Manager Payables & Receivables

Border States•Fargo, ND

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Manager of Payables and Receivables provides enterprise-wide leadership and process ownership across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, employee expense management, corporate card and fleet administration, vendor disbursements, customer billing, cash application, and related transactional accounting activities. The role is accountable for scalable, accurate, timely, efficient, and compliant operations through consistent processes, systems, policies, controls, service expectations, performance measures, and continuous improvement. The Manager leads a broad, multi-functional organization, including subordinate supervisors, and directs workforce planning, resource allocation, performance management, recruiting, onboarding, training, and employee development. The role also leads daily operations and month-end activities; supports audits, M&A integrations, system enhancements, automation, and other enterprise initiatives; and partners with stakeholders to resolve issues, strengthen cross-functional handoffs, and meet the organization’s evolving needs.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related business administrative field required.
Prior people management and team leadership experience required.
Prior project management experience required.
Intermediate Excel knowledge required.
Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office (SharePoint, Word, PowerPoint, etc.) required.
Prior experience in SAP or similar accounting systems required.

Nice To Haves

8 years of progressive experience in finance and accounting preferred.
Professional business, finance, or accounting licensure preferred.
Experience with workforce planning, performance management, employee development, recruiting, onboarding, and development of subordinate leaders preferred.
Experience leading significant process improvement, automation, system implementation, workflow, or organizational change initiatives preferred.
Experience supporting integration or standardization of acquired businesses, decentralized operations, or multiple operating locations preferred.
Prior experience with expense management, workflow automation, or transaction processing platforms such as Concur, Motus, banking portals, customer billing systems, or similar tools preferred.

Responsibilities

Owns end-to-end processes across Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, employee expense management, corporate card administration, fleet administration, vendor disbursements, cash application, and related transactional accounting activities.
Establishes and maintains consistent operating processes, workflows, controls, service expectations, policies, procedures, and performance standards across assigned functions.
Maintains ownership of departmental policies and standard operating procedures and ensures processes are consistently executed by assigned teams.
Maintains accountability for the effectiveness of assigned processes from transaction initiation through completion, including upstream and downstream handoffs with other departments.
Manages and supports the effective use of Concur, Motus, corporate card programs, expense reimbursement processes, and related integrations to ensure proper approval routing, policy compliance, accounting accuracy, and reimbursement.
Leads a multi-functional organization encompassing Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Expense Management, and related transaction-processing responsibilities through both direct leadership and oversight of teams led by supervisors.
Provides leadership, direction, coaching, and accountability to direct reports, ensuring effective leadership and consistent performance across their respective teams.
Establishes team priorities and directs the allocation of people and resources across functions based on transaction volumes, service requirements, deadlines, organizational priorities, and changing business needs.
Establishes and monitors departmental goals, KPIs, transaction quality measures, service levels, productivity indicators, workload measures, and other operational performance expectations.
Leads capacity and workforce planning across assigned functions and adjusts staffing, priorities, and allocation of work to respond to transaction volumes and organizational requirements.
Uses operational performance information to identify process breakdowns, resource constraints, training needs, workflow bottlenecks, and opportunities to improve team effectiveness.
Holds team Supervisors accountable for team performance, operational results, completion of required work, employee development, and adherence to established processes and controls.
Leads recruiting, onboarding, performance management, succession planning, role clarity, training, and employee-owner development activities across assigned functions.
Develops supervisors and team leaders to strengthen leadership capability, accountability, and operational effectiveness.
Leads system, workflow, integration, and automation initiatives to improve efficiency, scalability, controls, and service delivery.
Leads business requirements, testing, implementation, training, and adoption activities associated with process and technology changes.
Supports merger and acquisition activities through the assessment, integration, standardization, and transition of acquired transactional accounting processes.
Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor or designate.

Benefits

Health, Dental and Vision Benefits
Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity
FSA & HSA
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Disability Benefits
401(k) Retirement Plan
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Paid Holidays
Paid Volunteer Time
Personal Leave time
bonuses to their employee-owners upon the achievement of branch and company goals