Accounts Payable Senior Manager

Our client, a large broadcast media company is urgently looking to hire an Accounts Payable Senior Manager to join their team in New York City

** This will be a 3 month contract with the potential to extend or convert FTE after**

Required Skills & Experience:

Requirements

• BA/BS degree in Accounting, Finance or related field and 7+ years’ experience in P2P environment, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver a high degree of customer service.

• Experience with and knowledge of financial controls, with varied experience in P2P areas.

• Experience in the entertainment industry preferred.

Desired Experience

• CPA or MBA desirable

• Lean Six Sigma certification (e.g. green belt, black belt, master black belt or other) desirable

• Strong self-starter, able to consistently deliver without requiring significant oversight and direction.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to interface with all levels of management and customers.

• Advanced Customer Service Skills.

• Demonstrated the ability to work as part of a team, and a clear understanding of how assigned responsibilities impact other processes and the work of other people.

• Previous experience working with remote teams, international experience a considerable plus.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Maintain working knowledge of the industry in addition to the Accounts Payable control framework and processes.

• Understand all aspects of the Accounts Payable function including vendor relations, vendor master data maintenance, invoice processing, disbursements, vendor reconciliations, aged AP items, Help Desk and PCard process.

• Work closely with Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) provider in monitoring service delivery via process metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPI).

• Resolve or advance issues that come through the Accounts Payable Helpdesk.

• Work with vendors, finance teams, and internal customers to resolve Accounts Payable issues.

Continuous Improvements

• Develop documentation on projects.

• Provide recommendations to the Global P2P Global Process Owner (GPO) on process improvement and technology opportunities and operationalize on standardization initiatives.

• Provide input to the Globalize, Standardize and Centralize Roadmap by partnering with the Global P2P GPO and the Financial Systems Strategy Group (FSSG). The roadmap is a multi-year plan that includes ongoing process standardization, simplification and automation opportunities which drive year over year efficiency improvements.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future

Motion Recruitment