Accounts Payable Supervisor

Summary

Join Oportun's dynamic team as an Accounts Payable Supervisor! Oversee a team of 4-5 individuals, ensuring efficient and accurate processing of accounts payable transactions. Lead the team in performing tasks such as three-way matching, vendor payments, and expense report reviews. Maintain accounting ledgers, reconcile accounts, and identify process improvement opportunities. Report directly to the Accounting Manager, providing timely communication and support. This role requires strong accounting skills, 4+ years of relevant experience, and excellent communication abilities. The position offers the opportunity to lead and develop a team within a mission-driven fintech company.

Requirements

• An understanding of bookkeeping and accounting skills is required
• Previous experience of 4+ years in Accounts Payable, Procurement and / or other Procure to Pay related processes, preferably in an international company or accounting firm
• Attention to detail, thoroughness, fast learner, team player, resourceful, organized. This position will be communicating with Business Units, Approvers and vendors on a daily basis, so it is imperative they are able to interact on a professional manner at all times
• Communication and training skills, as this position is in constant interaction with the team members
• Conversational and business English

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of 4-5 individuals with a direct reporting relationship
• Participates in the performance of the following activities, and ensures the team is also involved in them: Perform 3, 2 and 1-Way Match and check for accuracy of PO’s and receipts
• Paying vendors from PDF invoices received
• Monitoring payment discrepancies, discount opportunities and documentations
• Ensuring credit is received for outstanding memos
• Charge expenses to accounts / spend categories and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports; recording entries
• Review and verify expense reports
• Communications to Vendors and Business Units regarding payments / updates
• Communications with the Cash team regarding check payments; reconciliations, stop-payments
• Communications with Procurement Team regarding Purchase Orders; Receipts and/or Amendments
• Prepare analysis of A/P accounts and monthly reports
• Reconcile processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances
• Maintain accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions
• Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions
• Continue to improve the payment process
• Identify improvements/development areas for projects within AP and other departments that we work with
• Protect organization's value by keeping information confidential
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities
• Accomplish accounting and organization mission by completing related results as needed
• Assists in the implementation of new processes that increase efficiencies for the department
• Timely communication of issues to accounting manager
• Supports accounting manager in the approval of invoices payable to vendors
• Provides training to new members of the team

Preferred Qualifications

• A degree in any of the following is preferable: Accounting
• Finance or Economics
• Business