Accounting Supervisor for Accounts Payable

Land O' Lakes Inc. is one of America's premiere member-owned cooperatives. They offer local cooperatives and agricultural producers across the nation an extensive line of agricultural supplies, as well as state-of-the-art production and business services. They also are a leading marketer of dairy-based food products for consumers, foodservice professionals and food manufacturers.

This position will be responsible for supervising, leading, training and motivating a team of accounts payable technicians in a high volume manual processing environment and to achieve high productivity and accuracy expectations in a changing environment. Ideal candidate will be able to create a cohesive, customer service-focused team while also proactively driving process improvements through root-cause analysis and creative problem solving. * Supervise the activities of a team of technicians and senior specialists supporting a variety of invoice processing and vendor support functions within the Accounts Payable team. Provide leadership and direction to the team including hiring, development, coaching, training, goal setting and recognition. * Drive process improvement activities for the area through leading or supporting projects and other initiatives. Supports, leads, and communicates special projects impacting the area which result in reduced costs and more efficient processes. * Provide day-to-day oversight of assigned accounts payable processes. Ensure that staffing levels are appropriate to manage daily work volume to ensure timely and accurate payment of transactions. Complete month-end activities and related processes, including monthly metrics tracking are completed in a timely and accurate manner. * Ensure adherence to established internal controls, policies and execution of Sarbanes-Oxley controls. Ensure all policies are compliant with Sarbanes-Oxley, corporate accounting standards, and that the policies are being adhered to by all team members. * Partners with internal customers, vendors, and other departments to identify service levels, expectations, and productivity improvements. Maintain positive and productive relationships with business partners, customers and vendors. Gives priority to escalated invoice issues, including situations which may require urgent expedited payment (including wires and same-day payments). * Due to the nature of this position, must have the ability to work extended hours for job related duties such as month-end, year-end, etc.

**Experience-Education Required:** * Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance along with a minimum of 5-7 years relevant work experience. * Previous experience supervising Accounting and/or Accounts Payable teams. **Competencies-Skills Required:** * Strong ability to lead and develop teams, including hiring, developing, coaching, training and motivating staff. * Excellent creative problem-solving skills including ability to proactively drive continuous process improvement and reduce costs. * Strong understanding of accounts payable processes, internal controls and overall business processes. * Strong customer focus and ability to communicate at all levels. * Excellent understanding of business and accounting applications and technology, including exposure to large ERP systems, excel and Word.