What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Payable Manager position at Stream Companies?
Location: Hybrid — West Chester, PA.
About Us:
Stream Companies is a full-service, fully integrated advertising agency headquartered in West Chester, PA. For over 25 years, we’ve partnered with clients across industries to deliver data-driven, results-focused marketing solutions. From strategy and creative to media, digital, and analytics, our team is passionate about helping brands grow and succeed. At Stream, we foster a collaborative, fast-paced environment where innovation, teamwork, and accountability drive everything we do.
Role Overview:
Direct a team of five accounts payable associates to reconcile and process all company disbursements, including, but not limited to, pass-through media expenses, rent, capital expenditures, and operating expenses, ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and compliance with client and vendor payment requirements. The A/P Manager will establish and maintain adequate and appropriate internal controls for all payment functions, while managing relationships with internal facing teams and external vendors and clients.
Essential Responsibilities:
About Us:
Stream Companies is a full-service, fully integrated advertising agency headquartered in West Chester, PA. For over 25 years, we’ve partnered with clients across industries to deliver data-driven, results-focused marketing solutions. From strategy and creative to media, digital, and analytics, our team is passionate about helping brands grow and succeed. At Stream, we foster a collaborative, fast-paced environment where innovation, teamwork, and accountability drive everything we do.
Role Overview:
Direct a team of five accounts payable associates to reconcile and process all company disbursements, including, but not limited to, pass-through media expenses, rent, capital expenditures, and operating expenses, ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and compliance with client and vendor payment requirements. The A/P Manager will establish and maintain adequate and appropriate internal controls for all payment functions, while managing relationships with internal facing teams and external vendors and clients.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Ensure compliance with corporate policies and generally accepted accounting principles for all payments.
- Ensure timely and accurate processing of vendor invoices and payments
- Proper level of approval for all AP transactions
- Management of weekly payments and payment types (check, EFT, Credit Cards, Virtual Cards, etc.)
- Reconciliation of vendor discrepancies and payments on all pass-through expenses (media)
- Reconciliation and management of employee credit card expenses as well as employee expenses for travel and entertainment
- Work with CFO and Controller to build and maintain an effective system of internal controls over the payables process including:
- Monthly AP close procedures
- Process flow and internal control documentation.
- Annual regulatory reporting, such as 1099’s
- Vendor file maintenance
- Audit compliance and reporting.
- Identification and implementation of process improvements
- Management of the staff with requisite training, education, and professional development
- Work with the finance team on the quarterly budgeting process, and explanation of monthly variances.
- Work with CFO and FP&A to support cash forecasts and maximize cash flow.
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 5 years minimum experience in financial accounting or Accounts Payable function
- Proven ability to manage, mentor and direct dynamic teams (exempt and non-exempt)
- Experience with NetSuite
- Strong computer skills – Proficient user of Excel, familiarity with Power Point and Word
- High energy and self-motivated with the ability to work in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
- Ideal candidate will have experience with pass-through expenses in a service organization