Accounts Payable Supervisor - Contract

Sun Gro Horticulture is one of the most prominent North American horticultural companies, employing over 800 staff and serving customers worldwide. Since its humble beginnings in 1929, it has become the leading supplier of soilless growing mixes to North America’s top 100 greenhouse and nursery growers, shipping over 70,000 truckloads of product annually. Sun Gro products are made to exacting standards and conform to high product quality and performance criteria.

Sun Gro Horticulture recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees. The primary goal of Sun Gro® is to promote individual employees’ sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their association with Sun Gro Horticulture. The Company invests in its employees so that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry, and undertakes great efforts to nurture loyalty to, and teamwork at, Sun Gro.

Role: Accounts Payable Supervisor (6 month contract)

Job Summary:
The Accounts Payable (AP) team manages centralized invoice processing and payment for multiple companies across the US and Canada. The AP Supervisor leads the team and is responsible for ensuring invoices and payments are processed in a timely and efficient manner in accordance with company policies and procedures. The AP Supervisor fosters strong and healthy vendor relationships while taking advantage of all discounts available to the Company.

Compensation: $70,000-$80,000
 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: 

• Ensure accurate payments are made within terms, optimizing discounts available to the Company without jeopardizing vendor relationships.
• Ensure compliance with accounts payable policies and internal controls.
• Work directly with other departments, such as Purchasing, to ensure timely processing and payment of vendor invoices.
• Oversee expense report processing in accordance with company travel policies.
• Provide effective and timely responses to internal and external inquiries.
• Review vendor statements to identify account discrepancies and implement corrective actions.
• Proactively identify areas needing improvement and take corrective actions.
• Ensure proper maintenance, filing, and storage of records following retention guidelines.
• Complete annual 1099 filing and other governmental filings as required.
• Address performance issues and make recommendations for personnel actions.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
• Attention to Detail – is highly detail oriented and holds team members accountable to the same level of detail and accuracy to ensure integrity within the process.
• Deadline Oriented – possesses exceptional time-management and organizational skills with proven ability to work effectively and efficiently under tight deadlines in a high energy and fast-paced environment.
• Fosters Teamwork – values all employees’ and business partners’ contributions, involving team in decisions that affect them and discouraging “we” vs. “them” attitude.
• Motivates Others – inspires people to excel by creating a work environment that allows people to do their best.
• Strong Business Acumen – understands the value of strong vendor relationships to the successful operations of the business and is able to effectively balance prioritizing the Company’s needs while ensuring vendor relationships are not impacted.
• Able to Provide Direction and Manage Progress – sets clear objectives and develops KPIs to monitor work. Clarifies roles and responsibilities and monitors progress.
• Strong Fact-Based Decision-Making skills – supports decisions with data and uses data to solve problems.
• Strong Execution Skills – can provide support without removing responsibility, monitors progress to ensure achievement of goals, coordinate with other work groups
• Continuous Improvement Champion - creates an environment that fosters process improvement and constructively challenges status quo to eliminate non-value added work, both within the team and with partnering departments. 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: 

• Associate’s degree in business administration, accounting or finance, Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience
• Previous Supervisory experience preferred

This is an in office role and can sit out of Agawam, Massachusetts or Mississauga, Ontario.