Accounts Payable Manager

🔍 United States, Minnesota, Edina, Children's Business Center

United States, Minnesota, Minneapolis United States, Minnesota, St. Paul

📁: Exec/Management/ Supervisory

📅   : Sep 04, 2018 Post Date

📅   : 180270VL Requisition #

Department Overview

The Accounting Department produces monthly financial statements and variance analysis. Major activities include: maintaining financial statements with generally accepted accounting principles, monthly posting of operations performance, reconciling general ledger accounts, fixed asset reporting and capital spending tracking, managing the annual financial audit, completing external requests for information, and reporting structure and system maintenance.

Position Summary

Provides Finance Division leadership and project management for Accounts Payable department. Coordinates department priorities and is the point person for ongoing issues. Supports and ensures department cross training. Explores and surfaces ideas to improve work processes through the use of available technology. Directs the accounting lead position to provide management and guidance to the Accounts Payable Staff. Responsible for advancing the accounts payable department's performance (quality, customer satisfaction and staff productivity) through process improvement and the implementation of new technology. Develops, maintains and enforces department policies and procedures. Is the liaison between Accounts Payable staff and Information Technology.

:Education:* BA/BS Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration or equivalent experience.* Advanced education preferred Experience: * 5+ years of supervisory experience required.Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: * Customer-focused: Demonstrated ability to meet the expectations and requirements of both internal and external customers.* Organization and Delegation: Demonstrated ability to define and organize processes into efficient workflow meeting both customer and department needs. Comfortably assigns projects with tight deadlines. Able to orchestrate multiple activities to accomplish a goal.* Workforce Engagement: Demonstrated ability to create a climate where people want to do their best. Sensitive to needs of a diverse workforce.* Problem Solving: Demonstrated ability to develop and design new and unique ideas. Can look beyond the obvious, probe for all sources for answers, and use logic to solve difficult problems with effective solutions.

Physical Demands

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