What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Payable Supervisor position at Central Garden & Pet?
Description
Work From Home positions available in the Boise, ID area. Must be able to work on-site as needed. We are seeking an Accounts Payable Supervisor to work in our Central Service Center. This position is responsible for supervising Accounts Payable (AP) processes and employees both in-person and remotely. The Supervisor will lead the AP team on continuous process improvement and cost-effective delivery of service level agreements. This position is a key role in building and maintaining cross-functional relationships, and compliance with Company policy, procedures, and controls. Importantly, this leadership position is responsible for the building, training, managing, developing, and mentoring of a large team.
Key Responsibilities
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Work From Home positions available in the Boise, ID area. Must be able to work on-site as needed. We are seeking an Accounts Payable Supervisor to work in our Central Service Center. This position is responsible for supervising Accounts Payable (AP) processes and employees both in-person and remotely. The Supervisor will lead the AP team on continuous process improvement and cost-effective delivery of service level agreements. This position is a key role in building and maintaining cross-functional relationships, and compliance with Company policy, procedures, and controls. Importantly, this leadership position is responsible for the building, training, managing, developing, and mentoring of a large team.
Key Responsibilities
- Participates in team recruitment and onboarding
- Performs all aspects of personnel management of direct reports including training, supervising, coaching, managing work performance, maintaining individual and team schedules, and timekeeping administration
- Interacts with all levels of Central’s leadership
- Supervises the payable portion of Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process
- Liaises and partners with other key P2P participants
- Assists in working capital and DPO best practice initiatives
- Addresses escalated issues with urgency and communicates with all necessary parties
- Ability to interpret and explain policies, practices, and procedures of the job area to others within the organization
- Evaluates and monitors AP metrics and service level agreements
- Assists with the ideation, testing and implementation of department processes
- Supports new business models, mergers, and acquisitions
- Ensures adherence to Company policy
- Develops, updates, and maintains AP policy and process documentation to achieve efficient, cost-effective processes
- Engages in continuous collaboration of cross-functional process improvement opportunities including strategy, execution and change management to drive efficiency
- Develops, updates, and maintains AP documentation and tools
- Assists in managing monthly close of AP area providing support to Central Finance and accruals
- Completes transactional processing
- Supports internal and external audits
- Responsible for department compliance with company policy, procedures, and SOX controls
- Additional duties as assigned
- Able to work independently with limited oversight from manager
- Demonstrated change and conflict management skills
- Demonstrated ability to lead a heavily metric driven organization
- Demonstrated accomplishments in developing and implementing process improvements and measuring the success of desired outcomes
- Must have worked with a large company with large AP transaction volume (min. 5K invoices per month)
- Demonstrated ability to work with a large vendor base
- Strong understanding of internal controls such as Sarbanes-Oxley, audits, and managing policy compliance
- Possesses understanding of GAAP and business acumen
- Experience in shared service environment, preferred
- Knowledgeable with SAP or large ERP system preferred
- Ability to effectively partner and influence cross-functionally and with all levels of Central employees
- Strong leadership and analytical skills
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Power Point
- Ability to set and achieve goals
- Continuous process improvement approach to work and ability to manage processes
- Other – candidate should have the highest integrity and character, convey a strong presence, able to flex between multiple leadership approaches as needed, and a skilled influencer.
- BS/BA in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration or equivalent work experience
- 3 years leadership experience in AP
- Corporate office environment or home office with frequent use of phone and PC
- Travel – up to 10% based on the business need
- New Employee training is held in the office. WFH is offered after training is complete
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Free Life and Disability Insurance
- Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401k with 3% company match and annual employer discretionary contribution
- Paid vacation, holidays and sick time
- Employee Assistance Program
- Access to thousands of free online courses
- Discounts on cell phones, movie tickets, gym memberships, and more!
- Education Assistance (both college degrees and professional certifications)
- Referral Program with cash bonus
- Access to on-demand pay
- Paid parental leave
- A more complete list of benefits can be found here www.CentralBenefits.org
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.
