work of a team of accounts payable specialists.

The Accounts Payable Manager is responsible for deploying best practices to improve the quality of processes, maintaining electronic supporting records, ensuring compliance with Group accounting and purchasing processes, and delivering on vendor satisfaction and key reporting metrics.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES - Function

• Directly supervise a team of accounts payable specialists, providing daily direction on delegated vendor assignments, managing and assigning incoming vendor bills and email distributions, training on systems and procedures, and evaluating job performance
• Maintain compliance, accuracy, and speed with strategic AP direction for efficiencies, synergies, and automation, ensuring strict adherence to the delegation of authority workflow and achievement of key performance indicators applicable to Accounts Payable
• Manage international, multicurrency, and intercompany vendors, recording vendor bills in the proper legal entities in accordance with intercompany posting policies set by Controllers
• Manage general ledger coding in accordance with ERP system and Group accounting policies for prepaids, fixed assets, accruals, and inventory and accrual management
• Oversee compliance of out-of-pocket/pass-through expense management and intercompany processes, including accurate and timely bill coding, reading contracts, obtaining project manager approvals, and retaining supporting files for multiple contracting entities
• Support Finance’s Accounts Receivable invoicing process related to customer contracts, and support the maintenance of systems that affect vendor bill coding, expense approval workflows, and process improvements
• Oversee expense report processing in multiple ERP systems in accordance with Group travel compliance policies, and support maintenance of related systems affecting expense report approval workflows and employee changes
• Support the purchase order process with procurement and supply chain teams, including purchase order workflow approvals and vendor bill matched receipts within an ERP system
• Propose payments in accordance with Group treasury policies, using banking software for multiple legal entities and currencies
• Maintain an organized electronic filing system for paperless and mailed vendor bills, purchase order approval support, and payment support
• Respond to vendor inquiries and internal requests in a timely manner, work collaboratively with internal teams across multiple entities, and track outstanding issues to resolution through effective communication and transparent supporting records, providing excellent customer service
• Maintain vendor management compliance and account relationships with the quality and ERP systems, treasury processes, and annual tax reporting (prepare 1099 information for year-end submission in accordance with IRS regulations, vendor set-up forms, and sales and use tax and VAT charges)
• Achieve departmental goals by developing and implementing process improvements that increase the efficiency and accuracy of invoice processing and payment distribution, including testing system upgrades, supporting system integrations, recommending and participating in automation initiatives, testing new processes, supporting global harmonization of practices, and documenting process narratives and workflows
• Build highly collaborative relationships with Finance General Ledger teams, Supply Chain/Procurement teams, and Client Delivery Project Managers to manage invoice approvals
• Build highly collaborative relationships with Finance IT to support ERP system processes and upgrades, and the integration of other systems that affect accounts payable processing and expense reports

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES

Essential:

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive accounts payable experience
• Minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience managing accounts payable staff
• Ability to work with employees in remote locations and within a team environment as an individual contributor, build stable working relationships internally, and work extended hours as needed
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to present information, respond to inquiries, and interact well with various levels of management internally and with external individuals at global locations
• Ability to read and understand contract language and engage in collaborative problem-solving that generates effective solutions consistent with the organization’s financial policies and procedures
• Effective time management skills to develop and direct realistic action plans for supervised teams, while creating a collaborative environment and ensuring internal stakeholder satisfaction
• Demonstrated judgment and outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills, with strong attention to detail, accuracy, and organizational skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Outlook; intermediate Excel skills, including pivot tables, H/V lookups, IF functions, and other advanced functions
• Experience working with electronic data, including accounting data within an ERP system; extracting and formatting ERP data exports; and maintaining organized paperless records, shared drives, and multiple file folders
• Confident and professionally poised, with a proven ability to work in a fast-paced team environment, meet deadlines, manage a high volume of transactions, and adapt to change with a seamless effect on the business

Desirable:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, or a related discipline
• Accounts payable industry experience
• NetSuite ERP and/or Great Plains knowledge

Why Signant Health?

At Signant Health, your work has real impact. Everything we build, support, and deliver helps advance clinical research and bring new treatments to patients faster — improving lives around the world. Our teams combine science, technology, and operational expertise to solve complex clinical trial challenges, and every role contributes to that mission.

We offer a collaborative, global environment where you can grow your career while working alongside experts across clinical, technology, data, and operations, with opportunities to learn, take ownership, and drive meaningful innovation — not just maintain the status quo.

If you are looking for purpose-driven work, smart colleagues, and the opportunity to help shape the future of clinical research and digital health, Signant Health is the place to do it.

At Signant Health, accepting difference isn't enough — we celebrate it, we support it, and we nurture it for the benefit of our team members, our clients, and our community. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative action employer, committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. Prior to their start date, all new hires are required to be verified through a thorough background check and identity verification to confirm eligibility for employment.

Unsolicited resumes submitted by agencies or third-party recruiters directly to hiring managers or any Signant Health employee will not be considered and will not obligate Signant Health to any fees or terms associated with the submission.

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