Accounts Payable Manager
hace 14 días
Atlanta
Job Description About the company Reliance Worldwide Corporation (RWC) is a global provider of water control systems and plumbing solutions for domestic, commercial and industrial applications. Founded in 1949, the RWC family of brands has continually evolved to exceed global industry standards with diversified manufacturing and distribution operations across three continents. RWC has dedicated more than 60 years to its business, brands and products, and maintains a commitment to innovation by investing in high-value automation to remain competitive in the global environment. With more than 700 intellectual property assets globally, comprising patents, industrial designs and trademark registrations, RWC continues to invest in research/development and engineering resources to bring innovative new products to the market. In order to fund its next stage of growth and maintain its aggressive trajectory, RWC went public on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: RWC) in April of 2016. With manufacturing and distribution operations across Europe, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the US, RWC is well positioned for continued product expansion and market growth in the years to come. Both RWC’s World and US headquarters are based in Atlanta, Georgia. Position Description Since 2012, RWC’s Americas revenues have tripled and now make up over 60% of the company’s worldwide revenues; it expects to more than double those revenues through continued organic and acquisition means in the coming years. With that, the AP Manager will execute and assist in the development of improving the organization’s overall accounts payable practices to lead that growth rather than react to it. The AP Manager will report to the Assistant Controller and will interface with many company functional areas. The AP Manager will be responsible for primarily US and Canada AP activities with the potential to expand globally. The AP Manager will be instrumental in implementing improved processes to supervise an experienced team, improve DPO, minimize late payments, optimize early-pay discounts, oversee all payment activities, ensure compliance with regulations, and maintain and improve internal and vendor relationships. Principal Responsibilities • Hiring, training, motivating, and evaluating accounts payable staff members, • Setting and facilitating the achievement of department objectives, • Review all payments made by AP team ensuring the timeliness, accuracy, and validity of such payments, • Ensure adherence with compliance processes for approvals and the execution of all vendor payments, • Oversee disbursement of checks, ACH, and wire payments, • Collaborate with Assistant Controller with anticipated change in Canadian Banking Institution, • Maintain confidential banking and vendor information, • Prepare annual 1099 reports and generate and submit all tax information as needed, • Improve utilization of Concur and SAP to reduce manual touches and errors, • Providing timely audit support for internal and external compliance audits Ideal Candidate Requirements/Attributes The desired candidate will be a passionate, high-performance individual who has a demonstrated history of performing diverse and agile accounts payable functions in a manufacturing enterprise in a public company environment. The AP Manager will seek to be a metric-informed business partner, with extensive experience in problem solving, managing and motivating staff, driving process improvements, and improving internal and external relationships. The AP Manager will be comfortable working in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, excited to problem-solve and work with ambiguity, be a part of a high-performing team of a growing company, able to prioritize self with limited direction, use sound judgment in decision making, work with a sense of urgency, be comfortable with a matrix reporting environment, and maintain confidential information. The AP Manager should be comfortable improving processes while also maintaining routine best practices, increasing documentation around procedures, and learning new “ways of working” as RWC continues to invest in improving tools and resources. Exceptional communication skills are highly preferred due to the variability of the business partner range of influence, and ability to travel as needed (travel will likely not be more than 10 percent on an annual basis). Education Minimum of a bachelor’s degree Experience • Minimum 10 years professional experience, minimum 5 years of supervisory experience, • Extensive knowledge of accounting principles and accounts payable procedures, • Manufacturing industry experience and/or public accounting experience preferred, • Experience working in a fast paced, deadline driven accounting environment, • SAP software, • Extensive knowledge of accounting and management principles, and accounts payable procedures, • Strong planning and problem-solving skills, • Advanced Level Microsoft Excel; vlookup, hlookup, index/match, sumproduct, pivots, conditional formatting, subtotal, hyperlinks, chart creation, • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills