Accounts Payable Lead

About Us

Founded in 1992 in Dover, NH, Planet Fitness is one of the largest and fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the United States by number of members and locations. We have over 2,700+ stores in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Canada, Panama, Mexico, Australia, and Spain. 90% of Planet Fitness stores are owned and operated by independent franchisees.

At Planet Fitness, our unique mission has always been to enhance people’s lives by providing a high-quality fitness experience in a welcoming, non-intimidating environment. And we’re proud of the amazing Planet Fitness team that supports our clubs and team members. They are comprised of dynamic, dedicated, and talented individuals who represent our values of integrity, transparency, passion, respect, and excellence (while having fun!) in everything they do.

Joining the PF family means being part of a company that cares about bettering the health and wellbeing of our communities. It means being a part of a supportive, engaging workforce with an inclusive culture that values diversity and creates an environment where everyone can feel they belong. It means encouraging professional growth and development. It means making true, lasting connections with your co-workers with celebrations, team building activities and engaging corporate events! It means creating a positive impact in our local communities through our Judgement Free Generation® philanthropic initiative. It means being part of a brand that you can be proud of!

For the past 30 years, we’ve helped millions of people in their fitness journey and revolutionized the industry along the way. And we’re just getting started!

Overview

The Accounts Payable Lead is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day accounts payable function, ensuring accurate and timely invoice processing, payment execution, and financial reporting. This role provides leadership to the AP team, drives process improvements, and ensures strong internal controls and compliance. The AP Lead partners cross-functionally to support vendor management, international transactions, and month-end close activities, including journal entries and accruals.

This role follows a hybrid schedule and requires regular, in-person work at our Hampton, NH or future Boston, MA office. Our hybrid model is M/T/W in office and TH/F are optional work-from-home. Candidates must reside within commuting distance of one of these locations. Fully remote work is not available for this role.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, guidance, and oversight to the Accounts Payable team, ensuring efficient daily operations and high-quality output
• Oversee the full invoice lifecycle, including general ledger coding, processing, and timely payment execution
• Review and approve payment batches, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and proper authorization
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex vendor, invoice, and payment issues, driving timely resolution
• Manage vendor onboarding and maintenance processes, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and strong vendor relationships
• Work closely with the vendor management team and AP Manager in the 1099 process
• Oversee direct debit transactions and equipment-related invoicing processes
• Lead account reconciliations and proactively identify, investigate, and resolve discrepancies
• Support and review month-end close activities, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
• Ensure adherence to SOX controls and continuously strengthen internal controls and audit readiness
• Identify opportunities for process improvements, automation, and increased efficiency across AP functions
• Partner with cross-functional teams to improve workflows and support business objectives
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field preferred
• 2-4 years of Accounts Payable experience, including team leadership
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Experience with Microsoft Great Plains (GP) and Concur Invoice preferred
• Extremely detail-oriented, efficient, and organized with an exceptional ability to establish priorities and objectives
• Excellent presentation and communication skills along with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization
• Able to establish and maintain effective, collaborative work relationships with diverse individuals, internally and externally
• Creative, progressive, thought leadership with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization
• Strong leadership skills including the ability to build teams, motivate, guide, and mentor
• Dedicated learner with a natural curiosity for consistent growth
• Exhibits comfort, ease, and flexibility working in an extremely fast-paced ever-changing, deadline-driven environment
• Cooperative team player with an upbeat, positive, “can-do” attitude!

Perks

Planet Fitness cares about you and your well-being. We offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees which includes the core medical, dental, vision, life and disability as well as supplemental accident, hospital and critical illness coverage options. In addition, we are proud to offer eligible employees a generous time off program (including volunteer time), childcare reimbursement, paid parental leave, pet care reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, free Black Card membership, learning and development programs and a whole host of engagement activities. We offer a 401(k) Plan with safe harbor employer matching and an employee stock purchase plan. This role is also eligible to participate in an annual corporate bonus incentive program based on company financial and personal performance.

The hourly rate for NH-based and MA-based employees hired into this role will be aligned with the range below. This is a good faith estimate, and the amount of base salary will correspond with a candidate’s professional experience, qualifications and internal equity.

Base Hourly Rate Range: $30.50-$36.00/hour

Note to Applicants: We have been made aware of an increasing number of hiring fraud schemes across numerous platforms. Planet Fitness never requires advance payments of any kind for computer equipment or any other purpose at the start of employment. Any request for you to provide payment information during the application process is part of a fraud scheme. Further, we recommend that you do not provide sensitive personal information (SSN, DOB, driver’s license number) as part of the initial application process.

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