Manager, Accounts Payable

Accounts Payable Manager manages all activities in the accounts payable function. Ensures timely payments of vendor invoices and expense vouchers and maintains accurate records and control reports. Reviews applicable accounting reports and accounts payable register to ensure accuracy. This leader should effectively exhibit JD Finish Line’s core values of Customer, People, Winning, Community, and Financial Responsibility, performing the following key duties: 

• Manages accounts payable teams (merchandise, non-merchandise, and drop ship) and assists them with reaching the departments goals and objectives.  

• Assists with developing new procedures for purchase order and payment processing that will enable staff to complete their task accurately and timely.

• Oversees accounts payable recordkeeping.  

• Ensures expense coding, voucher preparation and check issuance are accomplished accurately and timely.  

• Ensures compliance with company controls.

• Prepares, reviews, and balances weekly, monthly, quarterly, and year-end reports in support of the Financial Statements and as needed for other departments to assist them in completing their department reports.  

• Directly manages employees. 

• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems of direct reports.

• Effectively exhibits JD Finish Line’s core values of Customer, People, Winning, Community, and Financial Responsibility. 

• Additional duties and projects as required.

Qualifications – To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

• Education and/or Experience Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university, and 5 - 7 years’ experience in Accounting and Finance,  including managerial experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

• Technical Skills: Should have basic to intermediate knowledge and abilities with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint or Google Suite equivalents.

• Communication Skills: Strong oral & written skills, good interpersonal & consultative skills, good listening skills, the ability to communicate with a diverse set of stakeholders from the business and technical communities.  Ability to effectively present information and effectively respond to questions via telephone, email, written communications, and in person. 

Physical Demands – The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Sit for more than 6 hours per shift

• Use hands to finger, handle and feel

• Reach with hands and arms

• Talk and/or hear

• Stand for up to 2 hours at a time regularly

• Walk or move from one location to another

• Periodically may need to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch

• Lift and/or move up to 10 pounds occasionally

• Average work week is 40-45 hours, which can vary depending on business need.

Work Environment:

The work environment for this position is a moderately noisy office setting.

The company reserves the right to modify this job description with or without notice. Employees may be asked to perform additional duties outside of normal job scope on a temporary basis per the Company policy.

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This job description is not intended to cover all aspects, duties, and/or responsibilities required of employees.  Employees may be asked to perform additional duties outside of normal job scope on a temporary or permanent basis per company policy. ​