Manager, Accounts Payable

Fastly helps people stay better connected with the things they love. Fastly’s edge cloud platform enables customers to create great digital experiences quickly, securely, and reliably by processing, serving, and securing our customers’ applications as close to their end-users as possible at the edge of the Internet.

The platform is designed to take advantage of the modern internet, to be programmable, and to support agile software development.

Fastly’s customers include many of the world’s most prominent companies, including Vimeo, Pinterest, The New York Times, and GitHub.

Scroll down to find an indepth overview of this job, and what is expected of candidates Make an application by clicking on the Apply button.

We're building a more trustworthy Internet. Come join us.

Fastly is looking for an experienced, organized and service-oriented Accounts Payable Manager who is passionate about the details to support our growing organization and provide strong leadership to our accounts payable team to ensure that the department runs smoothly.

Reporting to the Director of Global Accounts Payable, this position will be focused on optimizing department processes and building lasting relationships with others within and outside of the organization.

The successful candidate will be knowledgeable, analytical, and decisive with excellent leadership and communication skills.

Are you excited to be part of a multifaceted and growing team, identify and tackle problems, promote standard methodologies, and help set our company up for success?

If so, we’d love for you to apply!

What You'll Do :

• Hire, train, motivate, coach, and evaluate accounts payable team members
• Develop, implement, improve, and enforce policies and department controls to increase accuracy and efficiency
• Build and maintain relationships with employees across the organization and vendors
• Oversee full cycle AP activities, reviewing all invoices and payment runs, to ensure that they are completed accurately and on time
• Lead the accounts payable month-end closing process within predefined timelines
• Support the year end and interim audit process as required
• Manage Fastly’s vendor master database, including approving all new vendors and changes to existing vendors
• Ensure all supplier statements are fully reconciled on a monthly basis
• Provide regular updates to leadership using meaningful metrics and KPIs to aid in monitoring the performance of the team
• Annual 1099 and 1042 reporting

What We're Looking For :

• 10+ years AP experience with a minimum of 6 years managing a team at a public company
• Extensive knowledge of accounting and management principles and accounts payable procedures, including global invoice processing, VAT, GST and local tax withholdings in a multinational corporate environment
• International AP experience
• Experience working with international 3rd party accounts payable processors
• Experience with SOX and internal controls as it relates to AP
• A Bachelor’s degree or relevant certification in accounting, finance, or business administration
• System savvy - Coupa, NetSuite, and G-Suite experience preferred
• Detail oriented individual who can track, manage and course correct activities of the team as needed
• Strong technical, analytical, and problem-solving abilities with organizational and time management skills
• Highly motivated, collaborative, hard-working, and able to work in a fast paced, informal, and often ambiguous environment
• Great team player, communicator and listener
• Positivity! We love what we do and believe that a positive attitude matters

We’ll be super impressed if you have experience in any of these :

• SaaS or technology industry
• Implementation of system enhancements related to the accounts payable process

Work Hours :

This position will require you to be available during core business hours.

Work Location & Travel Requirements :

This position is open to the following preferred office locations :

• Denver, CO
• San Francisco, CA

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home.

Salary :

The estimated salary range for this position is $111,000 to $154,170.

Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits :

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too.

We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings?

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees.

We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2024, we offer 10 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days.

Why Fastly?

We have a huge impact. Fastly is a small company with a big reach. Not only do our customers have a tremendous user base, but we also support a growing number of open source projects and initiatives.

Outside of code, employees are encouraged to share causes close to their heart with others so we can help lend a supportive hand.

We love distributed teams. Fastly’s home-base is in San Francisco, but we have multiple offices and employees sprinkled around the globe.

As a new hire, you will be able to attend our IN-PERSON new hire orientation in our San Francisco office! It is an exciting week-long experience that we offer to new employees to build connections with colleagues across Fastly, participate in hands-on learning opportunities, and immerse yourself in our culture firsthand.

• We value diversity. Growing and maintaining our inclusive and diverse team matters to us. We are committed to being a company where our employees feel comfortable bringing their authentic selves to work and have the ability to be successful every day.
• We are passionate. Fastly is chock full of passionate people and we’re not one size fits all’. Fastly employs authors, pilots, skiers, parents (of humans and animals), makeup geeks, coffee connoisseurs, and more.

We love employees for who they are and what they are passionate about.

We’re always looking for humble, sharp, and creative folks to join the Fastly team. If you think you might be a fit please apply! A fully completed application and resume or CV are required when applying.

J-18808-Ljbffr