Accounts Payable Manager POST NUMBER: 435606
Duration: Temp to Perm
Location: Chicago IL (Hybrid)
This role interacts with the client teams, including General Ledger Accounting, Treasury, Operations, Compliance, and Technology. The Senior Manager must be a critical thinker, analytical, energetic, and possess strong attention to detail.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Manage a team responsible for Accounts Payable and travel & expense (T&E) expenditures
- Manage the timely matching of invoices with purchase orders
- Ensure all payables have proper approvals according to corporate policy
- Manage the review T&E expense reports for accuracy and corporate policy adherence
- Supervise the research of vendor inquires and respond to vendors
- Review payment reports for weekly vendor payments
- Assist with other accounting duties and special projects as needed
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent work experience) required
- CPA or equivalent certification preferred
- 8 years of prior experience; 3 years as a people manager
- Experience with full cycle AP, month-end close, and account analysis
- Experience using NetSuite accounting system preferred
- Intermediate Excel abilities
- Strong analytical ability and perseverance to solve problems with minimal oversight
- Ability to professionally interact with onsite staff and management
- Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy in preparing and entering voucher information
- Must be able to handle multiple tasks within an established timeline
- Must be a team player and capable of working in a fast-paced environment
- Familiarity with 2-way and 3-way matching preferred
- This job operates in a hybrid, office environment.
Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.