Accounts Payable Supervisor

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the deliverables of AP team by ensuring processing is done from team members at the agreed timelines
• Responsible for resolving endorsed escalations.
• Responsible for ensuring that the team is updated through regular huddle sessions
• Responsible to drive entire AP’s performance/KPI through regular 1:1 sessions
• Responsible for all process improvement.

Duties

• Manage and resolve escalation as endorsed by Manager and Sr Accountants through close collaboration with internal colleagues until timely resolution
• Lead post-issue root cause analysis (RCA) discussions to minimize and/or eliminate future occurrences of errors and escalations
• Conduct regular meetings and huddles with Stakeholders/Vessel Managers as needed.
• Create and distribute key communications to the entire team
• Provide regular, company-wide system training.
• Drive a performance-driven team through KPI monitoring and timely performance review / 1:1 to team members
• Provide management with data and insights on AP performance
• Regularly reviews the capacity of team members to ensure team is not underutilized but also not overly utilized.
• Initiate process improvement through regular review of each process to ensure it is effective, efficient and optimal. Ensuring technology / system resources are utilized. Lead and implement operational programs, projects and initiatives that help drive the business forward
• Mentoring and career pathing of high performing team member/s.

Required Qualification and Experiences

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field
• At least 5 yrs of experience as Sr Accounts Payable Accountant or Supervisor handling a high performing team.
• At least a year of experience in resolving high-level escalations, which could evolve into regular meetings with internal stakeholders, key suppliers and owners/owner’s representatives.
• Expertise in Accounting Principles
• Proficiency in Accounting Software such as Eyeshare and D365
• Proven escalation / conflict management
• Report analyzation and presentation to larger audience
• Project management and process improvement
• Exceptional writing and oral communication skills – be able to synthesize complex information into concise summaries for a variety of audiences