Accounts Payable Supervisor
This role manages the full accounts payable cycle, ensuring invoices are accurately coded, approved, and processed in a timely manner. The position maintains and reconciles the accounts payable ledger, prepares monthly spending reports, and supports vendor account analysis within a small, collaborative office-based team.
Responsibilities
- Approve accounts payable invoices submitted by two processors, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
- Verify that all invoices are coded to the correct properties, vendors, and general ledger accounts.
- Reconcile the accounts payable ledger on a regular basis to ensure accurate and up-to-date records.
- Process accounts payable by matching invoices, purchase orders, and receiving reports, and entering approved items into the accounts payable system.
- Prepare monthly department spending reports to support financial analysis and budget monitoring.
- Analyze vendor accounts to identify discrepancies, trends, or opportunities for improvement.
- Negotiate extended payment terms with vendors under unusual or special circumstances, while maintaining positive vendor relationships.
- Maintain organized documentation and audit-ready records for all accounts payable activities.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to resolve invoice and payment issues promptly.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance (degree is required).
- Hands-on experience with accounts payable processes, including invoice matching and payment processing.
- Proficiency in invoice approval workflows and ensuring proper coding to properties and vendors.
- Ability to reconcile accounts payable ledgers and maintain accurate financial records.
- Strong reporting skills, including preparation of monthly department spending reports.
- Experience with journal entries related to accounts payable and expense recognition.
- Working knowledge of Yardi or similar accounting and property management software.
- Strong analytical skills for vendor account analysis and identification of extended payment term opportunities.
- Attention to detail and accuracy in financial data entry and review.
- Effective communication skills for interacting with vendors and internal teams.
Skills
- Ability to negotiate payment terms and manage vendor relationships in a professional manner.
- Comfort working with financial reports and providing insights on department spending.
- Organizational skills to manage multiple invoices, vendors, and deadlines simultaneously.
- Problem-solving skills to resolve discrepancies between invoices, purchase orders, and receiving reports.
- Proficiency with general accounting principles and practices.
- Experience working in a small accounting or finance team environment.
- Capability to adapt to established processes and contribute to continuous improvement of accounts payable procedures.
Work Environment
This role operates within a small, close-knit team in an office-based setting, with work performed on-site five days a week. The environment emphasizes collaboration, accuracy, and accountability in managing accounts payable activities, often using systems such as Yardi to support property-related accounting.
Benefits
When the position transitions to permanent employment, team members can expect a comprehensive benefits package that may include:
- Generous vacation time accrued over service.
- Competitive annual raises.
- Employer-supported health benefits with favorable cost structures.
- Substantial employer contribution toward retirement savings.
- A distinctive compensation structure that enhances long-term financial well-being.
For this temporary role, if eligible, benefits may include:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital coverage.
- 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available.
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents).
- Short and long-term disability.
- Health Spending Account (HSA).
- Transportation benefits.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave).
Pay
The pay range for this position is $30.00 - $32.00 per hour.
Schedule
This is a fully onsite, contract position based in Jacksonville, FL, with work performed five days a week.