Accounts Payable Lead

Summary/Objective:

This position handles managing, overseeing, and supporting the Company’s accounts payable process.

Essential Functions:

· Provide support to the field administrative team to ensure invoices are properly coded, approved, and paid promptly.

· Review and manage the expense reporting process to ensure that expenses are being given and approved on a prompt basis before month-end.

· Work with the field personnel to improve the timeliness of invoices being recorded in the system in the correct period and in advance of required deadlines.

· Close the accounts payable system and prepare certain operational accrual entries as necessary based on close procedures.

· Prepare balance sheet reconciliations for accounts payable-related accounts.

· Establish and keep relationships with vendors, resolving any billing discrepancies or issues on time.

· Work with treasury and field locations to manage payments of vendors and support efficient and effective means of payment for vendors.

· Lead and mentor accounts payable specialists, providing guidance, training, and support as needed.

· Develop and keep policies and procedures for accounts payable.

· Find opportunities to create efficiencies and streamline the payables to the payment process.

· Prepare and analyze accounts payable reports and metrics to track performance and find areas of improvement.

· Aid with year-end activities, including audit preparation and 1099 submission.

Required Education, Experience, Certifications and Licensure

· Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance or an equivalent combination of education and experience needed.

· 3 to 5 years of public company experience with 1 to 2 years of supervisory experience.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

· Industry experience strongly desired

· Demonstrate aptitude for understanding system‐based processing and controls.

· Ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects, prioritize tasks, and exercise good judgment.

· Strong analytical skills

· Must be able to work independently, prioritizing and meeting multiple deadlines.

· Ability to meet daily deadlines, perform tasks on time, be an initiative-taker, and resolve issues with minimal supervision.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has supervisory responsibilities.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to $80,000.00 per year

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• public company: 3 years (Required)
• supervisory: 1 year (Required)
• system‐based processing and controls: 3 years (Required)
• expense reporting process: 3 years (Required)
• accounts payable process: 3 years (Required)
• accounts payable system: 3 years (Required)
• operational accrual entries: 3 years (Required)
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations: 3 years (Required)
• policies and procedures for accounts payable: 3 years (Required)
• analyze accounts payable reports and metrics: 3 years (Required)
• accounting or finance: 3 years (Required)
• accounts payable: 3 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Houston, TX 77060 (Required)

Work Location: In person