Accounts Payable Manager

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.

Accounts Payable Manager

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

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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