Accounts Payable Manager - Edmonton, Canada - Scandinavian Building Services

Scandinavian Building Services

Verified Company

Edmonton, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Scandinavian Building Services has been a Canadian leader in retail and commercial cleaning for the last 60 years.

Starting as a small family owned and operated business in Edmonton Alberta in 1982 to offering full service janitorial and building maintenance across Canada today.

We attribute our success to staying true to our core values of Service, Motivate, Respect, and Connect. As we continue to grow we are looking to add a
Accounts Payable Manager for our Edmonton head office to the Scandi Family

What's in it for you:

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Awarded one of Canada's Best Managed Companies:We're committed to a high level standard of excellence for both clients and our Scandi Family.
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Growth Opportunities: A place to hang your hat. We want our employees to grow with us long term.
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Stability and Job Security: Even through tough economic times we've continued to steadily grow, and we aren't slowing down any time soon. With a strong national presence across Canada
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Family First Culture: We are and have always been a family owned and operated business. We have family friendly events year-round and affectionately call our team members the Scandi Family.
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Benefits: We offer a comprehensive medical and dental plan as well as personal days off.

What your day to day will look like:

Department Management; lead and communicate with the AP team resolving any issues, managing performance and KPI's, implementing processes, and upholding company values and best practices.

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Payment Processing; review and release electronic payments, payment remittances, draft cheques accurately and in a timely manner ensuring errors are actioned to CFO.
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Overhead AP and Credit Card Management; review, code and enter all overhead payables for payment processing analyzing variances. Manage the companies credit card processes including reconciliation, coding, and expenses.
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Systems and Process Management; Manage vendor portal, and AP and PO modules of the financial system.
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Reporting; AP expense, operational results on AP processes and month end benchmarks, variance and PO management analysis for accrual reporting and month end close. Systems use reporting and diagnostic results.

What you'll need to succeed:

A bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, or related field preferred
Must have minimum 5 years of accounting experience, with a focus on Accounts Payable
Previous leadership experience is a must
Strong computer skills with prior experience working with Excel, MS Office, and accounting software like Accpac Sage 300 and procure to pay vendor portals
Must have strong ERP AP system experience
Strong interpersonal and communication skills to interact with employees, leaders, and vendors.
Strong analytical and time management skills with the ability to stay organized and keep keen attention to detail
Ability to see around corners for long term planning and proactively identifying any potential obstacles while adapting to change
Your core values resonate with our own; Service, Respect, Motivate and Connect. We are a small but mighty team that work hard but enjoy what we do and want to have fun doing it