Accounts Payable Team Lead

Position: Accounts Payable Team Lead

Location: On-Site- Rockville, MD

Terms: Full Time

Clearance: Ability to Obtain Public Trust

RESULTS. INNOVATION. VALUES. ACCOUNTABILITY.

That’s RIVA.

We’re a mission-driven IT services company and systems integrator supporting digital transformation and modernization for Federal government agencies. Since 2009, we’ve partnered with our customers to solve complex challenges through smart, practical innovation to deliver real outcomes where they matter most. Our teams are made up of industry-leading experts who are passionate about doing great work and making a difference. We don’t just develop solutions—we support efforts that strengthen communities and serve the public good.

RIVA’s culture is built on four core values: Results, Innovation, Values, and Accountability (R.I.V.A.). They guide how we work, how we collaborate, and how we measure success. Our employee-first approach is rooted in trust, ownership, and meaningful work. By investing in our people and fostering a flexible, supportive environment, employees have the opportunity to grow their skills, contribute ideas, and make an impact from day one—all while supporting missions that matter.

Position Overview

RIVA Solutions is seeking an Accounts Payable Team Lead to oversee Federal financial operations supporting the Financial Management Services. The ideal candidate will lead day-to-day accounts payable activities, supervise contractor staff, coordinate with the Government COR, and ensure timely, accurate processing of grant payments, user access, entity registration, banking requests, journal vouchers, dispositions, restrictions, reconciliations, records, and customer inquiries. This role requires strong Federal AP experience, practical knowledge of accounting controls, and the ability to guide a service-oriented team in a compliance-driven environment.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee daily accounts payable operations, including staff assignments, work prioritization, quality review, training, mentoring, and issue resolution.
• Review, process, and monitor user access requests, banking requests, entity registrations, grant restrictions, payments, dispositions, journal vouchers, and related financial transactions.
• Monitor operational reports and help desk queues to ensure requests are processed accurately, customer inquiries are resolved timely, and open tickets are closed within expected service levels.
• Serve as a primary operational liaison with the COR and program leadership to report status, elevate risks, resolve issues, and support continuous improvement of AP processes.
• Provide customer service to grant recipients, awarding agencies, and internal stakeholders regarding payments, entity registration, banking, user access, dispositions, and journal vouchers.
• Reconcile accounts, investigate discrepancies, validate transaction accuracy, and support resolution of payment, access, registration, and banking issues.
• Maintain internal controls designed to reduce audit findings, fraud risk, duplicate payments, penalties, and non-compliance with Federal, State, university, and program requirements.
• Ensure proper maintenance, filing, storage, and protection of sensitive records in accordance with NARA guidance and applicable Government records-management requirements.
• Develop, review, finalize, and submit Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and other operational documentation for contracted AP activities.
• Use Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, Teams, Jabber, and applicable ticketing or financial systems to support daily operations and stakeholder communications.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in business administration, business management, finance, accounting, or a related field with at least two years of practical Federal Government accounts payable experience; or four years of accounts payable specialist experience, including staff supervision.
• Knowledge of Federal financial management, grant-related fiscal practices, accounting principles, internal controls, and administrative support processes common to FMP or similar customer agencies.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise staff, communicate effectively verbally and in writing, manage competing priorities, and provide high-quality customer service in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Ex