Our client is seeking a Accounts Payable Manager responsible for the entire AP function including timely and accurate processing of the company’s accounts payable. This role also serves as the focal point for company purchasing efforts including vendor acquisition, contract negotiations, and vendor account management.
Responsibilities:
· Manages the timely and accurate processing of accounts payable across multiple locations (national and regional) using check, ACH, credit card, and wire payment methods
· Ensures all A/P documents and payments are processed, scanned, and stored by company policy
· Maintains and enforces proper A/P policies, practices, and internal controls to ensure company assets are safeguarded
· Oversees weekly and ad hoc check runs
· Reviews GL distribution of A/P transactions to ensure accounting and reporting accuracy
· Participates in monthly close activities and performs month-end reconciliation of A/P Aging Report to the trial balance in collaboration with other members of the Accounting Team
· Vendor Management
· Maintains the company’s vendor database including set-up, maintenance, periodic reviews, and purging of terminated accounts
· Assists in researching new vendors, identifying preferred vendors, and streamlining purchasing procedures across multiple sites
· Provides purchasing assistance to regional managers including requests for proposals, vendor selection, contract negotiations, new vendor account setup, and ongoing account management
· Communicates with vendors/contractors to resolve issues and obtain additional information where required
· Ensure month-end close accounting deadlines are met as set by accounting calendar.
· Focus on accuracy and completeness of financial information in the general ledger for 30 legal entities.
· Review reconciliations for A/R Other, A/P Other, prepaids other , accrued other to identify items that need to be settled against payments made.
· Monitor cash and review bank reconciliations, some preparation might be required for upper tier entities.
· Prepare cash requirement file weekly
· Assist the management team in addressing identified areas of improvement, with the goal of implementing lasting improvements to the existing process.
· Ability to work across departments and within a large team and develop relationships with property managers and other functions and Offshore teams
· Will need to respond to high volume of vendor requests and internal team requests in a timely manner
· Performing disbursements in Avid or by initiating wires
· Review GL coding submitted by property management
· Code entries for corporate
· Response for annual 1099 process
Qualifications:
· Bachelors Degree in Accounting
· Minimum of 6+ years experience in Real Estate
· GAAP Knowledge and experience a must
· Strong data entry in ERP
· Yardi, AvidXchange, Salesforce experience a must
· Must have experience working with high volume of transactions in a fast-paced environment
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $80,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Physical setting:
Schedule:
Education:
Experience:
- Yardi: 3 years (Required)
- Real Estate: 5 years (Required)
- Salesforce: 3 years (Required)
- Accounting: 6 years (Required)
Work Location: In person