AP and Travel Supervisor - Portsmouth, NH

The Accounts Payable & Travel Shared Service Manager position supports finance policies, procedures and programs for 3 distinct business segments, reports to North America Controller - US MC and has responsibilities in the following areas:

Accounts Payable & Travel Shared Service Responsibilities:

Accounts Payable

• Direct team resources to process AP for 8 company sites taken into account government compliance requirements for certain sites.
• Manage team of 4 AP coordinators, with annual volume of 35,000 invoices
• Process AP disbursements for all US company sites.
• Support a scalable process for A/P for any US locations in the group.
• Streamline A/P Processing. Evaluate different technologies and processes with IT resource to further streamline A/P creating the capacity to pull in additional work without adding resources.

Travel Accounting

• Support a centralized scalable process for travel expense reporting for any US locations of the group.
• Streamline travel processing. Evaluate different processes to further streamline travel creating the capacity to pull in additional work without adding resources.
• Manage 1 travel accountant that processes and audits T&E reports for 8 companies sites in USA.

• General accounting

• Prepare Monthly AP reconciliation
• Perform monthly for SOX controls
• Help Corporate tax with Government audit for income tax or sales tax

• Business Reporting and Analytical Support

• Work closely with global supply chain group on cost reduction projects
• Provide ad hoc assistance, analysis and reporting as required by management

Qualifications/Characteristics

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  Accounts Payable /Travel Shared Service Experience Requirements.

  
  
  
  
  • Demonstrated capability in implementing process improvements
  • Ability to work with other functional units to collectively improve processes
  • Strong understanding of general accounting rules, general ledger, financial statements
  • Ability to work independently and as a team member with minimal supervision
  • Excellent analytical, problem solving, and communication skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
  • Strong sense of commitment to meeting deadlines
  • Experience in SAP a plus
  • Experience supervising accounting personnel
  • Government contracting experience is a plus
  • Demonstrated history of management responsibilities and ability to develop team resources
  
  
  
  

  Education and Experience

  
  
  
  
  • Bachelor Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business or commensurate accounting work experience
  • 5+ years of progressive finance or accounting experience