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Direct AP Business Process Manager

Responsible for managing direct AP business processes and playing a critical role in managing accounts payable functions. Experience with PO management, receiving, and invoice processing is key to this position, with a focus on analysis, reporting, and process improvement as opposed to transactional work. Team member must be prepared to lead projects and initiatives, with project/product management skills being a plus. Key job responsibilities:

• Supporting month and year end closes, ensuring that financial records are accurate in addition to providing reporting to leadership.
• Prepare, analyze, and track KPIs and metrics to understand the health of our AP organization and to root cause issues to drive operational efficiencies.
• Lead and contribute to ad hoc projects and enhancements as we continue to move through a full scale procure to pay transformation.
• Working with and managing multiple offshore teams that we collaborate with, providing training and mentorship where needed.
• Vendor support and troubleshooting common procure to pay issues.
• Support testing and oversight of Accounts Payable and related systems.
• Partner cross-functionally to optimize upstream and downstream impacts of Accounts Payable processes and data.

Skills:

• Strong knowledge of basic accounting principles and practices.
• Expert Workday AP knowledge.
• Experience with data shaper tools such as Tableau, Alteryx, Quick sites would be a plus but not required.
• Advanced understanding of Accounting/Accounts Payable and related general ledger systems and processes.
• Communicates structured information in a clear, concise, and organized fashion.
• Leads collaboration with others to achieve objectives and ensure information flow.
• Takes initiative and demonstrates a strong desire to reach challenging goals and pursue excellence.