Accounts Payable Manager
Company Description
Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. is a company of diverse businesses unified by shared values and vision. We serve the agriculture, mining, industrial and water reclamation markets with a broad range of products and technologies, worldwide. Serving these customers well is a passion and a commitment-one that the people of Tessenderlo Kerley find rewarding, empowering and meaningful.
If you want the work you do to make a positive impact on the world in which we live, and work alongside innovative, quality-focused people of vision, Tessenderlo Kerley is the right place for you.
Job Description
The Accounts Payable Manager leads the Accounts Payable function within the Finance organization and is responsible for ensuring timely and accurate invoice processing, supplier payments, AP controls, and compliance with company policies. This role oversees AP team performance, supports cash requirements related to supplier payments, partners with internal stakeholders to resolve invoice and vendor issues, and ensures effective use of SAP, VIM, and related AP processes to support operational efficiency, financial accuracy, and month-end close activities.
Key Accountabilities:
- Lead day-to-day Accounts Payable operations, ensuring timely and accurate processing and payment of supplier invoices.
- Monitor outgoing cash requirements related to supplier payments and support cash forecasting as needed.
- Oversee supplier payment runs, payment approvals, and related controls to ensure payments are accurate, timely, authorized, and compliant with company policies.
- Manage, coach, and develop the AP team, including workload allocation, training, performance feedback, and department goals.
- Ensure effective use of SAP, VIM, and related AP tools to manage invoice processing, approvals, exceptions, reporting, 3-way matching, and process documentation.
- Support month-end close through AP accruals, AP-related journal entries, GR/IR and AP reconciliations, and timely support for internal and external audit requests.
- Monitor AP performance metrics, including invoice cycle time, exception rates, first-pass rate, aging items, blocked invoices, and team productivity, and drive related process improvements.
- Maintain AP procedures, support training, and ensure consistent application of Finance policies, internal controls, segregation of duties, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Respond to supplier requests and inquiries, including payment status, invoice discrepancies, account statements, and escalation matters.
- Partner with internal teams to ensure vendor master data is accurate, properly controlled, and supported by appropriate documentation for vendor setup and changes, including banking details, tax information, payment terms, and fraud-prevention controls.
- Perform other assignments as requested.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Eight years of Accounts Payable experience, including 5+ years of supervisory or management experience.
- Strong working knowledge of AP processes, including invoice processing, 3-way matching, vendor master data, supplier payments, 1099/W-9 requirements, and month-end close support.
- SAP, VIM, or similar ERP/AP automation system experience preferred.
- Strong understanding of internal controls, payment controls, fraud prevention, and audit documentation.
- Ability to monitor AP KPIs, identify process improvement opportunities, and communicate operational performance clearly.
- Strong communication, relationship-building, conflict management, and escalation-resolution skills.
- Demonstrated leadership behaviors, including coaching, accountability, collaboration, and clear communication in both routine and difficult situations.
Additional Information
Why join Tessenderlo Kerley:
- Work/life balance
- Fun and rewarding environment
- Learning, development and teamwork
- Community involvement/outreach
- Challenging and meaningful work
Benefits & Rewards:
- Medical-Dental-Vision-Prescription (Low employee premiums!)
- 401(k) plan with dollar-for-dollar matching up to the first 5% of employee contribution
- 401(k) company retirement contribution at year-end, equal to 4% of annual base salary
- Short-term incentive awards based on measured performance criteria
- Life Insurance (2x annual base salary)
- Paid vacation and sick time, and 10 paid holidays per year
- Tuition Reimbursement: Up to $5,000 per calendar year (non-taxable)
- Adoption Assistance: Up to $7,500 in reimbursement assistance
- Paid maternity and parental time off
- Business Travel Life & Accident Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Telemedicine program for you and your dependents
- Long-Term Disability insurance
- Company referral program
Tessenderlo Kerley is part of Tessenderlo Group, an industrial group that focuses on agriculture, valorizing bio-residuals, machinery, mechanical engineering, electronics, energy, and providing industrial solutions with a focus on water. With its headquarters in Belgium, the group is active in over 100 countries, and it has a global team of more than 7,000 employees. Its belief that “Every Molecule Counts” is at the heart of the strategy of the group: Tessenderlo Group continually strives to valorize its products and processes to the maximum and to add value to everything it does. For more information about Tessenderlo Group, its people, and its brands, please visit www.tessenderlo.com.
Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
