Accounts Payable Manager
Role Overview
The Accounts Payable Manager reports to the Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting and leads AP operations within AIM’s Finance Shared Services Center.
The role oversees AP teams and operations while driving operational excellence, compliance, standardization, and continuous improvement.
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About AIM
American Iron & Metal is a family-owned metal recycling company with more than 125 sites and 4,000 employees worldwide.
Its business divisions include recycling, decommissioning and demolition, auto-parts sales and recycling, manufacturing, and industrial and mining products.
Role overview
The Accounts Payable Manager reports to the Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting and leads AP operations within AIM’s Finance Shared Services Center.
The role oversees AP teams and operations while driving operational excellence, compliance, standardization, and continuous improvement.
Leadership and operations
- Lead teams processing trade, non-trade, freight, and payment activities; establish objectives, KPIs, and service standards.
- Oversee invoice, expense, freight, and supplier payment processing, including EFT, ACH, wire transfers, and checks.
- Manage escalations and provide coaching, mentoring, and professional development.
Process improvement and controls
- Optimize AP workflows and lead automation using AI, workflow tools, and ERP capabilities; collaborate on system enhancements and implementations.
- Ensure compliance with policies, delegation-of-authority requirements, internal controls, supporting documentation, and audit standards.
- Maintain vendor onboarding, banking-change, payment-approval, and vendor master data controls; support audits and risk mitigation.
Stakeholders and reporting
- Build supplier and business-partner relationships and collaborate with Procurement, Operations, Treasury, Tax, IT, and Finance.
- Support supplier payment-method conversions and vendor data management while maintaining stakeholder service.
- Monitor AP KPIs, prepare dashboards and reports, analyze trends, and provide updates and recommendations to senior management.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field; CPA designation is a strong asset.
- At least 8 years of progressive accounts payable, finance, or shared services experience, including at least 5 years managing large teams.
- Experience leading continuous improvement and digital transformation projects; knowledge of AP operations, payment processing, vendor management, and financial controls.
- Experience with ERP systems such as Dynamics 365, Maximo, or similar; Power Automate, workflow automation, and analytical reporting experience are significant assets.
- Bilingual French and English; strong analytical, problem-solving, project management, organizational, and stakeholder-influencing abilities.
Benefits
- Benefits include group insurance from day one, employer-matched group RRSP, telemedicine, paid vacation eligibility from day one, and tuition assistance.
- The employer also offers company events, a free on-site gym, subsidized meals at on-site cafeterias, and work on high-impact projects.
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