Director, Business Optimization; AP Audit

Overview

Director, Business Optimization (AP Audit) at Profit Recovery Partners (PRP). This position is fully onsite at our Santa Ana office.

• Lead PRP’s Accounts Payable (AP) Recovery Audit practice; overseeing client engagements, team execution, and overall P&L performance.
• Manage end-to-end audit lifecycle, from data acquisition and normalization to claims identification, validation, and recovery tracking.
• Partner with clients’ Finance, Procurement, and Shared Services teams to identify duplicate payments, missed credits, over payments, and vendor compliance issues.
• Develop customized audit strategies leveraging analytics, automation tools, and proprietary benchmarking data to uncover root-cause trends and savings opportunities.
• Present findings, recovery recommendations, and process-improvement initiatives directly to CFOs, Controllers, and Procurement executives.
• Negotiate and secure recovery of funds on behalf of clients, ensuring full documentation and transparency in accordance with client policies.
• Build and maintain relationships with vendors and suppliers to facilitate efficient claim resolution and future-state process improvements.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by identifying audit patterns, error sources, and control gaps to strengthen clients’ AP processes.
• Collaborate with PRP’s data analytics and technology teams to enhance automation, dashboard reporting, and machine-learning audit capabilities.
• Oversee and mentor audit managers and analysts; establish clear KPIs, ensure quality control, and foster a high-performance, entrepreneurial culture.
• Support new business development by contributing to proposals, pricing models, client pitches, and thought leadership related to spend recovery and AP optimization.
• Stay current on payment trends, ERP/AP automation tools, and industry best practices to continuously evolve PRP’s audit methodology.
• Represent the firm as a subject-matter expert in AP recovery, participating in client workshops, webinars, and strategic advisory sessions.
• Establish productive working collaborative relationships with partners in other operational groups within the company.
• Quickly garner internal resources from all departments to collaborate with and find a way to keep projects moving forward when faced with adversity.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s Degree required with a minimum of 9-13 years of expense management, vendor management, consulting or other related experience
• 4+ years of management/supervisory experience
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills
• Excellent quantitative and qualitative skills;
  Advanced Microsoft Office and Excel skills
• Ability to lead others to complete complex projects on time
• Experience in building relationships and alignment amongst team members and clients with demonstrated leadership skills
• Proven ability to deliver results

Profit Recovery Partners is a management consulting firm specializing in enterprise cost optimization and spend reduction. We partner with FORTUNE 1000 corporations, leading law firms, private equity firms, and private enterprises across North America to design, implement, and sustain transformative cost-reduction strategies. Leveraging deep category expertise, proprietary analytics, and supplier-negotiation intelligence, PRP delivers measurable financial impact and operational efficiency. Our client engagements have generated more than $10.6 billion in verified savings, reinforcing PRP’s reputation as a trusted advisor to executives seeking lasting performance improvement and sustainable cost reduction results.

• Full medical, dental, and vision benefits package
• 401K plan with company match
• Paid holidays, vacation, and sick time
• 25+-year track record of growth
• Winning team atmosphere with high degree of employee recognition and promotions from within
• High paced, collaborative working environment that thrives on team success
• We value social responsibility and founded employee-driven committees:
  Corporate Social Responsibility, Diversity & Inclusion Group, Women’s Empowerment Group, and the Wellness Committee.

The salary range for this position is: $ - $. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, education, qualifications, and applicable employment laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer