Accounts Payable Manager

Description

JOB SUMMARY: The Accounts Payable Manager is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the accounts payable function, including managing a team of staff, ensuring timely and accurate vendor payments, and developing and maintaining best practices within the department. This role requires strong leadership, analytical, and problem-solving skills, as well as a thorough understanding of accounting principles and procedures. The Accounts Payable Manager will have a proven track record of success in managing accounts payable processes, leading teams and managing the department’s strategic objectives.   

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Thorough knowledge of basic accounting procedures and principles.
2. Strong leadership skills.
3. Strong analytical skills; ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees, management and third parties.
4. Problem solving skills, including excellent customer service management with ability to settle issues to satisfaction of both customer and business.
5. Strong written and oral communication skills.
6. Able to work independently with minimum supervision.
7. Must be accurate and detail oriented.
8. Excellent computer skills, to include knowledge of accounting software programs: Great Plains Dynamics, Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel.
9. Ability to react to change productively and handle other essential tasks as assigned.
10. Frequently lift or move 20 pounds and occasionally lift or move 50 pounds.

Requirements

Accounting Functions

1. Develop, direct, plan and evaluate accounts payable policies and procedures and ensure external and internal controls and policies are adhered to.
2. Oversee accounts payable processes (voucher system, ABBY process, manual payments, intercompany transactions, etc.) ensuring timely and accurate payments to vendors.
3. Responsible for month end close activities and reconciliation of subledger to the general ledger.
4. Reconcile vendor prepay accounts to the GL.
5. Supervise, manage, and lead accounts payable staff.
6. Reconciliation of assigned clearing accounts monthly.
7. Responsible for managing the P-card process as far as it relates to AP – obtain the necessary paperwork from user, assign and distribute P-cards, process the P-card transactions for payment, etc. 
8. Special Projects as directed by the Finance Director and/or CFO.

Other Administrative Functions

1. Perform analysis and assist with providing recommendations regarding data management system decisions.
2. Assist other staff in resolving questions related to accounts payable and other accounting related issues. 

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

B.S. Degree in Accounting or Finance or 5 years experience in Accounts Payable or related accounting field with previous management experience.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch; and talk or hear. The employee must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Job involves work inside a climate-controlled office atmosphere.

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked to perform other duties.  

Management has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason.