Accounts Payable Manager

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What you'll do:

• Review and approve invoices for payment, ensuring input accuracy, appropriate general ledger coding, and adherence to company policies.
• Oversee the scheduling and execution of payments to vendors and suppliers, including electronic transfers, checks, and ACH payments.
• Supervise and mentor the accounts payable team, including training, performance evaluations, and career development.
• Allocate tasks and manage workload to ensure timely processing of invoices and payments.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with vendors and suppliers.
• Address and resolve any issues or discrepancies related to payments and invoices.
• Conduct regular reconciliations of accounts payable ledgers to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare month end accruals related to accounts payable.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Implement and monitor internal controls to prevent fraud and errors.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy in the accounts payable function.
• Implement best practices and automation solutions where applicable to assist with standardization across business lines.
• Maintain accurate and organized records of all accounts payable transactions.
• Ensure proper documentation for audit and compliance purposes.
• Work closely with other departments to streamline processes and improve efficiency.
• Support accurate and timely accounting and financial reporting related to accounts payable.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge in accruals, fixed assets, balance sheet account reconciliations, expense coding, and asset coding.
• Assist in the month-end and year-end audits, providing support, answering questions, and updating process narratives.

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in accounts payable, accounting, or finance with at least 3 years in a supervisory role.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial statements.
• Proven ability to lead and develop a high-performing team.
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills including excellent listening, written and verbal communication skills.
• Exhibit a strong commitment to dependability and reliability.
• High degree of integrity including the ability to successfully deal with sensitive or confidential information.
• Well-developed analytic and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver assignments on time.
• Hands on, self-starting, disciplined, and detail-oriented individual with ability to work independently in a high-volume environment that requires a work product that is highly accurate and timely.
• Ability to exhibit poise, composure and confidence when confronting stressful or high-pressure situations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office software (Excel, Word, Outlook).
• Extensive knowledge of ERP systems (Oracle preferred).

Benefits you'll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

Western Alliance Bancorporation