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Accounts Payable Manager

Washington, DC 20004

Posted: 09/22/2024 Specialization: Accounting/Finance/Tax Job Number: 3996 Salary / Pay Rate: $130,000.00

Job Description

Our Client, a Top 100, Award Winning, International Law Firm is seeking an Accounts Payable Manager for their DC office. The ideal candidate will be a highly professional supportive team leader and manager who thrives in a dynamic fast-paced environment with more than 1000 employees. They will prioritize the highest level of internal and external client service. Professional Services experience is strongly preferred.

Job Responsibilities
  • Manage the full cycle accounts payable process including vendor management, vendor invoices, expense reimbursements, client disbursements, credit card transactions, expense approval matrices, vendor uploads, payment processing, and posting transactions to the general ledger.
  • Provide guidance, supervision, support, mentorship and motivation for Accounts Payable team members.
  • Continuously assess and identify opportunities to optimize AP workflows, leveraging automation and technology to enhance team productivity, improve accuracy and reduce manual processes.
  • Supervise processing of credit cards and high-volume vendor transactions and related reconciliations.
  • Lead month-end close activities for AP processes.
  • Establish and track KPIs to drive team performance and ensure compliance with departmental and firm goals.
  • Lead efforts to implement and monitor compliance protocols, both system-based and manual checkpoints, to safeguard the firm against potential errors, fraud and irregularities.
  • Supervise the annual preparation and distribution of 1099s ensuring compliance with tax regulations.
  • Analyze the sales and use tax accounts and prepare the sales and use tax returns.
  • Act as the AP lead on cross-departmental projects, driving the team’s role in firm initiatives, system implementations, process reengineering efforts, and other special projects.
  • Proactively manage AP processing, keeping vendor accounts current and ensuring workflows are completed in a timely fashion.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize work for a team with a focus on meeting daily requirements and deadlines, all with a high sense of urgency and accuracy.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of basic accounting principles and the ability to track, organize, analyze and report financial data in a clear manner.
  • Enthusiastic, results-oriented, can-do approach to manage volume, complexity, and unexpected challenges.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing, with attorneys, staff and vendors.
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively supervise and develop team members, including hiring, training, distributing assignments, and managing performance.
  • Knowledge of local sales and use tax rules and regulations.
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, including the use of functions and pivot tables.
  • Ability to represent the firm with honesty, integrity, and professionalism.

Education

The position requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting, or Finance. Equivalent training and experience may substitute for education.

Experience

The position requires a minimum of five (5) years of increasingly responsible accounts payable experience using enterprise-level accounts payable software in a large, blue chip corporate environment or professional services firm. People management experience is essential.
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