Accounts Payable Manager

Chicago, IL, United States

Overview:

Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the worlds major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.

We are a collegial, collaborative, and diverse firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realize their greatest potential all while supporting the Firms client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.

If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Finance Operations department in our Chicago office as an Accounts Payable Manager.

The Accounts Payable Manager, in collaboration with and support of the Assistant Director of Accounts Payable, leads the daily operations of the Firms U.S. cash disbursements function.

Key responsibilities include ensuring smooth and effective execution of the disbursements cycle, supporting departmental strategies, ensuring exemplary customer service, managing team personnel, supporting departmental systems and consistently enhancing service, processes, controls and procedures.

This crucial and visible role serves as the primary operational leader in ensuring the function achieves the departments sustained service and operational excellence aspiration.

Responsibilities:

General:

Leads full cycle execution of the cash disbursements function

Manages, develops and mentors departmental staff

Ensures a robust, effective control system

Helps foster a collaborative, innovative and empowering culture

Ensures timely, accurate processing and payment of vendor invoices and expense reimbursements

Ensures timely support of and responsiveness to customer base

Evolves operations through innovation, technology and ongoing assessments of practices

Serves as primary contact with third party service center in their support of clerical tasks

Leads processes surrounding multiple payment methods

Ensures pristine and accurate recordkeeping and processing

Supports the departments financial and expense workflow systems

Supports measurement of departmental performance through data, metrics and KPIs

Supports departmental strategies

Solves problems quickly and adeptly

Conducts staff training; develops sophisticated process documentation and informative content

Leads departmental projects and other tasks as assigned

Tactical:

Develops comprehensive expertise on the Firms financial systems, disbursements workflow platform and policies and procedures

Is on cutting edge of industry technologies and innovations

Qualifications:

Education/Training/Certifications:

Bachelors degree in a related field strongly preferred; an equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered in lieu of the degree when experience is directly related to the needs and expectations of the role

Professional Experience:

Five years+ in accounts payable, required

Prior leadership experience, strongly preferred

Experience in legal or other professional services environment, preferred

Accounting experience, preferred

Technical Skills:

Expert knowledge of financial and accounts payable operations and systems, required

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office products, including Excel, required

Sophisticated technological acumen, required

Advanced knowledge of automated disbursements workflow systems (e.g. Chrome River, Concur, Coupa), strongly preferred

Performance Traits:

Strong, credible leadership presence

Exceptional ability to manage a diverse group

Innate customer service orientation and commitment to excellence

Natural ability to inspire others and drive positive change

Meticulous attention to detail, quality work, meeting deadlines

Sharp critical thinking and analytical skills

Ability to tenaciously solve problems and creatively conceive solutions

Proactive, innovative orientation

Engaging and unifying interpersonal and communication skills

Inherently self-reflective, collaborative, growth oriented

Trustworthy, honest, reliable

Management Accountabilities:

Departmental performance

Achievement of assigned goals

Professional development (training/mentoring)

Timely addressing of performance issues

Participating in recruiting, interviewing and transition of assigned staff

Managing assigned staffs PTO

The above is a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.

The Firm may modify and amend this job description at any time at its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of employment.

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including medical/dental/vision/life/and AD&D insurance, 401 (k) savings plan, back-up childcare and eldercare, generous paid time off (PTO), as well as opportunities for professional development and growth.

Thank you for your interest in Mayer Brown. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities and disabled veterans. To request a reasonable accommodation related to the application process and/or job interview, please email [email protected]. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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