Accounts Payble Manager

PURPOSE OF ROLE:

The Accounts Payable Manager is responsible for overseeing the accounts payable team, ensuring work is properly allocated and completed in a timely and accurate manner, and maintaining vendor and operational team relationships. This position will be responsible for enhancing and implementing departmental practices and procedures to ensure accurate and timely invoice processing, invoice coding and payment processing. This position addresses tight deadlines and supports accounting activities, including general ledger and year-end audit preparation. This individual must demonstrate complete knowledge of accounts payable function, be organized, a self-starter, ability to proceed and follow through with action plans, solution implementation and improvements. The Accounts Payable Manager will have direct contact with senior-level management, including Chief Financial Officer, Vice Presidents and General Managers, which requires strong interpersonal communication skills both written and verbal.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Obtain and maintain a thorough understanding of the accounts payable process and systems.
• Ensure accurate and timely recording of vendor invoices.
• Ensure timely payment of vendor invoices to optimize vendor discounts.
• Ensure timely reconciliation of vendor statements.
• Maintain vendor and operational team relationships.
• Collaborate with other Controller department directors and managers to support overall department goals and objectives are met.
• Manage department work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
• Advise staff regarding the handling of non-routine transactions.
• Ensure accurate and timely annual 1099 reporting.
• Implement new process procedures to enhance the workflow of the department.
• Provide training to new and existing accounts payable team members as needed.
• Ensure cross training of accounts payable team members.
• Manage and approve accounts payable team personnel issues relating to staff conflicts, absenteeism, performance reviews and issues, compensation matters, etc.
• Work with each direct report to establish goals and objectives for each year; monitor and advise on the progress to enhance the development of staff.
• Support Director with special projects and workflow process improvements.

KNOWLEDGE / QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS / EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree required; Accounting or Finance preferred.
• A minimum of 3 years supervisory experience.
• A minimum of 5 years financial reporting/general ledger experience.
• Microsoft Office including advanced Excel required.
• Ability to work in fast paced and changing environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required.
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills required.
• Travel may be required, up to 10%.