Accounts Payable Manager
Apply NowCompany: Four Hands
Location: Austin, TX 78745
Description:
Accounts Payable Manager
Department: Accounting & Finance
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Austin, Texas
Description
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Four Hands is the leading global designer and wholesaler of lifestyle home furnishings. We provide an elevated feel to the distinct pieces we design by blending styles, materials, and textures from all around the world.
We design, manufacture, and distribute our products and support the growing needs of large retail chains, e-commerce businesses, independent regional stores, and interior designers. Four Hands has received numerous recognition and accolades, including ranking in the Inc. 5000 list 13 times and being one of Austin's Top Workplaces for 2018, 2021, and 2022 which couldn't have been possible without our employees.
Our Employees matter and so do their careers At Four Hands, we know that our employees are our greatest strength. We strive to support and create an all-inclusive learning environment to equip our employees with the knowledge, skills, and abilities that will help foster their personal and professional attributes. Valuing the whole person is what Four Hands is all about.
We are seeking an Accounts Payable Manager who will ensure the accuracy and integrity of the end-to-end accounts payable process. The ideal candidate is expected to have a deep sense of ownership, ability to identify process improvement opportunities, possess solid operational accounting background, drive positive change across the organization, and enhance partnerships between various Four Hands stakeholder groups.
In This Role
THE IDEAL PERSON
Department: Accounting & Finance
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Austin, Texas
Description
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Four Hands is the leading global designer and wholesaler of lifestyle home furnishings. We provide an elevated feel to the distinct pieces we design by blending styles, materials, and textures from all around the world.
We design, manufacture, and distribute our products and support the growing needs of large retail chains, e-commerce businesses, independent regional stores, and interior designers. Four Hands has received numerous recognition and accolades, including ranking in the Inc. 5000 list 13 times and being one of Austin's Top Workplaces for 2018, 2021, and 2022 which couldn't have been possible without our employees.
Our Employees matter and so do their careers At Four Hands, we know that our employees are our greatest strength. We strive to support and create an all-inclusive learning environment to equip our employees with the knowledge, skills, and abilities that will help foster their personal and professional attributes. Valuing the whole person is what Four Hands is all about.
We are seeking an Accounts Payable Manager who will ensure the accuracy and integrity of the end-to-end accounts payable process. The ideal candidate is expected to have a deep sense of ownership, ability to identify process improvement opportunities, possess solid operational accounting background, drive positive change across the organization, and enhance partnerships between various Four Hands stakeholder groups.
In This Role
- Leading and developing the AP team, including delivery of business metrics; employee training and development; managing group workload and establishing priorities
- Drive acceleration of the current AP close process by identifying and leading the implementation of automation and streamlining of the monthly/quarterly close processes
- Work with cross-functional teams to identify problems and gaps and propose solutions to improve processes including opportunities for automating manual processes or activities
- Partner and aid implementation of systems including new ERP, and leverage technology to build scalable/sustainable processes to create efficiencies, streamline accounts payable and improve the employee experience
- Establish internal controls and appropriate accounts payable related procedures, including evaluation of processes and controls for compliance and efficiencies
- Demonstrate thought leadership in how to run an accounts payable team in a high growth environment where changes are constant
- Support invoice processing, invoice troubleshooting, and general invoicing and PO system support
- Prepare and perform payment runs (ACH, Check, Credit Card, Wire)
- Participate in key strategic initiatives and assist with ad hoc projects as needed
- Uphold our Core Values and be a valuable member of the Four Hands team
- Other duties as assigned by Management
THE IDEAL PERSON
- Bachelor's degree or 10+ years of progressive accounts payable experience with increasing levels of responsibilities
- Experience with sales and use tax required
- Experience with escheatment preferred
- International accounting experience preferred
- Positive attitude, ability to work well and fast under pressure, exceptional customer service
- Results driven with a high sense of urgency, taking ownership and ability to work in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities
- Solid understanding of US GAAP, general accounting processes and internal controls, and financial analysis tools
- Intermediate-level experience using Excel, including the ability to work with complex tables and X-look-ups
- Must be familiar with the Procure to Pay process flow
- Act with integrity in all ways and at all times, remaining honest, transparent, and respectful in all relationships
- Foster open collaboration and constructive dialogue with everyone around you
- Continuously innovate new solutions, influencing and responding to change
- Focus on superior outcomes, and calibrate work processes for outstanding results