North America AP Manager

The Sherwin Business Services (SBS) Manager is responsible for leadership of the North American Accounts Payable department. The Manager will interact with all levels of business units, procurement, financial controllers and executive management. The Manager will also serve as a key project member for strategic procure-to-pay (P2P) initiatives, including the enterprise-wide design, build and implementations, automated payment methods and other P2P technology implementations.

As the company integrates acquisitions and converts legacy systems, the Manager will help define and implement the strategy, organization, policies and processes of future state operating model. This will require strong partnership with procurement, finance and business leadership to develop, update and/or enhance P2P solutions that are aligned with corporate objectives. The Manager must have the ability to work in both 1) management capacity and 2) detailed, hands-on process design capacity.

In this business services role, the incumbent will have the responsibility of continuing the expansion of business services processes and procedures for the North America region.

Because this role involves access to confidential financial information, the Company has determined that a review of criminal history is necessary to protect the business and its operations and reputation and to provide similar protections for its clients and potential investments.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS

Manage North American SBS teams:

• Manage and develop a team of 10+ (up to 2-3 direct reports) through adequate delegation, cross-training and accountability. This includes management of work supported for North American region in global locations.
• Ensure proper training, coaching, and provide timely feedback to promote career development.
• Support the production and distribution of regular metrics and enhanced reporting for team productivity.
• Support the integration of acquisitions.

Serve as a subject matter expert for Accounts Payable specific to North American region:

• Prioritize IT project and enhancement requests related to the modules and ensure problems are addressed.
• Support standardized system implementations.
• Partner with Procurement, Finance, Global AP COE and business leadership to develop, update and/or enhance P2P solutions.

Understand, enhance and promote internal controls:

• Understand the current control environment and promote standard controls within region.
• Recommend company-wide policies, processes, and procedures related to P2P.

Drive continuous improvement:

• Promote transactional lean across team with the goal of creating synergies, lowering costs and improving processes.
• Identify and implement changes to enhance reporting, streamline reconciliations and adjust processes to gain efficiencies across the department.
• Seek opportunities for synergy, improvement, simplification and automation of existing processes and reporting.
• Evaluate and optimize payment methods, including preparation and review of 1099 required reporting.

Collaboration with Regional Accounts Payable Leads and Outsource Vendors:

• Standardizing processes, systems and policies
• Effective/Cost beneficial strategic approach of workforce
• Management of work outsourced to strategic partners for regional processes (i.e., utilities)

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

FORMAL EDUCATION:

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Supply Chain or related field

Preferred:

• MBA, or Master's degree in related field
• CPA

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

Required:

• 5-10 years' experience in increasingly broader accounting, financial or procurement role
• Demonstrated track record of achievement and growth in leadership
• Must be legally authorized to work in the country of employment without needing sponsorship for employment work visa status now or in the future.

Preferred:

• Specialized knowledge of P2P and other financial business processes
• Respected by peers and leaders whom he/she will represent
• System implementation and change management
• Coupa and Oracle Cloud P2P systems

TECHNICAL/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Required:

• Microsoft Office products Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Flexible and adaptable
• Ability to manage priorities in a fast-paced work environment
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Clear and concise communication in verbal and written form
• Ability to communicate appropriately and effectively across various levels across the organization
• Strong presentation skills to audiences of all sizes and backgrounds
• Ability to arrange information according to specific rule(s)
• Demonstrated influence on organizational stakeholders in evaluating business challenges and identifying opportunities for the design, implementation and evaluation of change initiatives

Preferred:

• Oracle Cloud, or other ERP system
• Demonstrated skill in conflict management
• Driver, collaborator, influencer

Travel: 10%