Job Description

About Us

Stagwell empowers talented, passionate, and creative leaders with a vision to deliver breakthrough ideas on behalf of the world’s most ambitious clients.

We believe that the differences among us fuel innovation and drive us to achieve extraordinary results. We take great pride in a work force with rich diversity of age, race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, ability and background. As a network, we seek out a skilled and dynamic talent pipeline, invest in programs that help develop diverse talent for the future benefit of our industry, and strive to build an inclusive environment where all employees can bring their full selves to work.

Creating a collaborative environment at our state-of-the-art campuses, where we can bring people together at the office to inspire and innovate, is central to our culture-moving creative edge. We believe that by being together, we can transform marketing.

Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com

This role is expected to provide guidance to the Global Accounts Payable team to ensure the accurate and timely processing of Accounts payable and ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Supervises the AP Team and leads the team in the conduct of Invoice Processing, AP Helpdesk, and Supplier Master Admin roles and responsibilities to ensure timely payments and resolution of issues.
• Addresses vendor inquiries and requests promptly and professionally, maintaining high levels of client satisfaction.
• Provide strategic support to achieve operational efficiencies and contribute to decision-making and execution.
• Prepares and reviews AP reports and ensures the accuracy and timeliness of data.
• Works collaboratively with the accounting team to review outstanding AP debits during monthly calls.
• Reviews wires that are set up by Coordinators in JPM and ensure they are completely accurate.
• Performs a monthly AP aging analysis for items over 90 days to ensure there is a valid reason for their status.
• Holds weekly calls with Media Coordinators to resolve unreconciled buys in the ASR for client billing and addresses vendor invoice clearance issues.
• Partners and collaborates with process stakeholders to ensure a productive and efficient work process.
• Ensures strict adherence to requirements in all aspects of accounts payable management; And, that all accounts payable processes are audit-ready and compliant with accounting standards.
• Proactively seek improvements in line with strategy and objectives, most especially in support of system changes and enhancements; and making sure both processes and system are adequately documented, trained, and communicated.
• Establishes performance goals for the accounts payable team, providing regular feedback to enhance individual and team performance to ensure alignment with client expectations.
• Coaches and supports the accounts payable team, ensuring efficient workflow and strict adherence to company policies.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of financial and/or accounting experience, with a minimum of 1-2 years in a supervisory role
• Proficient in Word, Excel and Presentation Software
• Ability to communicate (written and verbal) with stakeholders and business partners
• Advanced ability to ensure that quality and production standards are met
• Advanced customer service skills, professional attitude and appearance
• Creative thinking and performance minded
• Strong team approach to the business
• Ability to motivate, coach, and direct others