Title: CORPORATE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE MANAGER Location: United States-Virginia-Virginia Beach Job Number: 220001UC Job Summary: Manages all activities within the accounts payable function Enterprisewide. Responsibilities include direct supervision of accounts payable supervisors and the oversight of their direct reports. Additionally duties require strict adherence to corporately established internal controls and the maintenance of positive vendor relations. Duties and Responsibilities: - Plans and manages activities of the East Coast Merchandise Payables Accounting Group and supports financial processes and applications enabling NEXCOM's payment processes. - Ensures timely close out of worldwide Lawson merchandise payables system to support monthly close-out and financial statement preparation. Is responsible for policies surrounding merchandise accounting. - Maintains strong and constructive relationships with NEXCOM departments and NEX management, vendors, and other agencies ensuring timely and efficient processing of NEXCOM's payment obligations. Ensures payment team is responsive and exercises good customer service skills in dealing with external vendors and other partners to timely resolve vendor disputes and payment problems. - Plans, schedules and directs the work for the Accounts Payable department, including writing reviews for direct reports and reviewing WPRs for indirect reports - Responsible for the hiring and discipline of associates within accounts payable. - Ensures corporately initiated internal controls are adhered to and company policies and procedures are followed - Develops, implements and maintains systems, procedures and policies, including accounts payable functions to ensure adherence to company guidelines, to include creation of SOPs for Accounts Payable and Mail room - Reviews workloads for individuals within the Accounts Payable Department so that an equitable work distribution is achieved. -Ensures a high level of communication within the A/P department. - Responsible for maintaining a high level of customer service for all individuals interacting with the Corporate Accounting Center including vendors, exchange and headquarters associates as well as other departments within Accounting. - Review discount lost and interest paid along with other performance data to measure productivity and to determine if modifications are necessary - Makes sure there is a timely review of Accounts Payable reports (IM200/IM280) so that gross profit percentages are properly stated and items within those reports are not over aged. - Approving authority for clearing aged invoices and receivers - Serves as technical advisor to NEX exchanges in all matters dealing with accounts payable and when requested, provides technical A/P training either at the Accounting Center or exchange location. - Develops & prepares accounts payable statistical and metric reports to measure the performance of the department. - Oversees the operation of the BFCAC mailroom. Ensures mail is processed timely and efficiently and all checks received are tracked and recorded for deposit. - Position reports to the Director, Merchandise/Expense Payables and Fixed Assets. Performs other related duties as assigned. Qualifications: GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Three years of experience in administrative, professional, technical, investigative, or other responsible work that provided experience in analyzing problems to identify significant factors, gather pertinent data, and recognize solutions; knowledge of established accounting and related data processing procedures and techniques. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE: One year of academic study above the high school level may be substituted for nine months of experience up to a maximum of a 4 year bachelor's degree for 3 years of general experience. AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Three years of progressively responsible experience which provided a broad knowledge of the principles, theories, techniques and methods of accounting; ability to organize, analyze, interpret and evaluate financial data or reported operating results; an understanding of the total accounting function; supervisory experience of human resources; or similar work that demonstrated the knowledge and abilities require of managing an accounting area. Job: Financial/Accounting
