Accounts Payable Manager
Gold Star Foods
Americas, Canada, Ontario
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Salary
$90,000 - $110,000 Per Year
Rank
Senior Manager
Responsibility
Process Roles
Scope
Regional
Workplace
100% in office
Functions
Finance
Reports to
EVP of Finance
Level
N-2
Travel Max:
10%
Posting Date
11-14-2024
Description
The AP manager is responsible for leading the Accounts Payable function across all Divisions (18 Divisions across 12 states nationwide) for the private equity-backed GS Foods Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“GS Foods” or the “Company”) located in Ontario, California.
GS Foods is seeking a finance professional to build and lead the AP function with high-level of exposure across the Company. GS Foods is a leading specialty food distributor serving primarily K-12 schools in addition to other specialized end markets.
Key Responsibilities
Accounts Payable (AP)
- Work directly with the CFO and EVP of Finance to ensure efficient and effective execution of critical steps in the AP process:
- Vendor credit limits and payment terms
- PO accuracy
- Invoice accuracy
- Issue Resolution (CRMs, Credit Memos)
- Payments
- Final Resolution of unpaid balances
- AP aging reporting and management
- Develop and document current operating process for the AP cycle
- Drive process improvements and best practices to ensure better standardization
- Assess and implement technology solutions to improve efficiencies
- Develop, track and drive improvement in Days Payables Outstanding (DPO) metrics
Overall
- Assess needs of the Company related to AP and develop/implement a team structure to best deliver against the AP accountabilities
- Build and develop high performance teams
- Create a culture to drive superior customer experience with every interaction by an AP team member with our vendors and suppliers
- Strong presentation, reporting and communication skills
- Assist with special projects as requested and prepare ad hoc analysis as necessary
- Ability to work effectively independently and work under deadlines
- Follow all company policies and procedures.
- Ability to identify trends and discern root cause from large sets of data using creative solutions
- Conduct analysis and data interpretation to be able to explain the “why” behind variances and trends
Qualification & Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, or related field preferred but not required.
- CPA / MBA preferred.
- Minimum of 10+ years of related experience, to include Accounting, Finance, Shared Services, AR and AP
- ERP system experience, with NAV experience preferred
- Strong partnership skills and proven financial support of various functions throughout the company
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience in a PE backed environment preferred
- Excellent communication skills and with the ability to interact at all levels within the organization
- Assist other personnel to accomplish tasks from time to time
- MS Office and other applicable financial software applications; Workday Adaptive a plus
- Individual should be a power user in excel and have strong experience with pivot tables, matches, and other key formulas
- Significant experience with three statement models and iterative reference is preferred
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- 401(k)
- Disability insurance
Company Profile
Gold Star Foods
Industry
Transportation Logistics Supply Chain and Storage
Revenue
$116.6M
Employees
501
Fortune 500 Rank
NA
Global 500 Rank
NA
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