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Accounts Payable - Supervisor (Closed)

About the Opportunity

• Direct a team to provide timely and accurate processing, disbursement of vendor payments, discrepancy resolution and vendor account reconciliations
• Ensure the integrity of the accounts payable subledger to reconcile with the accounting system
• Manage a team including staff hiring, training, performance management, coaching and development
• Establish internal controls and procedures to protect the assets of the company and determine new controls or procedures that address the growth of the company
• Responsible for the integration of invoice processing & payments for stores acquired from acquisitions
• Work closely with the various finance groups, reporting, treasury, general accounting, and other stakeholders to ensure that specific accounts payables activities are appropriately accounted for within the financials
• Interact on a regular basis with upper management, internal/external customers as well as vendor partners to implement solutions that meet the company's goals both financially and operationally
• Responsible for the creation and reporting of monthly metrics/analytics intended to measure output and capacity of the team
• Foster an environment of team building and employ continuous process improvement principles to optimize, for example invoice processing, invoice discrepancy resolution and vendor payments
• Own company-wide travel & entertainment expense reporting system (Concur) including integrity of system, onboarding, and training of new users
• Other responsibilities include invoice discrepancy resolution, vendor reconciliation, driving working capital vendor payment terms initiatives, vendor master file set-up and maintenance and vendor payments
• Perform other duties as assigned

About You

• Strong systems, network management and data reporting and analytics experience is required
• Experience with SAP Concur Invoice and Expense and reporting tool is required
• A firm understanding of accounting and financial concepts surrounding accounts payable and internal controls with the ability to apply them to business situations
• Demonstrate success with creating and implementing accounts payable best practices and internal controls
• Effective managerial skills to facilitate, implement, and manage change and process enhancement
• Resilient problem solver, negotiator, independent, self-starter and ability to take ownership and strong leadership skills
• Strategic thinker, with extensive ability to operationalize, leveraging excellence in time management, demonstrate ability to work well under pressure, managing conflicting priorities and tight deadlines in a dynamic environment
• Excellent organization skills and demonstrate accuracy and detail-orientation is a must
• Excellent interpersonal, communication skills both written and oral and ability to work with all levels of staff and management
• Relevant education in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or another relevant field OR equivalent work experience is an asset
• Experience in Great Plains ERP considered to be an asset
• Experience in multi-location and/or retail business environment considered to be an asset

Salary

$73,000 - $75,000/year

How to Apply

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You must currently reside within the Greater Toronto Area and be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity. A recruiter will be in touch with you if your profile meets our client’s requirements for this role.