Accounts Payable Manager
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| Estimated Pay info | Based on similar jobs in your market$23 per hour |
|---|---|
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
About this job
Job Description
Job Description
Pay: $105,000 - $114,000 + 20% Bonus
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401k
Role Responsibilities:
- Oversee daily SAP transactions processing and ensure accuracy
- Manage the AP staff, including work allocation, deadline management, recruitment, and performance appraisals
- Manage the period end activities to meet the required deadlines, including AP accruals, and reconciliations
- Manage vendor and internal customer communications, queries and issues effectively while balancing priorities of customer service, process compliance, and controls
- Continually identify and implement process improvements
- Applies comprehensive knowledge of AP systems (e.g., SAP), month-end close, and vendor management
- Applies expertise to oversee team execution, ensuring compliance and accuracy
- Oversees resolution of complex AP issues, process gaps, and exception management
- Drives deadline-sensitive initiatives like accruals and reconciliations
- Builds relationships with vendors, Procurement, and Controlling
- Communicates effectively with stakeholders to resolve issues and align on expectations
- Directly manages AP staff
- Allocates work, sets priorities, and provides coaching, feedback, and development opportunities
- Ensures team meets deadlines
Job Requirements and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting or other related discipline preferred
- Experienced knowledge of principles, practices, regulations, and procedures relating to accounts payable
- Minimum 5 years in accounting or finance functions, with AP experience required
- Prior people management preferred
- Proven ability to manage processes and meet deadlines
- Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Customer service orientation
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- SAP experience is strongly preferred
- Oversee in setting up new or existing utilities accounts on autopayment
- Review month end close activities including AP accruals, resolving Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt discrepancies, etc
- Oversee new vendor set up in SAP
- Maintains process documentations
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong interpersonal skills, with ability to manage customer relationships
- Excellent proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Teams
- Strong organization skills and ability to coordinate multiple tasks and deliverables
- Motivated self-starter, goal-oriented, and strong problem-solving abilities
- Must be able to handle all aspects of Accounts Payable
- General knowledge of financial and accounting business practices
- Demonstrated ability in multi-tasking and interacting with other departments to accomplish goals
- Must be flexible, detail oriented, and possess good analytical skills
- This position is an office-based role with limited travel and visits to other offices and field locations
- Must be able to sit, walk, or stand for long durations of time
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