Accounting Supervisor - Seneca, SC

Position Title: Accounting Supervisor

Location: Seneca, SC On-site / Hybrid (Manufacturing Environment)

Position Type: Full-time

Travel Required: Up to 5%

The Accounting Supervisor oversees accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), general ledger (GL), financial reporting, and month-end close activities to support accurate and timely financial results. This role supervises AP and AR personnel, enforces strong internal controls, coordinates audit support, prepares journal entries and reconciliations, and serves as a finance key user for SAP and other core financial systems. The position also supports travel and expense administration, cross-functional initiatives, and continuous process improvement through automation and standardization.

• Prepare, review, and post journal entries in accordance with established close schedules and approval requirements.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities to ensure financial transactions are complete, accurate, and recorded in the appropriate period.
• Prepare and review monthly account reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and document timely resolution of reconciling items.
• Coordinate assigned reporting and data-load activities, including One Stream support for actual and quarter-end reporting.

• Supervise AP and AR daily operations, monitoring workload, priorities, accuracy, and service levels.
• Oversee supplier invoice processing, credit memos, payment requests, payment releases, vendor account maintenance, and resolution of payment discrepancies.
• Oversee cash application, customer payment processing, credit adjustments, customer account maintenance, and resolution of unapplied or disputed items.
• Review AP and AR aging, reconciliations, and account analyses; coordinate follow-up on overdue receivables and aged supplier items.
• Ensure AP and AR transactions comply with purchasing, approval, payment authorization, revenue, and general ledger requirements.

• Maintain strong internal controls and appropriate segregation of duties across AP, AR, general ledger, reporting, and related processes.
• Perform assigned control activities and maintain complete, accurate, and audit-ready documentation with clear approval traceability.
• Ensure compliance with SOX requirements, corporate accounting policies, local procedures, and applicable accounting standards.
• Coordinate and provide support for internal and external audits, including reports, reconciliations, data extracts, documentation, and responses to audit selections.
• Assist with root-cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions for control, audit, or process issues.

• Serve as a finance key user and subject matter resource for SAP, including approval-routing changes, issue resolution, testing, and participation on assigned SAP committees.
• Maintain and improve local finance forms, SharePoint solutions, reports, workflows, and reference materials.
• Support finance applications and reporting tools, including SAP, One Stream, ADP reporting tools, Concur, Citibank, and Microsoft 365 applications.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, standardization, control evidence, and user experience through automation and process redesign.
• Document processes, train users, and support the adoption of updated tools and procedures.

• Supervise, train, coach, and develop AP and AR team members; conduct regular one-on-one discussions and provide timely guidance.
• Assign work, establish priorities, balance workload, and communicate department issues, resource needs, and task status to management.
• Establish clear expectations and promote accountability, collaboration, customer service, continuous learning, and operational excellence.
• Ensure adequate process documentation, cross-training, and backup coverage for critical accounting activities.

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field required.
• Experience: Minimum of five (5) years of progressive accounting experience, including AP, AR, general ledger, close, reporting, and reconciliation responsibilities.
• Leadership: Prior supervisory or team-lead experience preferred.
• Industry Focus: Manufacturing accounting experience preferred.

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