Accounts Payable Manager

Ascendo Resources is assisting a client in the West Palm Beach area with a permanent opportunity for an Accounts Payable Manager! This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and motivated individual to join a dynamic and fast-growing company.

If you’re interested in being considered or learning more about this fantastic opportunity, please apply ASAP!

Duties and responsibilities:

• Hires, trains, motivates, and evaluates AP team members to enhance their performance, development, and work product.
• Addresses performance issues and makes recommendations for personnel actions.
• Oversees daily tasks of team members and ensures quality of work.
• Manages the resolution of issues escalated from team members
• Builds and maintains relationships with other teams inside of the company.
• Responds to financial questions/concerns to meet business needs.
• Manages monthly closing of AP financial records and posting of month end information; ensures accuracy of financial statements
• Responsible for quality of work product and all job tasks assigned to team.
• Assist with bank account reconciliations and resolution of payment discrepancies.
• Analyze payment trends to identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Ensure payments are in compliance with internal controls, financial policies, and SOX requirements.
• Sets objectives for the AP team that align with the accounting department’s goals
• Prepares monthly, quarterly, and annual ad-hoc reports
• Develops, implements, improves, and enforces AP departmental policies, procedures, and controls to increase accuracy and efficiency
• Responsible for communicating process changes, company changes, etc. to the team
• Provides outside auditors with assistance; gathers necessary account information and documents to perform annual audits
• Other duties may be assigned as needed

Qualifications:

• 5+ years related experience and/or training preferred
• Microsoft Great Plains and Concur Experience (Preferred)
• Strong MS Excel skills including vlookups, tables and pivot charts, and ability to analyze data.
• Must process large amounts of data accurately and completely. Attention to detail is critical in this role and errors must be minimal and inconsequential
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must have excellent mathematical skills
• Strong supervisory skills and high integrity and work ethic
• Must be familiar working in a high-volume processing.
• Accounting degree preferred

Ascendo is a certified minority owned staffing firm, and we welcome and celebrate diversity.

Ascendo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, parental status, military service or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.