Senior Accounts Payable Manager Job Joplin area,Missouri USA,Accounting

Department:

Institutional Finance:
Accounting & Financial Reporting

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Accounting & Financial Reporting

Position Title:

Senior Accounts Payable Manager

Job Family Group:

University Support Staff

Job Description

Summary:

The Senior Accounts Payable Manager is responsible for leading the accounts payable function, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant processing of invoices and payments while maintaining strong internal controls and compliance with university policies and state guidelines. This role oversees accounts payable professionals, ensures payment issues are resolved, and drives process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy. The manager collaborates closely with Procurement, Central Finance, and departmental professionals to support financial reporting, cash flow management, and audit requirements.

Success in this role requires strong leadership, analytical skills, attention to detail, and a commitment to delivering excellent customer service to both internal and external stakeholders.

Job Description:

Job Responsibilities

Oversee all accounts payable activities including invoice and payment processing, customer service, and performance monitoring.
Supervise, coach, and develop team of accounts payable professionals, including workload management, and performance evaluations.
Develop, implement, and maintain policies and procedures using a risk‑based approach to ensure strong internal controls and compliance with university policies and state guidelines.
Establish, monitor, and report on service level expectations including invoice cycle times, backlog, aged invoices, and other key performance indicators.
Review third‑party reporting related to policy compliance, duplicate payments, and spend activity to identify potential control risks, unusual trends, or exceptions and coordinate follow‑up as needed.
Serve as primary point of escalation for supplier disputes, complex issues, and departmental concerns related to accounts payable.
Manage administration of business procurement and travel credit cards including issuance of new cards, credit limits, inactivating cards and card reconciliation/payment.
Collaborate with Procurement and other departments to improve procure-to-pay processes and ensure timely and accurate invoice processing and payment administration.
Support Central Finance in month‑end and year‑end close activities related to accounts payable, including account reconciliations.
Manage accounts payable related audit requirements.
Complete 1099 reporting for Kansas Bridging Plan participants.
Serve as Workday accounts payable module business owner, ensuring alignment with university needs and policies, and participating in system upgrades and enhancements.
Develop and deliver training materials, guides, and workshops on accounts payable policies and procedures.
Serve as a trusted business advisor to campus partners by acting as an industry expert in accounts payable best practices.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. It is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, duties, and assignments. Furthermore, job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

Five years of progressive accounts payable or accounting experience. Relevant education may be substituted on a year for year basis.
Three years of experience supervising, training, and developing teams.
Experience working in a large, complex organizational setting.
Experience with automated, high‑volume accounts payable environments.
Experience…