What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Payable Manager position at Sentinel Real Estate Corp.?
Job Title : Accounts Payable Manager
Reports to : Corporate Controller
Location : New York City
Overview
An independently owned New York-based real estate investment management firm is seeking an Accounts Payable Manager to oversee the Accounts Payable team who is responsible for all phases of the accounts payable process for residential and commercial properties. We are looking for a hands-on Accounts Payable Manager with people skills to lead and manage the team and work collaboratively and proactively with other departments, as well as technical skills to recommend and implement system and process improvements.
Responsibilities :
- Hold the AP team accountable to daily, weekly and monthly tasks to ensure timely and efficient payables. The AP team does the following :
- Review, post, and issue payables for monthly disbursements on all portfolios, including invoices for all vendors, capital expenditures, utilities, and security deposit refunds.
- Research & respond to vendor inquiries for designated properties.
- Reconcile purchase card expenses on a monthly basis.
- Process electronic vendor & inter-company payments.
- Process & scan in-house expenses.
- Reconcile month-end reporting.
- Enter vendors in Paymode X Extended Network program when vendor does not qualify for the Paymode-X classic program.
- Proactively evaluate current system and processes and recommend improvements with stakeholders (Yardi, Treasury, Asset Management)
- Provide training to team as necessary
- Work on Corporate Accounting projects as needed
Qualifications :
The successful candidate is a people manager and has proven experience in working collaboratively across multiple departments and stakeholders. You have implemented payable systems, and have been involved in special projects involving software enhancements.
About Us :
Sentinel Real Estate is an independently owned real estate investment management firm established in 1969. The firm currently has $9.1 billion of institutional quality real estate assets under management on behalf of 126 domestic and international clients.
Sentinel maintains its global headquarters in New York City and two international corporate offices in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Melbourne, Australia. The firm also has 10 operational offices throughout the US, an operational office in Perth, Australia and a client servicing office located in Adelaide, Australia.
