Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable Supervisor

• Manage accounts receivable and accounts payable team members which includes:
  • Holding regular one on ones with team members
  • Interviewing, hiring, and training new team members
  • Addressing disciplinary needs
  • Providing (at a minimum) annual feedback to employee (through year end assessment)
  • Creating employee goals and a growth plan yearly and following up on those goals/plans throughout the year
• Assisting team members with challenges in day-to-day accounts receivable and accounts payable questions and issues
• Perform and manage the month end close process from an AR and AP perspective including:
  • Prepare various accruals, such as goods in-transit, goods received not invoiced, and AP invoice accruals.
  • Manage the intercompany confirmation and balancing process with other subsidiaries.
  • Oversee the closing of the AR and AP subledgers.
  • Prepare certain balance sheet account reconciliations monthly.
  • Review and approve journal entries and accounts reconciliations completed by the accounts receivable and accounts payable teams.
• Oversee the weekly vendor payment process, which includes check, ACH, and wire payments.
• Regularly review new vendors and access in MediusFlow or similar automated AP system.
• Manage credit card payment process, including customer and system functionality issues.
• Interface cross functionally with other teams to resolve AR related issues.
• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of the various accounts receivable and accounts payable processes and their integration within the overall financial administrative systems.
• Act as a back-up, when needed, to the AR and AP team members.
• Provide the Company with guidance on general ledger account usage for various expenses
• Act as an operational Project Leader on the implementation of new processes with respect to the accounts receivable and accounts payable process.
• Collaborate with IT to resolve issues related to specialized software used for general ledger functions.
• Assist the Controller is assessing internal controls within the accounts receivable and accounts payable process, suggesting changing, and implementing changes as needed.
• Perform various other tasks as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting / finance or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant Accounts Payable and/or Accounts Receivable experience in a corporate setting required, ideally gained through positions of increasing responsibility.
• Prior supervisory or management experience required.

What you'll bring:

Drive, proactivity & ownership

• Result driven, "gets things done" - futuristic in digitalization and automation.
• Hands on while finding the balance to delegate and develop others.
• Proactively understands what needs to be done and sets a clear plan to enable execution.
• Independently takes full responsibility for own responsibilities and is accountable.
• Able to make decisions and exercise judgment to come to the best treatment when troubleshooting accounting issues and implementing changes to processes.

Analytical & structured

• Sees the big picture without losing attention to details and leads the function with an efficiency-oriented mind set.
• Works systematically and can create structure for others - efficiency focused.

High capacity & resilience

• Leads and works well under pressure as well as in stressful situations.
• Can lead through, enjoy, and engage in a changing environment and demands.

Communication skills & integrity

• Able to communicate effectively across different levels and parts of the organization.

Leadership

• Assists the Controller in taking a leading role within the Finance community & gains respect across the organization.
• Pedagogic with ability and willingness to develop others and ensure learning across the organization.
• Builds a team where people perform, develop, and thrive.