Accounts Payable Manager

RELIANCE WORLDWIDE•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Since 2012, RWC’s Americas revenues have tripled and now make up over 60% of the company’s worldwide revenues; it expects to more than double those revenues through continued organic and acquisition means in the coming years. With that, the AP Manager will execute and assist in the development of improving the organization’s overall accounts payable practices to lead that growth rather than react to it. The AP Manager will report to the Assistant Controller and will interface with many company functional areas. The AP Manager will be responsible for primarily US and Canada AP activities with the potential to expand globally. The AP Manager will be instrumental in implementing improved processes to supervise an experienced team, improve DPO, minimize late payments, optimize early-pay discounts, oversee all payment activities, ensure compliance with regulations, and maintain and improve internal and vendor relationships.

Requirements

Minimum 10 years professional experience, minimum 5 years of supervisory experience
Extensive knowledge of accounting principles and accounts payable procedures
Experience working in a fast paced, deadline driven accounting environment
SAP software
Extensive knowledge of accounting and management principles, and accounts payable procedures
Strong planning and problem-solving skills
Advanced Level Microsoft Excel; vlookup, hlookup, index/match, sumproduct, pivots, conditional formatting, subtotal, hyperlinks, chart creation
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing industry experience and/or public accounting experience preferred
Concur and SAP software experience is strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Hiring, training, motivating, and evaluating accounts payable staff members
Setting and facilitating the achievement of department objectives
Review all payments made by AP team ensuring the timeliness, accuracy, and validity of such payments
Ensure adherence with compliance processes for approvals and the execution of all vendor payments
Oversee disbursement of checks, ACH, and wire payments
Collaborate with Assistant Controller with anticipated change in Canadian Banking Institution
Maintain confidential banking and vendor information
Prepare annual 1099 reports and generate and submit all tax information as needed
Improve utilization of Concur and SAP to reduce manual touches and errors
Providing timely audit support for internal and external compliance audits