Education / Experience 

Required: Bachelor’s Degree

Desirable: Master's / Ph.D. 

Minimum 8 years of professional experience in a similar industry, of which 4 years must be in positions of personnel supervision. 

 

Skills, Specialized Knowledge: 

 

Financial Reporting, Free Zone Knowledge, SOX internal controls, Sunshine requirements   

Preferred: Oracle and ESSbase / Hyperion, 170 Markview, Concur 

Microsoft Office 

C1 English language fluency 

 

Summary of Duties and Responsibilities 

Responsible for building and leading team of centralized AP specialists and oversight of the effective end-to-end processes for supplier invoices and payments, employee T&E expense processing and card administration including research and resolution of complex accounts while maximizing cash flow opportunities to drive DPO, delivering performance for the US, Canada and Costa Rica operations. Ensure continual process and reporting efficiencies and superior service orientation.  Effective partnership with cross functional teams.  Ability to drive high level of customer service orientation and results.    

Provide leadership in administration of all components of processing cash disbursements to ensure completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of payments 

Plan, organize and define roles for team members to ensure that customer service expectations are met or exceeded 

Define and maintain performance metrics (for process, customer, employee and financial value profiles) 

Ensure timely and accurate issuance of 1099’s inclusive of Federal and State filings 

Identify and present solutions for continuous process improvement  

Responsible for staff training and education 

Provide performance feedback and coaching to team members 

Assist in tracking and prioritization of new system requirements 

Partners effectively with Corporate Finance team to ensure seamless process efficiency including the accurate collection of required information for Sunshine reporting 

Support teams in identifying, defining, and implementing processes improvement solutions 

Ensure adherence to SOX internal controls 

Qualifications    

Demonstrated leadership & ability to develop talent and drive employee engagement 

Customer Focus, Problem Solving, Process Improvement  

Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills 

Facilitating Change 

High Volume Orientation 

Expert knowledge of accounts payable and end-to-end Cash Disbursements process including best practice orientation 

Ability to plan, assign and direct work