AP​/AR Manager

AP/AR Manager

The Accounts Payable and Receivable Manager (AP/AR Manager) is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the accounts receivable and accounts payable functions. This position reports to the Director of Accounting. This includes transaction integrity, billing, cashiering, daily bank deposits, reconciliations, student accounts, managing collections on delinquent accounts, vendor relations and contracts, vendor payments, general ledger coding, reconciliations, and reporting. This position is required to be on site at the Colburn Downtown Los Angeles campus on weekdays.

Essential duties of the position include supervising a team of two staff (accounts receivable and accounts payable specialists), updating accounts receivable and accounts payable policies and procedures, assessing and providing recommendations to update internal controls in accounts payable and receivable functions, participating in implementation and coding of revenue and expense actuals of performance and event based P&L, overseeing all accounts receivable activities, managing collection activities, overseeing preparation of bank deposits, journal entries, and daily cash reports, overseeing payments, tax withholding and treaty benefits for international vendors and international students, overseeing various tax reporting, overseeing corporate T&E credit card activity, expense report submissions, and compliance, preparation and review of AP aging reports, responding to AP inquiries from vendors and departments, reviewing general ledger account coding, performing various reconciliations, assisting the Director of Accounting with the annual financial audit, providing accounting and general support to the Accounting department as needed, and performing other duties as assigned.

Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in accounting required, prior experience with account receivable and accounts payable, 3-5 years of management experience, self-starter with a proven track record of multi-tasking abilities, proficiency with Microsoft Office, expertise with various types of accounting software platforms, excellent verbal and written communication skills, education sector experience preferred including student billing, and/or performance arts venue settlement experience, and non-profit experience is a plus.

Essential functions include the ability to see, hear, feel, and use hands to type and grasp objects with fingers, primarily sedentary with intermittent standing, walking, bending, and stooping; occasional light lifting and carrying of objects weighing 25 pounds or less; light to heavy repetitive use of hands, wrists and forearms while working on a computer, ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships involving interactions and communications personally, by phone and in writing with a variety of individuals and/or groups of individuals from diverse backgrounds on a regular, on-going basis;

ability to concentrate on detailed tasks for extended periods of time and/or intermittently while attending to other responsibilities; ability to work effectively under pressure on multiple tasks concurrently while meeting established deadlines and changing priorities, and primarily indoor office environment; frequent contact with and interruptions by individuals in person or by phone.