Accounts Payable Supervisor

At PwC, our people in finance focus on providing financial advice and strategic guidance to clients, helping them optimise their financial performance and make informed business decisions. These individuals handle financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and risk management.In financial operations at PwC, you will focus on managing financial processes and confirming compliance with regulations. You will handle tasks such as financial reporting, budgeting, and risk management.

Meaningful work you'll be part of
As an Accounts Payable Supervisor , you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution with complex financial data under the guidance of the Senior Finance Manager . Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Supervise and coach Accounts Payable staff that process vendor invoices using a fully automated, paperless accounting system
• Allocate workload, train, set goals, prepare and deliver performance reviews of current staff.
• Interview, select and train new staff
• Develop, implement, monitor and document processes and procedures for continuous improvement to optimize productivity
• Oversee payments via cheques, Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT), wire transfers, and bank drafts including printing physical cheques
• Prepare monthly roll forward reconciliation as well as various management and statistical reports on top vendors, payments and account analyses
• Develop, implement and monitor procedures on PST self-assessment and Regulation 105 - Withholding Tax for Non-Residents
• Participate in weekly governance calls with the Offshore Accounts Payable/Inter-Territory Billing (ITB) Group, coach and guide them as well as streamline procedures
• Oversee the audit of the work of the Offshore AP/ITB Group
• Provide recommendations and participate in AP system implementations as well as create tickets whenever necessary in payable software's vendor customer support system
• Assist Finance to obtain necessary documents and backups for various audits
• Handle any communications regarding the AP team and manage all incoming tickets via the centralized communications system as it pertains to the AP team
• Handle any Accounts Payable related issues that are escalated to the Finance Manager, Functional Leader or the Executive Team
• Any other additional responsibilities as assigned by your Finance Manager

Experiences and skills you'll use to solve
• Relevant accounting experience, preferably in Accounts Payable and or/ supervisory experience
• Solid knowledge of accounting processes and procedures
• Experience with Basware A/P, or an equivalent electronic accounts payable system
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and knowledge of Google Suite apps, an asset
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong multi-tasking, time-management, and organizational skills

Why you'll love PwC
We're inspiring and empowering our people to change the world. Powered by the latest technology, you'll be a part of diverse teams helping public and private clients build trust and deliver sustained outcomes. This meaningful work, and our continuous development environment, will take your career to the next level. We reward your impact, and support your wellbeing, through a competitive compensation package, inclusive benefits and flexibility programs that will help you thrive in work and life. Learn more about our Application Process and Total Rewards Package at: https://jobs-ca.pwc.com/ca/en/life-at-pwc

PwC Canada acknowledges that we work and live across Turtle Island, on the land that is now known as Canada, which are the lands of the ancestral, treaty and unceded territories of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples. We recognize the systemic racism, colonialism and oppression that Indigenous Peoples have experienced and still go through, and we commit to allyship and solidarity.

At PwC Canada, our most valuable asset is our people and we grow stronger as we learn from one another. We're committed to creating an equitable and inclusive community of solvers where everyone feels that they truly belong. We understand that experience comes in many forms and building trust in society and solving important problems is only possible if we reflect the mosaic of the society we live in.
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