Accounts Payable Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or related field.
• 5–7 years of progressive experience in accounts payable, accounting operations, or finance operations, including at least 2 years of supervisory, team lead, or process ownership experience.
• Experience leading process improvements, system enhancements, and change initiatives, including the use of AI tools, automation technologies, and workflow optimization to improve productivity, strengthen controls, and reduce fraud risk.
• Experience with 1099 reporting requirements and demonstrated ability to stay current on applicable rules and regulations.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, accounts payable processes, internal controls, and corporate card program administration.
• Proficiency with ERP systems, accounting software, Microsoft Office applications, and intermediate to advanced Excel; D365 experience preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes, resolve AP and corporate card issues, and recommend practical improvements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and build productive stakeholder relationships.
• Ability to balance hands-on AP support with supervisory responsibilities while managing multiple priorities, meeting deadlines, and adapting in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Dairy, Consumer Packaged Goods, Cooperatives, and Best in class companies.

Responsibilities

• Hiring, training, and developing team members to meet organizational needs.
• Develop employee technical and soft skills, including key competencies, and support employee performance through training and coaching.
• Assign tasks and projects to employees to balance use of their current skillsets and competencies and development of new competencies.
• Provide feedback on employee’s performance to develop skills and address performance gaps.
• Coach employees with personal growth development.
• Accomplishes department objectives by managing resources, planning and assigning workstreams and tasks and evaluating department activities.
• Delegates tasks, monitors workload distribution and provides guidance and support to resolve issues and improve efficiency.
• Oversee the full-cycle accounts payable process, including invoice entry, approvals, payment runs, vendor statement review and reconciliations and 1099 reporting and compliance.
• Establish and maintain vendor relationships, periodically audit vendor statements and reconciliations and monitor the vendor master to ensure ongoing maintenance.
• Monitor AP aging and Received not Vouchered reports. Research past-due items to support accurate, timely invoice processing and payments.
• Enforce company internal controls, including segregation of duties, policies and procedures related to AP and the corporate card program to support compliance and minimize fraud risk.
• Manage the full lifecycle of the corporate card program, ensuring alignment with company internal controls, policies and financial goals.
• In collaboration with Supply Chain and the Director of Accounting, communicate with vendors, corporate card providers, cardholders, and internal stakeholders to resolve billing disputes, payment holds, card transaction issues, and account matters promptly; serve as the escalation point for issues not resolved by the AP team.
• Responsible for AP and corporate card related audit preparations including auditor interaction as well as interim and year-end audit work papers in partnership with Director of Accounting.
• Serve as a change agent for accounts payable and corporate card operations by leading process improvements, supporting system enhancements, standardizing workflows, and partnering cross-functionally to implement practical solutions that improve efficiency, accuracy, compliance, scalability, and adoption of new processes and controls.
• Lead special projects as needed, including but not limited to any adhoc projects/reporting requested by executive leadership.
• Collaborate with Director of Accounting to discuss current projects/tasks/timelines and their relation to bandwidth.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with employees, supervisors and the general public.
• Communicate effectively across the organization, both written and verbally.
• Demonstrate exceptional computer skills and proficiency of Microsoft applications with intermediate to advanced excel proficiency.
• Act as an engaged team player, able to interact with team members at all levels of the company, and demonstrate shared values in interactions.
• Work under pressure, meet deadlines, and be flexible in working on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrate excellent time-management skills with the ability to work independently and meet goals with little supervision.

Benefits

• Industry leading benefit and reward programs