Accounts Payable Manager

New York, NY

Summary

Reporting to the Director of Accounting-Controller, Accounts Payable Manager will oversee the day to day Accounts Payable operations for a team of 6.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the full cycle Accounts Payable process, including invoice review and expense coding, client disbursements, review of Travel and Entertainment expense reimbursements, vendor import systems, vendor maintenance and special projects as needed. 

Qualifications

• At least 5 – 7 years’ experience in managing or supervising an Accounts Payable team
• Law firm experience preferred
• The candidate must demonstrate that they have experience in problem solving and have worked in such an environment with evidence of successes to date
• Experience in an automated Accounts Payable system; Elite Enterprise, 3E and Chrome River preferred
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel required (i.e. pivot tables, vlookup’s, nested sumif’s) and Microsoft Word
• Ability to work under tight deadlines
• Able to handle conflicting priorities and manage expectations of internal clients and external vendors
• Ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of people
• Ability to work with technology and quickly pick up and utilize new technologies
• Ability to train and motivate staff; capable of working independently, as member of internal team, and in partnership with vendors
• Improve the process for client disbursements; collaborate with billing/collection team to furnish disbursement information for client billings