Accounts Payable Manager

Make a +Difference at Kraton!

At Kraton, we make a Positive Difference, and we are looking for individuals who are also looking to make a difference in their jobs, for our customers and to the world. We are looking to hire a key member of our Finance team at our Jacksonville, Florida location.

Key Responsibilities

The Manager, Accounts Payable oversees all AP activities for regional business segments. The ideal candidate will be tasked with collaborating globally to identify process improvement opportunities and developing a clear forward-thinking strategy.

The key responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to the following:

• Ensures that the accounts payable and the company's financial obligations are met timely which is approximately over $700 million consolidated on annual basis.

• Day-to-day management of Accounts Payable Team with focus on providing exceptional service to both internal customers and vendors including:

• Dealing with payment escalations from stakeholders

• Oversee all tax related processes such as 1099 tax information.

• Ensuring all supplier accounts are fully reconciled on a regular basis.

• Resolve issues relating to Accounts Payable activities, communicate reoccurring findings surrounding these issues to management and suggest global process solutions as warranted.

• Prepare quarterly & monthly reports to ensure adherence to company guidelines (duplicate payment, Vendor Change Report, block report & Vendor Payment Report, etc.).

• Serve as regional lead contact for AP for internal and external audits

• Mentor & develop team members to create and maintain an engaged, productive, and experienced organization.

• Identify and perform required training to improve productivity and efficiency of department.

• Leading training related to the company's automated AP system and AP best practices

• Lead month-end close for the procure to pay value stream: coordinate activities for AP, review of AP accruals, AP trade related account reconciliations and variance analysis.

• Identify and track Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and operational metrics to ensure team objectives are met; ensure transparency and sharing with stakeholders.

• Evaluate current and new process solutions to provide recommended improvements and standardization.

• Provide budget and forecast balances for accounts payable balance sheet accounts; provide forecast of AP related cash needs to Treasury and Business Segment leaders; collaborate with the Segment GL/Finance teams to meet corporate cash targets; drive working capital improvements in the process to pay value stream.

• Ownership and oversight ensuring compliance of the Travel & Entertainment policy including Global corporate credit card administration

• Provide AP key performance measures to senior management including CFO and other Kraton Senior Leaders

• Partner with Treasury to ensure optimal cash management as it relates to order to cash

• Partner with internal stakeholders particularly procurement to ensure new or existing vendor attributes are set up effectively and efficiently

• Partner with procurement and logistics to ensure effective and efficient training throughout the organization

• Working knowledge of typical AP processes, internal controls, company policies & procedures, and SOX.

Required Skills

• Minimum of 8 years of Accounts Payable experience

• Minimum of 5 years of supervisory experience

• SAP or like ERP system experience required.

• Customer Focus.

• Action oriented.

• Ability to work effectively with others.

Education, Certifications & Licenses

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance required.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Kraton's internal talent acquisition team manages our recruiting efforts and from time to time works with pre-selected/pre-approved external staffing agencies. We do NOT accept unsolicited resumes or candidate referrals from recruiters and/or agencies who are not pre-selected/pre-approved.

Kraton is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.