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Burroughs
Accounts Payable Supervisor
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What they do
An Accounts Payable or Receivable Manager manages accounting staff with specific responsibility for maintaining records of accounts payable (company expenses or bills to be paid) and accounts receivable (outstanding invoices or amounts owed to a company). Uses specialized accounting software to create account databases and financial reports.
$108,794 / year median in Illinois
+1% projected growth
Job Description
With over 140 years of innovation and service excellence, Burroughs keeps technology running for some of the largest financial institutions and retailers across North America. Through our North American network of field service professionals and digital support teams, we deliver full lifecycle management for payment and transaction automation, self-service, robotic, and IoT technologies—ensuring our customers experience maximum uptime and performance every day. At Burroughs, we believe in growing our people as much as we grow our technology services. Many of our leaders began their careers in the field, and their success stories continue to inspire new generations of technicians, engineers, and support professionals. Our work is diverse, dynamic, challenging, and rewarding—but for those with curiosity, integrity, and a drive to learn, Burroughs is a place to build a lasting and meaningful career. Primary Job Function Responsibilities The salary range has been set based on the following primary job functions:
- Responsible for managing the Accounts Payable function and provide supporting analysis.
- Handles all disbursements to vendors, vendor maintenance, invoice batch reviews and all electronic invoice processing.
- Supervise the accounts payable staff and manage the A/P monthly close process.
- Coordinate with vendors to update the process of invoices into an automated environment.
- Maintain the master vendor list in Oracle Accounts Payable.
- Research and resolve issues from vendor inquiries and internal customers (branches, other departments, etc.).
- Review current payment methods and manage implementation of electronic payments.
- Prepare various journal entries including several A/P accrual journal entries.
- Responsible for various general ledger month-end close duties: uploading journal entries, posting journal entries, submitting reports, etc.
- Perform variance analysis on expenses for general ledger close.
- Prepare and submit several vendor minority spend reports.
- Distribute annual 1099s.
- Other duties as assigned and special projects as needed.
Primary Competencies:
1. Financial Acumen- Understand financial principles to ensure sound judgement in business decisions. 2. Analytical Thinking
- Make logical conclusions, anticipate obstacles, while considering various approaches. 3. Enterprise Knowledge
- Apply industry knowledge for decision making & providing recommendations. 4. Attention to Detail
- Completing tasks accurately to ensure top quality. 5. Communication
- Ability to effectively communicate with employees, management, and external vendors/stakeholders.