Accounts Payable Lead
Description
Role and Responsibilities
- Responsible for the oversight and day-to-day management of the 3rd Party Invoice Processing Platform (DART). Responsibilities to include the processing of invoices in the assigned DART queues and assisting locations as needed regarding issues/questions, setting up new users, training others in the department, daily balancing, and supplier statement review and resolution.
- Responsible for Supplier Master Data oversight which includes daily approval of supplier changes and review and updating of supplier information as needed (name change, remit to address, 1099 information, etc.).
- Responsible for the annual 1099 process, including the research of vendors to make sure they are to receive 1099’s and the generation of the reports necessary to provide a third party the information needed to generate the 1099’s. In addition, responsible for following up on any 1099 notices received from the government.
- Responsible for assigned daily, weekly, month-end and annual tasks that include reporting, journal entries, account reconciliations, and audit requests as assigned.
- Responsible for documenting procedures, processes, and systems as they evolve for the department.
- Responsible for working with the AP Analyst on the Monthly Accounts Payable Analysis and Metrics. This includes responsibility for the AP dashboard in the Microsoft Power BI tool.
- Responsible for assisting on various AP projects and process improvements in the Accounts Payable Department. Projects to include, but not limited to, moving to a new 3rd Party Invoice Processing Platform and New ERP System Implementations.
- This role represents a senior member of the team and will provide mentorship and guidance to others. Additional responsibilities will be to back up the AP Supervisor, AP Analyst, and others in the accounts payable department as needed.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
A minimum of 5 years of overall Finance experience with a degree (9 years of overall Finance experience without a degree).
3 - 5+ years experience in Accounts Payable. Accounting experience a plus
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting or related discipline
Strong ability to organize and coordinate multiple tasks and communicate information in a timely fashion, with the appropriate sense of urgency
Strong attention to customer needs, while maintaining a high level of discretion and confidentially in dealing with sensitive material
Excellent verbal and written communications skills, organizational skills, mathematical and analysis skills, detail oriented and highly motivated
Ability to work in a team environment and as a strong individual contributor
Proficient in Microsoft Suite (Intermediate to Advanced in Excel)
Experience with 3rd Party Invoice Processing Platforms, OCR, or EDI
Exposure to One Stream, Oracle, Infor XA, Microsoft Dynamics, Power BI a plus.