Supervisor, Accounts Payable

ASSA ABLOY Group; Lake Forest (CA); On-site; USD 71,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

ASSA ABLOY Group is seeking an Accounts Payable Supervisor to oversee the full life cycle of North American AP operations. You will lead the AP team, ensure timely and accurate processing, and drive continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires a strong finance professional with deep understanding of process improvements and system enhancements. You will be detailed, deadline-oriented, and able to operate cross-functionally in a complex organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting or related field.
• 3–5 years of accounting experience.
• Experience in Accounts Payable in a high growth company preferred.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement.
• Strong ownership and willingness to tackle challenges in a changing environment.
• Ability to think globally.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the Accounts Payable department staff including hiring, training, mentoring, and coaching.
• Analyze invoices for accuracy and compliance with internal controls in Purchase-to-Pay.
• Execute routine vendor payments in collaboration with cash management and sourcing.
• Perform monthly journal entries and AP account reconciliations.
• Monitor aging of open AP and GRIR accounts; handle 1099 and tax matters.
• Support process-improvement initiatives and monthly metrics reporting.
• Foster strong cross-functional relationships and respond to vendor inquiries.

Skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Prioritization

Communication skills

Root-cause analysis

Learning mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting

Tools

QAD

SAP

OnBase/Brainware

RateLinx

Excel

Job description

Job Summary

The Accounts Payable Supervisor oversees the full life cycle of North American Accounts Payable operations, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant processing of vendor invoices and payments. This role provides daily leadership and direction to the Accounts Payable team, fostering a high‑performance culture focused on efficiency, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Job Summary

The Accounts Payable Supervisor oversees the full life cycle of North American Accounts Payable operations, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant processing of vendor invoices and payments. This role provides daily leadership and direction to the Accounts Payable team, fostering a high‑performance culture focused on efficiency, accountability, and continuous improvement.

This role will require a strong finance professional who has a thorough understanding of maintaining a continuous improvement mindset and ability to proactively identify, review, and implement process and system improvements and ensure objectives are achieved. The successful candidate will be detailed and deadline‑oriented, operational, and can operate in a fast‑paced, complex, and collaborative environment.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

Accounts Payable (85%)

• Supervise the Accounts Payable department staff & activities, including:
  • Participate in hiring, training, mentoring & coaching
  • Develop and evaluate employees’ performance and workload
  • Determine work priorities
  • Ensure timely and accurate completion of deliverables
• Analyze invoices processed for accuracy and compliance with internal control requirements for the Purchase-to-Pay process
• Execute routine vendor payment transactions, in collaboration with the cash management & sourcing departments
• Perform monthly journal entries & account reconciliations for A/P related accounts
• Monitor aging of open AP and the GRIR accounts
• 1099 annual process and tax related matters
• Unclaimed property process to ensure adherence to company and state guidelines
• Escheatment review and process
• Assist with the development and implementation of process improvements at the direction of the Senior Manager, Accounts Payable
• Oversee vendor inquiries regarding payments & other related matters
• Investigate, research & resolve root cause of any processing issues in the department
• Assist with monthly department metrics reporting and generation of process improvement or efficiency ideas
• Foster positive relationships with internal departments and external vendor base
• Implement policy or procedural changes at the direction of the Senior Manager, Accounts Payable
• Serve as backup to the Senior Manager, Accounts Payable for vendor master maintenance and other responsibilities
• All other tasks and/or duties as assigned.

Education And Experience Profile

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting or related field, highly desired
• 3 - 5 years of overall accounting experience required

Ideal candidate

• Accounts Payable experience in a high growth company
• Ability to drive continuous improvement
• Strong sense of ownership and willingness to tackle challenges in a continuously changing environment
• Ability to think Globally

Required Skills

• Strong project management skills
• Willingness to learn new skills
• Ability to prioritize workload in a dynamic environment
• Effective analytical and problem-solving skillsExcellent written and verbal communication skills
• Perform root-cause analysis at both strategic and functional level
• Able to apply generally accepted accounting principles to AP processes
• Proficiency in QAD, SAP, OnBase/Brainware and RateLinxs is strongly desired
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills and working knowledge of other MS Office products

Work Environment

Working conditions are normal for an office environment.

Pay Range: $71,033-$111,623 .

This “base salary range” is a reasonable estimate for this position at the time of posting. Pay within each range is based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, to primary work job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location. ASSA ABLOY conducts regular review of compensation ranges and therefore reserves the right to alter this range at any given time.

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job/classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

ASSA ABLOY is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

We are the ASSA ABLOY Group

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As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.

As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.