Accounts Payable Supervisor

Overview: Good people, working with good people, for our common good. **Sound good?** KeHE-a natural, organic, specialty and fresh food distributor-is all about "good" and is growing, so there's never been a more exciting time to join our team. If you're enthusiastic about working in an environment with a people-first culture and an organization committed to good living, good food and good service, we'd love to talk to you Primary Responsibilities: **About the Job**: The Accounts Payable Supervisor will oversee and develop expense payable specialists to ensure timely, accurate, efficient invoice processing and compliance with established policies, procedures, and internal controls. The Accounts Payable Supervisor will also serve as the primary contact to coordinate and resolve escalated invoice and payment issues, provide performance metrics, and facilitate process improvement initiatives. Essential Functions: **Position Accountabilities**: - Promote, develop and enrich key stakeholder relationships, streamline departmental processes, measure team productivity, and monitor and strengthen internal controls. - Supervise and develop a team of A/P associates whose main purpose will be to ensure that all efforts are taken to process expense payable invoices and other miscellaneous voucher documents timely, accurately, and efficiently, while maximizing team resources and facilitating process improvement initiatives. - Works with department team members, internal customers, and management to ensure departmental workflow efficiencies, adherence to internal controls, policies and procedures. Provides continuous feedback to management, while making recommendations for corrective action and process improvement opportunities. - Monitor expense vendor accounts with A/P associates to ensure timely approval, processing, and coding of expense invoices and payment requests. - Monitor, resolve, or escalate disputed payment issues. - Create and maintain productivity and performance metric reports regarding the effectiveness of A/P processing personnel. - Assist in the development, implementation and communication of departmental operating policies, procedures and internal controls. - Interact with internal and external auditors to provide information in support of audit projects. - Must maintain good attendance. - Maintain safe work practices. - Maintain safeguards of confidential company information. - Other duties and special projects as requested. Minimum Requirements, Qualifications, Additional Skills, Aptitude: **Experience and Qualifications Required**: - Post-secondary business degree with a minimum of three (3) years progressive experience in Accounts Payable - Strong knowledge of computer systems - preferred AS400, Cognos. Must be proficient with MS Office (Intermediate to Advanced skills in Excel and macros) - Good knowledge of general accounting principles - Strong analytical skills with attention to detail are required. Ability to compile, analyze, interpret, and present financial data - High energy level, comfortable performing multi-faceted tasks in conjunction with day-to-day activities - Strong time management, interpersonal and communication skills required - Excellent customer service and problem resolution skills - Strong leadership, interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written) and fluent in English with above average presentation skills with ability to speak effectively before groups of employees and management - Self-motivated individual with proven track record of strategic planning and effective implementation - Demonstrated analytical skills, superior organizational and multi-tasking, strong negotiation skills, and a strong working knowledge or management - Experience in grocery and/or distribution industry an asset