Job Description
- Lead and support continuous improvement activities throughout all functional aspects of the purchase to pay cycle with the understanding of effective internal controls.
- Ensures that suppliers are paid in accordance with company policy, enforces and adheres to internal controls for the AP function;
prepares weekly reporting and analytics.
- Manages weekly payment runs.
- Mentors and manages AP team, which includes measuring and reporting on the team's performance against KPIs.
- Processes 3-way match invoices, voids, and stop payments, as-needed to support the team.
- Reviews outgoing wire payments, checks and ACH for various transactions with appropriate coding
- Performs month-end procedures including accruals, AP subledger to ledger reconciliation, open purchase order analysis, and monthly payment calendar reconciliation.
- Ensure proper processes and procedures are established to safeguard the company's assets.
- Review and ensure proper documentation, correct coding, to allow for the ability of vendor payments.
- Work with buyers / planners / receiving to resolve any discrepancies between PO, invoice, and receipt.
- Pays vendors by monitoring discount opportunities; scheduling and preparing checks; resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation.
- Pays employees by receiving and verifying expense reports and requests for advances.
- Prepare and maintain vendor files and validate year-end reporting (1099's).
- Verifies vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
- Correspond with vendors and respond to vendor payment inquiries, while focusing on the vendor relationship.
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.
The Successful Applicant
- BA / BS in Business with an emphasis in Finance or Accounting
- 5+ years' progressive Accounts Payable experience with 3+ years in management.
- Exceptional knowledge of finance, accounting, cash flow, and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- Advanced experience working in Microsoft tools (, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Must have substantial ERP AP system experience, as well as 1099 filing experience.
- Experience in manufacturing company desired.
- Comfortable rolling up your sleeves and carrying out detailed, complex analysis.
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple deliverables.
- Mindset of continuous process improvements with focus on questioning the status quo.
- Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills and proven experience in cultivating collaborative working relationships with teams across an organization.
- Promotes a safe and inclusive work force.
- Experience with automated accounting systems is required.
Not for New York City Applicants.
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Michael Page will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- Michael Page will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
What's on Offer
$110,000-$120,000 401k, health, vision, dental
30+ days ago