AP Manager

Position Title: Accounts Payable (AP) Manager
Reporting To: Controller
Location: Phoenix, AZ
The Company: Signature Dental Partners (www.SignatureDentalPartners.com)

Company Overview
Tyree & D'Angelo Partners ("TDP") is a private equity investment firm that focuses on control investments in the lower middle market (companies with $1-5M of EBITDA). We look for investments where we can establish true collaborative partnerships with business owners and management teams that will lead to substantial value creation over a long-term investment horizon. TDP invests in the healthcare, consumer, and business services sectors, focusing on high-quality founder owned businesses that we can grow with our high probability of success process. TDP companies have completed over 1,000 partnerships, have grown to over $4 billion of enterprise value, and TDP has over $1.4 billion of capital under management. Please visit www.TDPfund.com for more information.

Signature Dental Partners (SDP) is an established and respected private equity backed dental support organization (DSO) providing affiliated dentists in the Southwest, Mountain and Pacific Northwest regions with proven non-clinical business support functions. This non-clinical support allows dentists to spend more time and attention on patient care rather than burdensome administrative functions. Affiliated dentists benefit from professionally managed non-clinical support services such as human resources, payor relations, group purchasing, vendor management, capital investments, staff management, recruiting, finance, marketing, and information systems.

Job Summary
The Accounts Payable Manager is responsible for overseeing the company's accounts payable function, ensuring timely and accurate payment of invoices and expense reports while maintaining strong vendor relationships. This role involves managing the accounts payable team, ensuring compliance with internal controls and regulations, and driving process improvements to enhance efficiency and automation related to AP.

General Responsibilities
• Enter or review invoices for payment, ensuring input accuracy, appropriate general ledger coding, and adherence to company policies.
• Oversee the scheduling and execution of payments to vendors and suppliers, including electronic transfers, checks, and ACH payments.
• Supervise and mentor the accounts payable team, including training, performance evaluations, and career development.
• Allocate tasks and manage workload to ensure timely processing of invoices and payments.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with vendors and suppliers.
• Address and resolve any issues or discrepancies related to payments and invoices.
• Conduct regular reconciliations of accounts payable ledgers to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare month end accruals related to accounts payable.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Assist with the implementation and monitoring of internal controls to prevent fraud and errors.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy in the accounts payable function.
• Assist with the implementation of best practices and automation solutions where applicable to assist with standardization across business lines.
• Maintain accurate and organized records of all accounts payable transactions.
• Ensure proper documentation for audit and compliance purposes.
• Signature Dental Partners reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.

Job Qualifications
• Education – bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or accounting or related work experience
• Minimum 3 years in a supervisory/managerial AP role
• Manage a team of at least 3 employees with prior work experience
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint) and knowledgeable about Sage Intacct
• Proven knowledge of accounting principles and internal controls pertaining to AP and payment processing
• Strong interpersonal skills, highly organized, accurate, thorough, high level of attention to detail; ability to collaborate and communicate effectively.
• Hands on, self-starting, disciplined, and detail-oriented individual with ability to work in a high-volume environment that requires a work product that is highly accurate and timely.
• High degree of integrity includes the ability to successfully deal with sensitive or confidential information.
• Ability to exhibit poise, composure and professionalism when confronting stressful or high-pressure situations both internally and externally.