Senior Accounts Payable Manager

Sr. Accounts Payable Manager

Our client is a fast-growing organization that is interrupting the specialty retail industry. We are looking for a fantastic Sr. Accounts Payable Manager who can make a huge impact and help facilitate the AP department into a top-notch organization.

Responsibilities:

• Lead designing, communicating team vision and goals for AP, and building and managing the team
• Strong leadership and KPI development.
• Responsible for full-cycle global accounts payable process.
• Oversees and assists with the global day-to-day full-cycle accounts payable operations and weekly disbursements, providing immediate visibility to senior management on critical issues
• Employee expense administration and corporate cards management
• Reviews and provides guidance for accounts payable transactions to ensure timely and accurate reporting for all vendor invoices
• Reviews accounts payable aging reports to ensure vendor accounts are reconciled and all payments and credits have been identified and processed
• Manages corporate vendor relationships and resolves all vendor account discrepancies in a timely manner by obtaining and investigating information from cross-functional teams and vendors.
• Prepares monthly global reconciliations and analyses of vendor accounts to ensure accurate and timely reporting, separating timing differences from variances requiring further research and identifying and escalating issues to be addressed
• Document procedures for the global accounts payable process, addressing the unique elements of the business
• Lead accounts payable process automation projects, collaborating with systems, data and accounting teams
• Oversee month-end closing process including preparation and review of journal entries under your responsibilities and complete all assigned close tasks and prepare balance sheet accounts reconciliations.
• Develop reporting KPI's, including operational and financial metrics
• Recommend changes to accounting processes including documenting and maintaining accounting procedures to support continuous improvement efforts

What we are looking for:

• Significant experience from a high-volume Accounts Payable environment.
• 7+ years in managing 8+ employees.