Accounts Payable Manager - Finance

About the Role

Key Accountabilities

• Directly supervise a team of accounts payable specialists, providing daily direction, training, and performance evaluation.
• Maintain compliance, accuracy, and speed with strategic AP direction for efficiencies, synergies, and automation.
• Manage international, multicurrency, and intercompany vendors, recording vendor bills in the proper legal entities.
• Manage general ledger coding in accordance with ERP system and Group accounting policies.
• Oversee compliance of out-of-pocket/pass-through expense management and intercompany processes.
• Support Finance's Accounts Receivable invoicing process related to customer contracts.
• Oversee expense report processing in multiple ERP systems in accordance with Group travel compliance policies.
• Support the purchase order process with procurement and supply chain teams.
• Propose payments in accordance with Group treasury policies using banking software for multiple legal entities and currencies.
• Maintain an organized electronic filing system for vendor bills, purchase order approvals, and payment support.
• Respond to vendor inquiries and internal requests, tracking outstanding issues to resolution.
• Maintain vendor management compliance including 1099 preparation, vendor set-up forms, and sales/use tax and VAT.

Essential Knowledge, Skills & Attributes

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive accounts payable experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of supervisory experience managing accounts payable staff.
• Ability to work with employees in remote locations and within a team environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to interact with various levels of management.
• Ability to read and understand contract language and engage in collaborative problem-solving.
• Effective time management skills to develop and direct realistic action plans for supervised teams.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, organizational skills, and analytical problem-solving.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Outlook; intermediate Excel skills including pivot tables, H/V lookups, and IF functions.
• Experience working with electronic data and accounting data within an ERP system.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment, meet deadlines, and manage a high volume of transactions.

Desirable

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, or a related discipline.
• Accounts payable industry experience.
• NetSuite ERP and/or Great Plains knowledge.

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