Accounts Payable Supervisor
PACCAR Inc.
Requisition Summary
This position will provide the ideal candidate the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment with exposure to various departments within the PACCAR Parts Division headquarters and personnel throughout the organization. The Accounts Payable (AP) Supervisor, assisted by two AP Leads, manages the day-to-day functions of the AP Production team and is responsible for supervising, mentoring, and motivating a staff size of ten.
Job Functions / Responsibilities
Responsible for retaining, mentoring and developing a staff of 10, including 2 AP Leads and 8 researchers.
Oversee the processing of AP Production invoices, payments and/or related adjustments including coordinating staff work assignments, providing guidance on coding and compliance with company policies.
Oversee tracking of AP Production team progress in clearing daily AP Production queues.
Responsible for timely, accurate and meaningful status update reports for internal management reporting. Reporting covers overall AP Production activities including weekly AP productivity metrics/dashboards and monthly senior executive internal management reports covering AP aging analysis and unresolved supplier statement settlement issues.
Provide guidance to staff on resolving price/volume/other discrepancies or system issues related to the electronic settlement of payments to suppliers for parts received.
Ensure AP Production staff review/prepare supplier statement reconciliations in accordance with established frequency and identify discrepancies, ensuring aged items are addressed timely.
Supervise and manage timeliness of AP Production team responses to supplier queries either via email or telephone.
Perform various monthly accounting activities as assigned including corporate reporting requests, account reconciliations, financial statement reviews, journal entries, coordination of electronic data interface (EDI)activities and monitoring intercompany AP accounts including researching aged items.
Supervise/coordinate EDI activities including working with suppliers, product managers, and IT to properly on-board and test new supplier EDI feeds.
Champion and lead AP Production efficiency related continuous improvement projects including robotic process automation projects.
Responsible for maintaining and/or developing detailed updated procedures for all key areas for the team such as weekly queues, weekly KPIs, periodic supplier statement reviews and others as needed.
Serve as the backup to the Accounts Payable Manager, as needed.
Perform other special projects or tasks as assigned, including assisting with ad hoc management reporting, internal/external audit requests, and assisting with internal control and Sarbanes-Oxley testing or reviews.
Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance
3 years of relevant accounting or work experience and at least 1 year of supervisory experience required
Attention to detail with the ability to understand the “big picture”
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; including effective written and verbal skills and the ability to work in a team environment.
Strong analytical and computer skills in Excel (i.e. pivot tables, macros, charts and graphs), SQL/Access (i.e. query building, report writing, etc.) and data analytic tools (i.e. tableau, etc.).
Problem solver with ability to work independently and self-motivated, handling multiple tasks and shifting priorities.
Positive attitude and “can-do” approach to issue resolution.
Desired Education/Experience:
CPA/MBA/CMA is preferred.
SAP experience preferred
Public Accounting or audit experience
Benefits
As a U.S. PACCAR employee, you have a full range of benefit options including:
401k with up to a 5% company match
Fully funded pension plan that provides monthly benefits after retirement
Comprehensive paid time off – minimum