At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the AP team, ensuring accurate invoice processing and payment activities.
- Company: Join a friendly, community-focused professional services firm with 3000 employees across Canada.
- Benefits: Enjoy profit sharing, flex days, wellness benefits, and summer remote work options.
- Other info: Collaborate with inspiring leaders and enjoy excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact while fostering a culture of adaptability and continuous improvement.
- Qualifications: Post-secondary education, 5 years AP experience, and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 81000 - 99000 $ per year.
Who we are
You know those big cities that still feel like small towns? Where everyone’s friendly and helps each other out? That’s like Doane Grant Thornton. Except here we’re all professionals and there isn’t a mayor or a general store. What we’re trying to say is that we’re a large and growing professional services firm that still feels like a community. We employ about 3000 people across Canada, and we truly care about our colleagues, our clients and the communities where we work and live. That’s what’s most important to us.
Job Summary
The Accounts Payable Manager is responsible for leading the AP team and overseeing accurate, timely, and compliant invoice processing, payment activities, and month-end support. This role provides guidance through process changes and new technologies, partners with internal stakeholders and vendors, monitors AP performance and controls, and promotes continuous improvement to support efficient operations and reliable financial reporting.
As an Accounts Payable Manager your responsibilities will include:
- Provide leadership and support to a team of analysts, ensuring the team is equipped with the necessary tools and knowledge to adapt to process changes and new technologies.
- Support all AP related functions, focused on timely and accurate transaction processing and month end activities.
- Ensure all AP processes comply with internal policies and external regulations, minimizing risk and creating accurate financial reporting.
- Lead process improvement and automation initiatives to improve efficiency, controls, workflows, and stakeholder experience.
- Develop and maintain effective partnership with Finance, Procurement and business stakeholders to ensure seamless adoption of new policies and procedures.
- Lead and contribute to cross functional projects and initiatives, including process optimization, systems enhancements and policy implementation to support business objectives.
- Prepare and present reports on AP performance reporting, including KPIs on efficiency, accuracy and cost management.
- Act as a change agent, fostering a culture of adaptability and continuous improvement within the team and the organization.
Qualifications:
- Completed post-secondary education (university degree and/or college diploma), preferably in business administration.
- Minimum 5 years Accounts Payable Experience.
- Minimum 5 years leadership experience.
- Experience with Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations considered an asset.
- Highly motivated and comfortable with ambiguity and leading teams through change.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to collaborate across all levels of the organization.
- Experience supporting change management and adoption of new technologies and processes.
What's in it for you?
- Profit sharing.
- Flex days.
- RRSP contributions.
- Firmwide holiday closure.
- Wellness benefits.
- Concierge-like benefits.
- Work from anywhere in Canada in the summer for 4 weeks.
- And more!
Our special culture shines through when we have the opportunity to connect in person. That’s why we’re working in a model where teams are required to be together in the office 4 days per week.
Are you ready to Discover Your Purple?
Accounts Payable Manager employer: Doane Grant Thornton LLP
At Doane Grant Thornton, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that fosters a vibrant team culture and prioritizes professional growth. As a Senior Domestic Tax Manager, you will not only engage with diverse clients across Southern Ontario but also benefit from our commitment to innovation and community involvement, ensuring a rewarding and impactful career path in tax management.
