Accounts Payable Supervisor

Your new company

Our client is a large, well-established Canadian organization with significant operations across Canada and internationally. Their finance function includes a sizable Accounts Payable team of approximately 27 employees, making AP one of the largest teams within finance.

The organization continues to evolve through acquisitions, system enhancements and the development of shared-service capabilities, creating an environment where strong operational leaders can have a meaningful impact on how processes are structured and improved.

Your new role

As Accounts Payable Supervisor, you will oversee the Domestic and Import AP function and lead a team of approximately 8–10 employees.

While the majority of invoices are PO-based, the environment is high-volume and technically complex, with numerous exceptions requiring investigation, coordination with buyers and other internal departments, and clear follow-up to ensure issues are resolved efficiently.

Beyond day-to-day AP operations, you will help strengthen processes, improve coordination between the Montreal-based team and the developing shared-services team abroad, and support broader finance initiatives, including upcoming systems changes and process centralization.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You will be expected to understand the details behind issues, coach your team, identify opportunities for improvement and help move the AP function toward a more proactive and value-added model.

What you'll need to succeed

• Strong hands-on experience within Accounts Payable, ideally in a large, high-volume environment
• Strong working knowledge of SAP, which is an important requirement for the position
• Approximately 2–3+ years of experience coordinating, supervising or leading an AP/accounting team
• Experience managing or supporting a team of approximately 8–10 employees is an asset
• Strong understanding of PO-based invoice processing, matching and exception management
• Ability to investigate complex discrepancies and work across multiple departments to resolve issues
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and efficiently with both internal and external stakeholders
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities and significant transaction volume
• A hands-on, detail-oriented approach combined with the ability to step back, understand the bigger picture and identify opportunities to improve processes
• Strong relationship-building and negotiation skills, particularly when working with operational stakeholders such as purchasing and import teams

What you'll get in return

You will join a large and stable finance organization where AP plays an important role in supporting the business. This position offers the opportunity to take ownership of a sizeable team while participating in process improvements, systems initiatives and the continued evolution of the AP function.

The position offers a salary in the $90,000–$95,000 range, depending on experience, along with the opportunity to work in a hybrid environment, currently approximately two days per week in the office.

What you need to do now

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