Director, Accounts Payable Operations

Director, Accounts Payable Operations

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

Job Description

Role Purpose :

The Director, Accounts Payable Operations will be responsible for driving Global Accounts Payable (AP) Operational excellence through improvement and standardization initiatives based on key metrics. This will include partnering with the AP VP and AP Global Process Owner (GPO) to help deliver on the strategic agenda of Global AP. The leader in this position will manage the day-to-day oversight of the onshore and offshore AP teams.

The Director, Accounts Payable Operations will be a fast, clear, and independent thinker who is naturally curious about end-to-end processes, is metrics and number savvy with an analytical mindset, has proven change management experience and can thrive in a fast-paced, customer-centric, and ever-changing environment.

Responsibilities : Service Delivery :

• Maintain expert knowledge of the industry in addition to the NBCU AP control framework and processes.
• Monitor and manage all aspects of the AP function including vendor relations, vendor master data maintenance, invoice processing, disbursements, vendor reconciliations, aged AP items and Help Desk.
• Oversight and governance of the BPO provider to monitor service delivery via process metrics and KPIs.
• Make recommendations for metrics, KPIs or CPIs that will have a meaningful impact on the performance of the Global AP operations if measured and tracked.
• Resolve escalated issues that come through the onshore and offshore AP teams.
• Main point of contact for escalations related to major stakeholders including Treasury, IT and Senior Leadership.
• Proactively monitor and anticipate changing business, regulatory, and financial requirements, processes, and practice and ensure process compliance.
• Establish processes to monitor and standardize non-standard activities.
• Establish, monitor, and report end-to-end process metrics and KPIs to measure service levels, operational effectiveness, process health and process compliance.
• Manage and partner with IT on processes, relationships, and resources for troubleshooting, issue-resolution, and escalation for process and systems issues and change requests.
• Collaborate with an AP team across multiple geographies and work processes.

Controls & Compliance :

Continuous Improvements :

Other Responsibilities & Deliverables :

Qualifications

Basic Requirements :

Desired Characteristics :

This position has been designated as hybrid, which currently requires contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week. Beginning January 5, 2026, hybrid employees will be required to work from the office a minimum of four days per week. The Company reserves the right to change in-office requirements at any time.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range : $130,000 - $170,000 (bonus and long-term incentive eligible).