Accounts Payable Manager

Location: Bellevue,Washington,United States

TITLE:                  Accounts Payable Manager    

LOCATION:         Bellevue, WA, USA        

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.  TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

Job Description:

The Accounts Payable Manager will be responsible for managing the end-to-end accounts payable cycle, including timely invoice processing & vendor payment, balance sheet reconciliation, and internal reporting of metrics. This role will also oversee the accounts payable staff, providing mentorship, training, and timely performance feedback. Additionally, the person in this role will work cross-functionally with procurement, contracts, and project teams to align processes & ensure timely and accurate invoice payments.

The successful candidate will demonstrate prior experience improving AP processes & AP team performance as well as experience with Oracle Fusion Cloud or a similar Tier 1 ERP system (Peoplesoft, Oracle EBS, SAP).

Responsibilities:

•    Manage the end to end AP process including:

o      Ensuring timely and accurate invoice processing, with requirement to process invoices as needed

o       Manage, mentor and develop a team of AP specialists

o        Manage cross functional collaboration relating to Accounts Payable. Resolve issues that affect multiple departments

o         Identify and document root causes of payment delays & payment errors, implement corrective actions, monitor and report results

o      Maintain positive relationships with vendors

o       Develop and maintain KPIs and dashboards to efficiently monitor the AP process & provide AP reports to department & project leaders as needed

o          Assists with internal & external audits as the primary AP point of contact and ensures compliance with SOX and other internal controls

o          Driving system enhancements and implementation of technology tools including but not limited to the Oracle ERP system and AP automation tools

•    General ledger accounting tasks including but not limited to:

o Preparation of balance sheet reconciliations

o          Review of balance sheet results during month-end close. Determining & proposing any needed adjustments in accordance with GAAP.

•    Able to identify unallowable costs according to government rules and/or contractual terms

•    Ability to implement policies and procedures to help improve efficiencies

•    Complies with internal control procedures on a day to day basis.

•    Ability to perform moderately complex accounting tasks/analysis, categorize data for reporting and audit purposes

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