Position Title: Manager Accounts Payable

Position Summary:

The Manager Accounts Payable is responsible for managing all Accounts Payable processes and the supervision of the Accounts Payable team members. The Manager ensures business partners are paid in a timely manner, facilitates global payments and assists with the monthly close process while ensuring processes adhere to SOPs and internal controls. The Manager oversees business partner onboarding, the cash discount program and the purchasing card program. The Manager also leads the Travel & Expense report auditing function and supervisors its team members.

Essential Responsibilities

• Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of payments to business partners.
• Attract, motivate, develop and retain high performing AP and Travel & Expense teams
• Manage all business partner related functions, including business partner set-up, inquiries, and year-end 1099 reporting
• Develop, implement and maintain systems, procedures and policies related to accounts payable functions to ensure compliance with internal controls and SOX
• Perform as the project lead on various projects such as purchase card implementations
• Interact with company leadership and external customers as well as other internal departments
• Support annual financial audits and ongoing statement credit audits
• Create and manage effective cross-functional partnership across the company
• Assist with the monthly close process, including accruals; provide reports/info to audit as requested
• Ensure proper controls and the integrity of the accounting and reporting applications are maintained at all times
• Understand the full P2P cycle to quickly identify the source of bottlenecks, problems and drive issues to resolution including impact and risk assessments, status reporting, and more
• Partner and manage the relationship with all business partners on current issues and implementations
• Maintain system updates, testing, and admin functions
• Assist with the ongoing oversight of travel and expense including maintaining the travel and expense policy and auditing travel and expense reports
• Prioritize and drive travel and expense system and process improvements
• Provide oversight to day to day operations of the Concur Expense system including training and system support.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Experience and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree; OR demonstrated capability to perform job responsibilities with a High School Diploma/GED and at least four (4) years of previous relevant experience
• Five (5) years previous payables or accounting related experience
• Three (3) years supervisory experience
• Present during core business hours but hours may increase based on fluctuating workloads
• Strong interpersonal, supervisory and customer service skills
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and meet deadlines as required in a fast-paced team environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Proficient with the Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Available for occasional overnight travel (10%)
• Able to pass a pre-employment drug test
• Legally eligible to work in the country in which the position is located
• Authorization to work in the US is required. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship

Preferred Experience and Qualifications:

• Experience with SAP, SAP Concur, InvoiceWorks, AppZen and Trax
• Experience in implementing new systems and managing projects
• Experience in implementing or managing a Purchasing Card Program
• Experience in international payments
• Experience with Travel and Expense report auditing

Crewmember Expectations:

• Regular attendance and punctuality
• Able to maintain a professional appearance
• Potential need to work flexible hours and be available to respond on short-notice
• When working or traveling on JetBlue flights, and if time permits, all capable crewmembers are asked to assist with light cleaning of the aircraft
• Must be an appropriate organizational fit for the JetBlue culture, that is, exhibit the JetBlue values of Safety, Caring, Integrity, Passion and Fun
• Must fulfill safety accountabilities as prescribed by JetBlue’s Safety Management System
• Promote JetBlue’s #1 value of safety as a Safety Ambassador, supporting JetBlue’s Safety Management System (SMS) components, Safety Policy, and behavioral standards
• Identify safety and/or security concerns, issues, incidents or hazards that should be reported and report them whenever possible and by any means necessary including JetBlue’s confidential reporting systems (Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) and Safety Action Report (SAR))
• Responsible for adhering to all applicable laws, regulations (FAA, OSHA, DOT, etc.) and Company policies, procedures and risk controls
• Uphold JetBlue’s safety performance metric goals and understand how they relate to their duties and responsibilities

Equipment:

• Computer and other office equipment

Work Environment:

• Traditional office environment

Physical Effort:

• Generally not required, or up to 10 pounds occasionally, 0 pounds frequently (Sedentary)

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