Manager, Accounts Payable

Who we are

For over 25 years, Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry‑leading cloud archiving, surveillance, eDiscovery, and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the world’s most highly regulated firms, giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations.

Though we offer competitive compensation and benefits and all the other perks one would expect from an established company, we are not your typical technology company. Global Relay is a career‑building company. A place for big ideas. New challenges. Groundbreaking innovation. It’s a place where you can genuinely make an impact – and be recognized for it.

We believe great businesses thrive on diversity, inclusion, and the contributions of all employees. To that end, we recruit candidates from different backgrounds and foster a work environment that encourages employees to collaborate and learn from each other, completely free of barriers.

Reporting to the Assistant Controller, the Manager, Accounts Payable’s primary responsibility is to lead the AP team in all areas related to Global Relay’s international accounts payable function and uphold the effectiveness and accuracy of the payables cycle at the Company. You will oversee the full cycle of AP processes, manage and develop a high‑performing team, and partner cross‑functionally to scale processes, strengthen controls, and support Global Relay’s continued global growth.

The Accounts Payable function at Global Relay is heavily centralized in our global headquarters in Vancouver, with additional team members in London, UK to support our operations outside North America.

• Supervise the end‑to‑end accounts payable lifecycle ensuring that invoices are entered timely, accurately, processed for payment within payment terms, and correctly reconciled.
• Lead, mentor, and provide guidance to a global AP team with team members in both Vancouver and London, UK.
• Coordinate AP operations across multiple countries, legal entities, and currencies.
• Verify that invoices comply with financial policies and procedures including approvals, department allocations, and ensuring two‑way match to appropriate documents (i.e. purchase orders, contracts, pre‑approved budgets, etc.).
• Own vendor master data governance and fraud prevention controls.
• Manage company credit card administration processes, including monitoring usage and spend appropriateness, as well as overseeing the timely and accurate approval and reconciliation of expenditures.
• Review AP subledgers on a weekly basis to ensure timely processing and resolution of outstanding payables, including review of necessary journal entries related to accounts payable activities.
• Supervise the process of identification, approval, and release of vendor payments via cheque, credit card, EFT/ACH, and wire transfers ensuring that payments are processed on time and in a cost‑efficient manner.
• Perform review of employee expenses, petty cash, and other month‑end reimbursements as required by the business.
• Ensure compliance with corporate purchasing policies and applicable tax regulations (e.g. GST/HST, VAT, etc.) in a global context.
• Review monthly analysis of total cash movements, AP subledger balances, and other key AP KPIs.
• Perform analysis over complex vendor arrangements to ensure invoices are appropriately authorized for payment.
• Proactively identify expenditures requiring accrual at month‑end through completeness checks on outstanding contracts, purchase orders, etc. that are in progress.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, scalability, and accuracy that reflect the materiality of a scaling business.
• Investigate and resolve various queries made to AP from both internal and external stakeholders; following up with colleagues, vendors, department heads and managers as needed.
• Participate in ad hoc projects and initiatives when required.

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in accounts payable, with at least 2 years of people management.
• Experience managing centralized AP…