About this role
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SUPERVISOR
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Brief Description of SunStrong Management
SunStrong Management (SSM is a leading independent asset manager for residential and commercial solar portfolios in the U.S., offering comprehensive services like O&M, billing, collections, and investor reporting, while managing large fleets of solar assets from major providers like former Sunnova/ SunPower portfolios, ensuring customer satisfaction and long-term value for asset owners through its experienced team and technology. Come be a part of the fastest growing segment of the energy industry!
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# The Accounts Payable Supervisor Position
The Accounts Payable Supervisor has direct responsibility for the accounts payable cycle, including channel partner and vendor invoices and payments, account inquiries, month-end payable close, and account aging and reconciliations. This position will report to the Accounts Payable Manager who reports to the Senior Accounting Manager. This is a remote opportunity!.
Responsibilities
- Supervise daily operations of the Accounts Payable department
- Manage daily payments to channel partners and vendors
- Manage invoice data entry into FinancialForce for payment and general ledger coding
- Manage the status and assignment of partner inquiries, including channel partner pay histories
- Manage daily cash forecast to Treasury and internal departments
- Review vendor invoices, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of all disbursements.
- Responsible for annual 1099 filings and accuracy of vendor master data for reporting requirements.
- Prepare monthly journal entries. Manage monthly closing of financial records, month-end accrual and related entries, prepare account reconciliations, and ensure accuracy and completeness of financial statements in a timely manner
- Develop, implement and maintain systems, procedures and policies, including accounts payable functions to ensure adherence to company policies and guidelines. Identify process improvement initiatives and define standards for new processes
- Manage and build effective internal and external client relationships
- Monitor workload, train, evaluate, motivate and coach AP staff, holding employees accountable for performance and accuracy
- Additional duties as required
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field or equivalent experience
- 5+ years’ experience in Accounts Payable and supervisory experience required
- Experience working in a high-volume Accounts Payable department
- Strong proficiency in Excel and Word
- Working knowledge of GAAP
- Ability to analyze and interpret large quantities of data
- Ability to manage multiple projects while working under pressure and time constraints
- Ability to multi-task and build business partnerships with various corporate departments
- Experience working with multiple legal entities and intercompany transactions
- Strong interpersonal, communication and interaction skills, both verbal and written with outside groups, including IT, Operations, Finance, and third parties
- Strong leadership and supervisory skills
- Highly organized and able to prioritize
- Must be able to exercise good judgment
- Self-motivator
- Experience with a small to medium-sized company that grew rapidly is preferred
- Strong proficiency in Salesforce and FinancialForce a plus, but not required
- Experience in renewable energy space is a plus, but not require
Physical Requirements
- While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit for an extended period of time.
Benefits
SSM offers a generous employee reward package that includes:
- Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, healthcare flexible spending account, and 401(k) with employer match.
- Paid time off, including 7 holidays and Paid Parental Leave