Manager, Accounts Payable

University of Miami; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Tuition remission

Retirement plan

Job summary

University of Miami is seeking a Manager of Accounts Payable to oversee AP activities across divisions, ensuring timely vendor payments and accurate recordkeeping. The role includes supervising staff, improving processes, and maintaining internal controls.

We value experience in managing monthly close, establishing strong vendor relationships, and delivering accurate, actionable reports to senior leadership. This position supports a dynamic university environment with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of business and management principles.
• Ability to direct, manage, implement, and evaluate department operations.
• Ability to lead, motivate, develop, and train others.

Responsibilities

• Manages monthly accounts payable close and ensures invoices are accrued.
• Serves as subject matter expert related to accounts payable function and control.
• Manages team to include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work and appraising performance.
• Reviews accounting reports and AP register for accuracy.
• Cultivates relationships with vendors and acts as point of contact for disputes.
• Codes, batches invoices, and posts payments to financial software.
• Develops and tracks key metrics and reports recommendations to senior staff.
• Creates ad-hoc reports to support management requests.
• Establishes and updates internal controls within the unit.

Skills

Business and management principles

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance or relevant field

Job description

SUMMARY

The Manager, Accounts Payable manages all activities related to the accounts payable functions of the assigned division(s) to ensure compliance with applicable rules and regulations. Additionally, the Manager, Accounts Payable ensures timely payment of vendor invoices and expense vouchers while maintaining accurate records and controlled reports.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

• Manages monthly accounts payable close and ensures outstanding invoices and expenses are properly accrued for.
• Serves as subject matter expert related to accounts payable function and control.
• Manages team to include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work and appraising performance.
• Reviews applicable accounting reports and accounts payable register to ensure accuracy.
• Cultivates and maintains relationship with key strategic partners and vendors, acts as point of contact, and resolves any vendor disputes.
• Sorts, codes, and batches invoices, and posts payments to financial software.
• Develops and tracks key metrics, identifies opportunities for process improvement, and reports recommendations to appropriate senior staff.
• Creates ad-hoc reports to support management requests.
• Creates process procedures for all accounts payable tasks and updates as needed.
• Assists with audits.
• Establishes and continuously assesses the effectiveness of the internal controls within the unit and compliance with University policies and procedures.
• Ensures employees are trained on controls within the function and on University policy and procedures.
• This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in finance or relevant field.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes: Knowledge of business and management principles.
• Ability to direct, manage, implement, and evaluate department operations.
• Ability to establish department goals, and objectives that support the strategic plan.
• Ability to effectively plan, delegate and/or supervise the work of others.
• Ability to lead, motivate, develop, and train others.
• Any appropriate combination of relevant education, experience and/or certifications may be considered.

BENEFITS

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

JOB DETAILS

• Job Status: Full time
• Employee Type: Staff
• Pay Grade: A12

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY AND UHEALTH

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation. The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride. The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019. The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022. With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.