Accounts Payable Supervisor

The University of Iowa, Accounts Payable Supervisor is an important leadership position focused on operational excellence, process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration. This position provides innovative and collaborative solutions for automation and system improvement to the Accounts Payable process, ensures timely and accurate processing of vendor invoices and credit statements, compliance of policies, and supports fiscal year-end reporting. The supervisor will lead staff, monitor performance, and collaborate with internal departments and external vendors to resolve issues and enhance efficiency.

Duties to Include:

• Provide strategic reporting of invoice processing metrics to AP leadership, enabling data-driven decision-making.

• Complete complex analysis of vendor statements to resolve disputes

• Interprets Regent and University policies as well as the IRS policies and uses judgment to determine whether a transaction is allowable.

• Provide administrative supervision to the invoice processing and receiving teams and functional supervision to the credit statement team. Provide guidance where necessary to ensure work is performed correctly and efficiently.

Location: Remote within Iowa

Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm

Salary: $46,450 - commensurate

For a full job description, please send an e-mail to the contact listed below.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Experience (typically 3 years) in accounts payable or invoice processing.

• Experience (typically 6 months) providing administrative supervision.

• Demonstrated organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

   

   

  Desirable Qualifications:

• Beyond 3 years’ experience in accounts payable or invoice processing.

• Experience with automated invoice processing tools or OCR technology.

• Strong understanding of invoice processing workflows, three-way matching, and ERP systems.

• Hands-on experience with PeopleSoft Financials including invoice entry, voucher processing, and reporting functions.

• Knowledge of University of Iowa Policies and Procedures.

• Familiarity with shared services or centralized AP environments.

• Knowledge of UI automated accounting systems.

• Experience analyzing data for fraudulent activity.