Accounts Payable Lead

Grade/Level: $65K-$80K/year. Depending on experience

Amount of

Travel Required:

N/A

Positions Supervised: Accounts Payable Specialists

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm. On-site, Centennial Office

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Elite Surface Infrastructure (ESI) is a growing company located in Englewood Colorado and has been working along the Colorado front range since 1998. ESI is one of the largest construction companies in Colorado that self-performs a variety of services including Underground Utilities, Milling, Asphalt, Paving, Grading, Concrete, and Earthwork for Infrastructure and Infrastructure Improvement Projects in the commercial, municipal, and federal sectors.

• Provide day-to-day leadership, guidance, and oversight to Accounts Payable Specialists to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and adherence to company policies and procedures.
• Train, onboard, and mentor AP Specialists, including establishing standard work, documenting procedures, and ensuring cross‑training within the team.
• Review work performed by AP Specialists for completeness and accuracy, providing timely feedback and coaching.
• Set clear performance expectations and monitor individual and team performance against established KPIs.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for AP Specialists for complex issues, vendor disputes, and process questions.
• Foster a collaborative and positive team environment that emphasizes accountability, continuous improvement, and professional development.
• Partner with the Finance Manager to support performance evaluations, development planning, and staffing needs.
• Invoice entry for vendors, including both job costs and overhead expenses.
• Review and reconcile monthly vendor statements, proactively resolving any discrepancies.
• Recording of electronic payments and preparation of weekly check runs.
• Ensure all monthly recurring payments including rent and insurances are made on time.
• Ability to navigate vendor portals to obtain statements and initiate payments.
• Complete month‑end tasks by the deadlines including posting all invoices including unapproved invoices that have been rejected.
• Ensure all payments that have cleared the bank are entered and marked as paid.
• Maintain and collect proper documentation for all Vendors.
• Ensure subcontractor and professional service vendors provide all compliance documentation prior to payment.
• Professional and courteous communication with vendors and fellow employees.
• Critical thinking ability and strong desire to solve problems.
• Troubleshoot and assist AP Specialists with escalated issues.
• Identify errors and process issues and work with AP Specialists and other departments on correcting errors and process improvement.
• Track accounts payable specialist KPIs.
• Provide management with reporting and assistance on projects as requested.
• Assist in 1099 annual reporting.

• Safety Awareness
  - Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
• Detail Oriented
  - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
• Organized
  - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
• Accountability
  - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Reliability
  - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
• Responsible
  - Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one’s conduct.
• Self‑Motivated
  - Ability to be internally inspired to perform a task to the best of one’s ability using his or her own drive or initiative.
• Initiative
  - Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal.
• Working Under Pressure
  - Ability to complete assigned tasks in stressful situations.

Education: High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED)

Experience: Five+ years related experience, with minimum of 2+ in a supervisory role

Computer

Skills:

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