Job description
Overview:
If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are achievement, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Finance - Operations team in our Chicago office as the Accounts Payable Supervisor.
The Accounts Payable Supervisor leads a team within the U.S. Accounts Payable function responsible for ensuring sustained excellence in the function’s operations and providing exemplary service to the department’s customer base. Among key responsibilities are supervising daily operations, managing assigned personnel and systems, mitigating risk, resolving operational issues, supporting team strategies/initiatives and innovating. This is a critical and visible role requiring both strong leadership and tactical expertise.
Responsibilities:
Tactical:
Qualifications:
Professional Experience:
Technical Skills:
Performance Trait:
Management Accountabilities:
Physical Requirements:
The above is a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.
The Firm may modify and amend this job description at any time at its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of employment.
We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including medical/dental/vision/life/and AD&D insurance, 401 (k) savings plan, back-up childcare and eldercare, generous paid time off (PTO), as well as opportunities for professional development and growth. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Mayer Brown LLP is a leading global law firm with offices in 27 key business centers across the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. We are a collegial, collaborative, and diverse firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realize their greatest potential.
If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are achievement, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Finance - Operations team in our Chicago office as the Accounts Payable Supervisor.
The Accounts Payable Supervisor leads a team within the U.S. Accounts Payable function responsible for ensuring sustained excellence in the function’s operations and providing exemplary service to the department’s customer base. Among key responsibilities are supervising daily operations, managing assigned personnel and systems, mitigating risk, resolving operational issues, supporting team strategies/initiatives and innovating. This is a critical and visible role requiring both strong leadership and tactical expertise.
Responsibilities:
Essential Functions
General:
- Administers the function’s daily operations
- Leads, assesses performance of and develops assigned staff
- Drives exemplary service to attorneys, Firm practices and administrative colleagues
- Ensures a robust control system and sufficient risk mitigation
- Ensures timely and accurate processing of disbursement requests and payments and completion of other departmental responsibilities
- Ensures pristine and accurate recordkeeping and processing
- Assesses departmental practices and processes; recommends and implements enhancements
- Optimally leverages departmental financial systems and technology
- Supports departmental strategies
- Leads training initiatives and implementation of sophisticated process documentation
- Assists in the development and reporting of departmental metrics and KPI’s
- Performs other tasks as assigned
Tactical:
- Develops comprehensive expertise on the Firm’s financial systems, policies and procedures
- Is on the cutting edge of industry technologies and innovations
Qualifications:
Education/Training/Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field, strongly preferred, an equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered in lieu of the degree when experience is directly related to the needs and expectations of the role
Professional Experience:
- Five years+ in accounts payable, required
- Prior leadership experience, strongly preferred
- Experience in legal or other professional services environment, preferred
- Accounting experience, preferred
Technical Skills:
- Expert knowledge of financial and accounts payable operations and systems, required
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office products, including Excel, required
- Advanced knowledge of automated disbursements workflow systems (e.g. Chrome River, Concur, Coupa), strongly preferred
Performance Trait:
- Strong, dynamic leadership presence
- Committed and able to lead a group with diverse skill sets
- Innate customer service orientation and commitment to excellence
- Polished communication skills
- Championing of a positive, energetic culture featuring teamwork and collaboration
- Natural ability to influence, inspire and drive positive change
- Sharp critical thinking and analytical skills
- Ability to creatively conceive solutions and tenaciously solve problems
- Proactive and innovative
- Inherently self-reflective, collaborative, growth oriented
- Meticulous attention to detail, quality work, meeting deadlines
- Technologically savvy
Management Accountabilities:
- Performance of assigned team, talent and goals
Physical Requirements:
- May require occasional lifting of up to 20 lbs.
- May require travel to other offices as needed
The above is a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.
The Firm may modify and amend this job description at any time at its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of employment.
We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including medical/dental/vision/life/and AD&D insurance, 401 (k) savings plan, back-up childcare and eldercare, generous paid time off (PTO), as well as opportunities for professional development and growth. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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