BAE Systems Looking for Mgr- Finance, Accounts Payable at Charlotte, NC Full Time

Job Description

This position reports into the Enterprise Shared Services (FSS) Director, Accounts Payable. This position will oversee Team Lead and Analysts supporting the services and products oriented customers to process over 650,000 invoices annually. The role is accountable for operational performance against goals and metrics related to invoice processing efficiencies, quality of work through accurate invoice as well as customer service. The role is responsible for managing workload of staff and continuously assessing and prioritizing invoice processing requirements to ensure invoices are paid timely and accurately. The position is responsible for ensuring key internal controls are in place, and that processes are compliant with internal and external federal (FCF) rules and regulations. The candidate will support complex invoice processing as needed, managing complex invoice issues and holds within the system. The candidate is responsible for working with Director, AP to identify, develop and improve operations within AP, and ensure internal staff sharing of best practices and processes is occurring. The candidate is responsible for supporting the Director, AP in maintaining key relationships with stakeholders.

1. Oversees day to day AP processing within their team to ensure optimal operational performance is maintained and service agreements with customers of ESS are met.

2. Manage the accounts payable staff on daily activities including data entry and exceptions management. Monitor and coach individuals to ensure the highest level of quality. Ensure accountability within the team, mentor and continue to grow their talent.

3. Manager will evaluate each employee on job performance against set goals during mid and end of year.Responsible for executing on processes and procedures to ensure that all invoices are processed for payment in a timely and accurate manner. Ensures strong internal controls are maintained and adhere to compliance requirements. Supports the Director, AP to evaluate, analyze and implement changes to policies and procedures to drive efficiencies in cost and accuracy.Plans, organizes, and monitors daily invoice processing requirements and queues to help staff effectively prioritize and process invoices.Supports the identification of areas where metrics should be adjusted or new metrics should be included, to further assess and understand AP performance.

4. Supports Director, AP in engaging with BAE Systems internal stakeholders to identify areas of improvement for AP processes or reporting withinFSS and maintain strong collaborative relationships.

5. Supports and completes any compliance or audit requests as they arise. Ensure AP processes are regularly evaluated and tested through various initiatives to ensure strong internal controls are in place for the given processes to be in compliance with rules and regulations.

6. Knowledge on how to run and execute a project plan (ERP integration, Automation technology)

7. Performs other related duties, as required.

Required Education, Experience, & Skills

Min. Education: Bachelor’s Degree

Pref. Education: Master’s Degree preferred

Min. Experience: 8 Years

• Experience and familiarity with financial systems and ERPs (Oracle, Costpoint, Kofax Total Agility)

• Experience with Microsoft Office applications required (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

• Knowledge on how to run and execute a project plan (ERP integration, Automation technology)

• Ground level knowledge of Optical Character Recognition & Workflow

• Promotes a team environment and a feeling of contribution and collaboration

• Ability to adapt easily to new procedures, policies and systems

• Very strong people and supervisory skills

• Strong working knowledge of financial systems and accounting fundamentals

• Strong analytical and reconciliation skills

• Ability to manage in a high volume, fast paced changing environment

• Demonstrated experience serving internal and external customers (Business Sectors and Suppliers)

• Strong leadership skills, and the ability to work and interact with departments and multiple levels of management throughout the organization

• Highly organized and detail oriented with the ability to maintain a high level of accuracy

• Ability to write and document policies and desktop procedures

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to clearly articulate complex algorithms related to system interfaces

• Ability to measure performance through Metrics and reporting

Experience successfully handling employee performance issues required

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

Preferred Experience:

• Master’s Degree

• Demonstrated experience performing accounting services as a defense/government contractor in a governmentally regulated and compliant organization, specifically DCAA, is strongly preferred

• More than 8 years of experience preferred

• Experience and familiarity with Deltek Costpoint, Oracle or Kofax TotalAgility

• Experience in a finance shared service or call center environment preferred

• Previous experience executing process improvements within the organization

• Strong ability to scale from transactional details to high level strategic thinking.

Mgr- Finance, Accounts Payable

83763BR

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