Supervisor, Accounts Payable

Schedule:
Monday - Friday (40 hrs/wk)
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Department: Accounts Payable - 132

Primary Purpose:

The Supervisor, Accounts Payable supervises the ARUP Accounts Payable process; ensures that all payments are timely, accurate, and discharged in a manner consistent with corporate policies and procedures. Also supervises the clerical employees within the department, ensuring their productivity.

About ARUP:

ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and an enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

ARUP proudly hires top talent to create a work environment of diversity, professional growth and continuous development. Our workforce is committed to the important service we provide to over one million patients each month. We always strive for excellence and have a strong desire to have involvement with the advances in medicine and the role laboratory services plays within each patient’s life. We never forget that there is a patient behind every specimen we receive.

We are looking for individuals who want to contribute to ARUP's culture of accountability, integrity, service, and excellence. Consider joining our dynamic team.

Essential Functions:

Ensure that payments are processed accurately and timely.

   Items invoiced have been received in good order

   Invoices are priced and calculated correctly

   Payments are properly authorized and coded

   Pay obligations within established deadlines

   Research and resolve unsettled issues with vendors and ARUP departments

Supervision and staffing of Account Payable function.

Implement approved policies and procedures and monitor conformance

Conduct periodic performance evaluations for each subordinate

Train new employees/provide continuing instruction to experienced employees

Hire, discipline, motivate, and terminate employees as appropriate

Maintain current Job Description/Primary Purposes

Reporting and reconciling

Reconcile payables detail to the general ledger

Create and review periodic reports for reasonableness

Submit accurate reports to management

Maintain organized, up-to-date vendor files, check registers

Timely transmission of 1099s and property tax renditions

Maintain and reconcile the prepaid account on a monthly basis

Planning and budget

Propose a departmental budget and submit it to the Controller

Monitor and manage departmental expenses in conformance to the approved budget

Explain/justify budget variances as required by company policy

Other duties as assigned. 

Physical and Other Requirements:

Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.

Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Mobility: The person in this position needs to occasionally move between work sites and inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.

Communicate: Frequently communicate with others.

PPE: Biohazard laboratory environment that requires use of personal protective equipment in accordance with CDC and OSHA regulations and company policies.

ARUP Policies and Procedures: To conduct self in compliance with all ARUP Policies and Procedures

Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Vision: Having close, far, and peripheral visual acuity to perform a variety of tasks such as make general observations of depth and distance.

Fine Motor Control: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling

Qualifications Education Required High School Diploma or Equivalent or better. Preferred Bachelor's Degree or better. Experience Required With a high school diploma: Four years of accounting experience With a Bachelor's degree: no additional experience required Five (5) years of experience in payment processing with demonstrated progressive competence Preferred Two (2) years of business management education at the college level with specific training in finance, accounting, general management, and computer science Two (2) years of supervisory experience Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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