Accounts Payable Manager

Position Summary:

The Accounts Payable Manager establishes financial status by developing and implementing systems for paying, analyzing, verifying, and reporting financial information, and managing staff.

Responsibilities

• Achieves accounting operational objectives by contributing accounting information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining system improvements; implementing change.
• Records all accounts payable transactions.
• Follows accounting and tax laws and standards.
• Investigate accounts payable issues as needed.
• Build relationships with vendors and colleagues.
• Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end close.
• Ensure the timely reporting of all monthly financial information.
• Ensure the accurate and timely processing of positive pay transactions.
• Ensure the monthly and quarterly Bank Compliance activities are performed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Supports budget and forecasting activities.
• Collaborate with the other finance department staff to support overall department goals and objectives.
• Monitors and analyzes department work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
• Advises staff regarding the handling of non-routine reporting transactions.
• Responds to inquiries from the Director of Operations, and other finance and firm wide managers regarding financial results, special reporting requests and the like.
• Ensure a clean and timely year end audit.
• Assist in the development and implementation of new procedures and features to enhance the workflow of the department.
• Provide training to new and existing staff as needed.
• Handle personnel issues relating to staff conflicts, absenteeism, performance issues, etc.
• Work with each direct report to establish goals and objectives for each year and monitor and advise on the progress to enhance the professional development of staff.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or finance, CPA Required
• Must have a minimum of 8-10 years’ supervisory experience in the accounts payable area
• Must demonstrate competency in both oral and written communications internally/externally at all levels of employee.
• Must work independently and as a team player to achieve both personal and team goals and meet deadlines as required.
• Must possess strong analytical skills.
• Must display a positive and proactive leadership attitude, strong organizational skills, and always possess the ability to prioritize and multitask.
• Performance Expectations and Preferred Skills
• The successful incumbent will have intermediate/advanced skills in Microsoft office suite, (MS Word and MS Excel), Outlook, Office 365
• Knowledge of SAP and QuickBooks.
• Strong interpersonal, supervisory and customer service skills
• Can work autonomously
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Industrial experience is a plus

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