Job Purpose
Serve in a leadership capacity to the Accounts Payable team, including training and mentoring. Analyze and process accounts payable transactions for multiple business units and lead company-wide accounts payable initiatives and projects.
Essential Functions
• Coordinate the completion of AP tasks across multiple business units, ensuring proper coverage and crosstraining
• Provide expertise and guidance to AP staff to ensure all invoices and expense reports are recorded accurately and processed in a timely manner; respond to staff inquiries
• Ensure all available vendor discounts are taken
• Apply an understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and knowledge of the general ledger to review and code AP transactions
• Respond to inquiries from vendors or internal business partners; research and resolve issues or discrepancies
• Manage the company-wide corporate credit card and expense reimbursement program including training local administrators and cardholders/approvers
• Ensure proper setup and maintenance of vendor cards in the accounting system
• Prepare monthly AP accruals and perform month-end account reconciliations
• Manage received not invoiced (RNI) transactions and reconciliation
• Lead the annual processing of 1099s
• Lead company-wide special projects/process improvements impacting AP
• Identify areas of process and productivity improvement across all business units; assist in designing and implementing procedures
• Understand and comply with established company procedures designed to support effective internal controls
• Support food safety program, quality standards, and legality of products manufactured in the facility
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned
Qualifications (Education/Experience)
• 2-year accounting associate degree or higher preferred
• 4+ years general accounting experience, with 3+ years accounts payable experience
• Prior supervisory experience preferred
• Prior experience in a multi-factory or multi-division company preferred
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Excel and Word)
• ERP experience, preferably with Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains or Navision
• Process-driven with the ability to hold others accountable while demonstrating excellent customer service skills
• Able to take initiative including a strong desire to suggest and develop process improvements
• Critical thinker with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to understand accounting impact
• Self-motivated, goal oriented, quality driven, and capable of working independently with minimal supervision
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a high-volume, fast-paced environment
• Solid work ethic demonstrating strict attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy
• Clear and effective verbal and written communication skills
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