Accounts Payable Manager, Mistral AI
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Generative AI model developers
Posted today
Generative AI model developers
501-1000 employees
Posted today
+ Equity
🌎 Visa sponsorship
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make frontier AI ubiquitous, and to provide tailor-made AI to all the builders.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of AP experience, including in a fast-paced scaling environment
- 4+ years in a managerial role overseeing AP teams
- Deep expertise in AP processes, controls, accounting (OPEX/CAPEX), vendor management, and payment processing
- Strong operational mindset: you can prioritize, troubleshoot, and execute under tight deadlines
- Strong leadership skills: ability to mentor teams, drive process improvements, and collaborate with stakeholders
- Good Excel skills and experience with ERP systems (SAP S/4HANA preferred)
- Fluency in French & English
What the job involves
- Lead, structure, optimize, and scale Mistral AI’s Accounts Payable function, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant payment processes while driving operational excellence and developing strong vendor relationships.
- As a key member of the Accounting team, you will oversee the A/P team, streamline processes, and collaborate closely with R2R Accounting, Procurement, Legal, and other stakeholders to support Mistral’s rapid growth and scalability.
- This role is critical to bring structure, visibility, and control to our Procure-to-Pay operations. You’ll report to the Lead Accounting Operations
- Manage, mentor, and scale the AP function (currently 2 AP Clerks), ensuring strong execution, clear prioritization, and continuous development
- Own the end-to-end A/P cycle: invoice processing, approvals, payments, vendor management, and accounting accuracy
- Act as the day-to-day decision maker for A/P operations: manage urgencies, resolve escalations, and mitigate financial and operational risks
- Design and continuously improve A/P processes, controls, and policies to enhance efficiency, reduce risks, and support scale and audit readiness
- Drive improvements in cash management (DPO, payment timing, etc.) while maintaining strong vendor relationships
- Partner with IT and Finance to automate A/P workflows (e.g., OCR, AI-driven coding, electronic payments) and reduce manual work
- Support month-end close activities, including A/P reconciliations, accruals, and variance analysis
- Build and track A/P performance metrics (e.g., DPO, aging reports, discount capture) and provide visibility to leadership
Our take
Founded by Facebook AI researchers, Mistral AI focuses on developing open-source generative AI models to "make AI useful." It emerged in early 2023, quickly achieving a $260 million valuation.
Mistral features up to 176 billion parameters, and its open-source nature has sparked concerns about potential misuse. However, Mistral remains a formidable competitor in the AI landscape, challenging models from Google and Meta.
In 2025, Mistral secured a massive €1.7 billion funding round, raising its valuation to €11.7 billion. This Series B funding, led by European chip firm ASML, underscores significant interest in alternatives to ChatGPT and a push away from Silicon Valley dependence by European AI competitors.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Sep 2025
$2.0bn
SERIES C
Jun 2024
$541m
SERIES B
Total funding: $3.1bn
Company benefits
- Competitive bonus structure
- Equity
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
Company HQ
Villette, Paris, France
Leadership
Timothee Lacroix
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously PhD and Software Engineer Intern at Facebook and Visiting Undergraduate at CAlab UCSD
Guillaume Lample
(Co-Founder & Chief Scientist)Research Student and Scientist at Facebook AI and Research Intern at Jane Street Capital
Arthur Mensch
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Staff Research Scientist at DeepMind, Post-doc researcher at École normale supérieure, Visiting Researcher at NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and PhD Student at Inria
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