Senior Associate, Accounts Payable
Revantage · Bengaluru
Who We Are
Revantage provides real estate services to Blackstone - the world’s largest alternative asset manager. Blackstone’s real estate portfolio includes industrial & logistics, residential, office, hospitality and retail properties in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Revantage’s global reach supports Blackstone real estate portfolio companies with best-in-class talent and corporate services - from legal to technology, to people and culture. Some of the key services include legal, compliance, risk management, due diligence, valuations & portfolio reporting services, portfolio management, transaction execution support, accounting, tax, treasury, insurance, technology, property management, etc. With presence across US, UK, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Singapore, India and Australia, Revantage supports Blackstone real estate portfolio companies and its partners across 50 countries.
Job Description Summary
The Accounts Payable (AP) Lead manages the day-to-day AP operation for a portfolio of properties, overseeing the team responsible for vendor, corporate, and property-related invoice processing. This role manages workload distribution, quality control, and exception resolution across the offshore AP team, while partnering closely with onshore accounting and property management teams to keep the payables cycle on schedule. The ideal candidate brings solid accounting fundamentals, strong people-management skills, and the ability to lead a team through a high-volume, fast-paced environment. This is an exciting opportunity to help build a high-performing AP function within a leading organization in the office real estate sector.
Key Accountabilities:
- Supervise and coordinate daily workload assignments across the offshore AP team, ensuring coverage and timely processing during peak periods
- Review and approve team members' invoice coding, exception handling, and reconciliations prior to posting the batches
- Serve as the escalation point for complex vendor disputes, past-due account issues, and cross-team discrepancies
- Research and resolve escalated outstanding balances, past-due accounts, and vendor inquiries, maintaining a tracker of open items through resolution
- Train and onboard offshore AP team members; identify skill gaps and coordinate additional training as needed
- Monitor offshore AP team performance, provide regular feedback, and support performance reviews
- Identify process improvement opportunities within the AP workflow and help implement changes to increase efficiency and accuracy
- Ensure team processes and procedures align with department guidelines and policies, recommending improvements where appropriate
- Partner with the US onshore AP team on staffing needs, process improvements, and reporting on team metrics
- Process vendor, property, and corporate invoices directly as needed to support team capacity during peak periods and coverage gaps
- Assist with ad hoc projects and tasks, as needed, and perform other duties as assigned
Required Experience:
- Education
- University/College Accounting degree consistent with local market expectations for role
- Accounting certifications consistent with local market expectations for role
- Experience
- 6 plus years of AP experience required
- Working knowledge of accounts payable processes, invoice coding, and vendor management
- Experience leading a team of offshore AP associates
- Experience in a GCC (Global Capability Center), shared services, or BPO environment supporting a US-based team is strongly preferred.
- Experience in a GCC (Global Capability Center), shared services, or BPO environment supporting a US-based team is strongly preferred
- Technical Skills
- Clear written and verbal communication skills for coordinating with onshore teams and vendors
- Knowledge of Department Policies, Processes, and Procedures
- High attention to detail and strong organizational skills to manage a high volume of invoiceso Software Tools & Applications: Strong MS Excel skills required; familiarity with ERP and invoice automation systems such as Nexus Payables and MRI is preferred.
Critical Competencies for Success:
- Attention to Detail: Maintains a high level of accuracy in invoice review, reconciliations, and reporting. Ensures financial information is complete, well-supported, and reliable
- Analytical Thinking: Analyzes payables and variances to identify issues, trends, and opportunities for improvement
- Communication and Collaboration: Communicates clearly and professionally across all departments and builds strong working relationships and partners effectively across teams to support timely payables processing and reporting accuracy
- Organization and Time Management: Effectively manages competing priorities, high invoice volumes, and deadlines while maintaining strong follow-through and responsiveness
- Accountability: Takes ownership of team deliverables and AP processes, ensuring work is completed accurately and on time
- Adaptability: Thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and adjusts effectively to changing priorities, volumes, and business needs. Able to work effectively across time zones
- Team Coordination & Leadership: Proven ability to lead initiatives, coordinate team contributions, and elevate performance through collaboration, influence, and subject matter expertise.
EEO Statement
The Company is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant, employee, or other covered person based on any legally recognized basis, including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, race, color, caste, immigration status, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions), age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), protected leave status, domestic violence victim status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email TalentAcquisitionIndia@revantage.com