Director, Accounts Payable

At Meridian Softworks, we're on a mission to change the way the world interacts with energy, and we're building a company and brand that puts power at the center of life. To do it, we're designing a dynamic culture where employee development, well-being, and safety come first. It's why we've become the #1 home solar and battery company in America. We're unlike any other residential energy company. Our vertically integrated model gives us total control over every part of the energy lifecycle - from sale through installation and beyond - so you can find endless opportunities for growth. Come join a career you can grow in and a culture you can run with. Who We Are We're on a mission to make energy more reliable and affordable for more people. We provide an opportunity with storage and solar to help people access greater energy independence without the big upfront costs. Meridian Softworks is the largest dedicated residential solar and storage company in the country and has a mission to bring stably priced resilient power to the masses. Key Responsibilities Drive a best-in-class Payables Team & P2P Operations Manage day-to-day Payables operations in conjunction with leadership within the upstream P2P processes. Lead a team of approximately twenty individuals, optimizing human capital resource structure and roles. Manage Payables for up to 13k employee base, and excess of 25k monthly invoices. Drive best in class tools, people, process, and policy as for Meridian Softworks's current size and business needs. People Leadership & Culture Cultivate Transparency & Teamwork: Foster an open culture of collaboration; transparency where team members are encouraged to raise flags, surface process bottlenecks, and work collectively toward solutions. Results-Driven Development: Lead, mentor, coach, and scale a high-performing AP team, transforming the organizational culture from transactional processing to analytical exception management driven by clear accountability and ownership. Cross-Functional Relationship Management: Act as a true cross-functional leader who actively seeks feedback and input from varying departments (Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, IT) to ensure P2P processes meet diverse business needs without compromising accounting integrity. AI Innovation, OCR/IDR & Process Automation Advanced Document Capture: Leverage and optimize advanced intelligent data capture tools, specifically OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and IDR (Intelligent Document Recognition) invoice readers, to convert manual ingestion into highly automated, touchless processing. Experience with Oracle Cloud native functionality or other bolt on tools a plus. AI & Automation Roadmap: Drive the identification, piloting, and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities within the P2P cycle (e.g., predictive exception routing, smart GL coding suggestions, automated duplicate detection). Quantifiable Efficiency Gains: Convert manual, repetitive touchpoints into automated workflows, delivering trackable results in automated 3-way match rates, reduced cycle times, and lower cost-per-invoice metrics. Expense & Corporate Card Governance Program Implementation & Ownership: Lead the strategic evaluation, implementation, and scaling of automated employee expense management tools and corporate credit card programs. Policy Enforcement: Design and enforce global T& E (Travel and Expense) policies that strike the perfect balance between corporate agility and strict public company compliance, reducing leakage and unauthorized spend. Risk Management, US GAAP & SOX Compliance Internal Controls (SOX 404): Maintain & adapt the SOX control framework across the entire P2P lifecycle and corporate card ecosystem to support our public company requirements. Policy Governance: Modernize, develop, and enforce corporate accounting policies and procedures that align with business growth while effectively mitigating risk across all operational business units. Audit Readiness: Act as the primary interface for internal and external auditors for all P2P and expense cycles during quarterly reviews and annual financial audits. Data Analytics & Enterprise Systems Advanced Reporting & BI: Leverage enterprise data warehouse and business intelligence tools-specifically "Snowflake" and "Tableau"-to build out automated AP dashboards, track operational metrics, and conduct deep-dive variance analyses. Oracle Cloud Optimization: Utilize and optimize "Oracle Cloud ERP" to automate matching, streamline invoice routing, and eliminate manual, redundant touchpoints. Core Accounting & General Ledger Review GL Integration & Reconciliations: Ensure the AP team operates with a strong accounting mindset, owning AP specific account reconciliations and subledger-to-general-ledger balancing in key accounts Accrual Ownership: Own the operational design, calculation, and review of critical month-end AP accruals, ensuring no material variances or omissions impact corporate consolidation. Upstream