Manager, Accounts Payable - Lunenburg, Canada - High Liner Foods

High Liner Foods

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Lunenburg, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Manager, Accounts Payable - Lunenburg, NS

About High Liner
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High Liner Foods was founded in
1899 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada as a small salt fish company. Lunenburg is still the current home of our Canadian Operations. As a category leader in Seafood, High Liner Foods has a strong footprint across Canada and the U.S. with close to $1 billion in sales.

High Liner Foods is the seafood brand people trust.

Every day we're _Reimagining Seafood to Nourish Life_ through a focus on our customers, innovation, and of course, responsible operations.

Our talented team is committed to the High Liner Foods goal of becoming the leader in branded, value-added seafood in North America.

We offer professional, technical and operational career opportunities across Canada and the United States. We believe in building a high-performance organization by investing in our people. We are focused on developing future leaders from within and fostering career growth and advancement.

It's our time to make waves. Join us.

High Liner Foods is a career destination.

We look for high-performing talent who value:

Safety it's our #1 priority
Opportunities to contribute to your community through volunteerism
A culture of inclusion, support and recognition
Senior leaders that are highly accessible and available to employees
A strong focus on education and career development through training
Competitive salary and performance rewards
A comprehensive benefit plan designed to keep up with the changing healthcare needs across North America

Position Summary:

The Manager, Accounts Payable will lead the daily operations of the accounts payable team with the objective of providing a high level of service to operating divisions and external stakeholders while working with the procurement and purchasing teams to maximizing supplier credit.

This role requires the ability to adapt to change quickly, a broad understanding of corporate finance and accounting, and detailed knowledge of procure to pay processes.

The incumbent will deal with senior management, sales, accounting, supply chain, suppliers, auditors, and financial institutions on a regular basis.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Perform leadership tasks throughout the year including strategy development, objective setting, performance reviews, and guiding individual development plans;
Daily coaching for performance of team members;
Ensure efficient delegation of responsibilities and appropriate staffing for accomplishment of objectives;
Facilitate process improvements by conducting reviews related to all aspects of accounts payable (auditing, posting, postaudit, customer service and document retention), always striving for best practice, streamlined and measurable processes, creating and updating metrics and KPI dashboards where appropriate;
Leads and/or supports various projects to ensure all requirements from an AP perspective are covered, testing is adequate, and successful implementation;
Maximize working capital and volume rebates by negotiating favorable contracts with our credit card service provider and working with procurement and purchasing teams to negotiate favorable terms with our suppliers;
Oversee the corporate credit card program to ensure the program meets the needs of operating units and adheres to internal policy guidelines;
Design, implement, and maintain effective internal controls to minimize risk and ensure compliance with risk management policies;
Uphold the integrity of the financial statements through verifying invoices and ensuring that AP related liabilities and accruals are accurate;
Maintain a strong credit standing with suppliers by processing invoices, issuing payments and dealing with discrepancies between payments and supplier statements in a timely manner;
Prepare annual tax filings for AP transactions;
Research and resolve escalated vendor and employee inquiries regarding problem invoices, always striving for good supplier relations and timely issue resolution;
Ensure all areas of accounts payable are properly documented using process maps and standard operating procedures;
Assist with the completion of assigned monthly, quarterly, yearly closing activities and audit requirements for area of responsibility, ensuring compliance with established deadlines;
Review and approve documents related to letters of credit and documentary collections;
Review and approve payments, ensuring timeliness and accuracy of invoice processing and completeness of support;
Other related duties as required.

Qualifications:

University degree in Finance or related field, professional designation in Accounting or Finance preferred;
Five years of related experience in Finance, Commercial Lending, or Accounting;
You enjoy being part of a team and take satisfaction in getting tasks completed before they are due. You are a selfstarter and take initiative to help others ar