AP/AR Manager

We are searching for an Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable Manager to join our Finance team; you will report to the V.P. of Finance. The AP/AR Manager will oversee accounts payable/accounts receivable functions within the Finance department and manages our corporate insurance policies. The AP/AR Manager will work with all departments within the company but primarily with Purchasing, Materials, Marketing, Sales and Logistics.

If you love great benefits, a stable work environment and want to accelerate your career growth significantly by linking up with an established international company, we would love for you to apply.

Job Responsibilities

• Coordinate and review trade credit requests
• Implement state of the art processes and technology in AP/AR and continuous improvement of those processes
• Setting goals and standards for the AP/AR team
• Hire & train AP/AR team members
• Work with team members to complete day-to-day tasks for AP/AR
• Annual 1099 Reporting
• Sales and Use Tax filing
• Work with corporate headquarters and insurance broker to provide for an adequate insurance program
• Provide certificate of insurance, file insurance claims
• Coordinate regular meetings with team members to promote transparency & open communication
• Work with other departments to identify & resolve issues, & optimize processes
• Promote the development of new, or modification of existing procedures and processes to increase productivity & optimize efficiency as well as digitalization
• Ensure all accounting & reporting functions are performed within specified timeframes
• Conduct annual performance reviews
• Approve vacation time and timecards
• Support internal/external audits as directed
• Perform special assignments &/or create ad-hoc reports as needed
• Minimum domestic & international travel is required

Job Requirements

• 4-year degree in Accounting or related field is preferred
• 3 years of Accounting experience in an industrial manufacturing environment is preferred
• Previous experience in an accounting leadership role
• Accounting principles, practices & reporting of financial data
• Thorough Knowledge of Sales and Use Tax
• Familiar to use Excel, Power BI etc to improve efficiency
• Effective verbal & written communication skills
• Management of one’s time & the time of others to achieve daily goals
• Inspecting/evaluating the quality of work produced
• Effective project management skills
• Establish/maintain collaborative partnerships with individuals on all levels of the organization
• Gaining acceptance to an idea through interpersonal skills & persuasion
• Motivating, developing & directing people as they work
• Planning, organizing & monitoring work done by others
• Bringing conflicting parties together to form an agreeable solution
• Guiding others to identify & take the required action in support of a change initiative
• Gathering information through interviews & other probing methods
• Meet tight deadlines without sacrificing accuracy or attention to detail
• Researching, obtaining, comparing, integrating & reporting data
• Taking a systematic approach to solving problems by analyzing all relevant facts/issues before determining the root cause
• Proficient with SAP, Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint & Adobe Acrobat X Pro

Benefits

Blum USA believes in offering their employees an excellent benefits package that includes:

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  Salaried position with overtime
• Possible bonus opportunities
• Health (Medical, Vision and Dental)
• 401(k) with employee matching
• Flexible spending account to cover eligible out of pocket health, dental and vision expenses
• Three weeks vacation starting your second year on the job
• Paid sick leave (48 hours annually)
• Term life insurance equal to annual salary at no cost to employee
• And more!

Company Overview

For more than 60 years Blum has been manufacturing superior quality hinge systems, drawer runners, and lift systems that create emotion and enhance user convenience in the kitchen. With every product, we strive to develop solutions to ensure that cabinet doors and drawers open with ease, close softly and effortlessly, and make workflow and everyday kitchen use easier.

Over the decades our product range has grown and so has the company. Today, Blum has seven production plants in Austria, and manufacturing sites in Brazil, Poland and the United States. Approximately 9000 Blum employees all over the world concentrate on the vision of “perfecting motion” to satisfy the specific requirements of the end user, whether it is in the kitchen or in another living area of the home. This prerequisite is the source of all our product development and innovation