Manager, Accounts Payable

Job Title & Specialty Area:  Manager, Accounts Payable 

Department: Accounting 

Location: Texas residency required 

Shift: Full-time

Job Type: Remote 

Why Children's Health?

At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.

Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.

Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.

Summary:
The Manager of Accounts Payable oversees and directs the daily operations of the accounts payable department to ensure accurate and timely disbursement of funds through various payment methods. This role is responsible for maintaining robust financial records, optimizing cash flows, and generating key financial metrics to drive process improvements. The position requires seamless collaboration with Supply Chain and Finance departments to safeguard internal controls and optimize cross-functional workflows. Exceptional relationship-building skills to partner effectively with clinical leaders, vendors and other strategic partners.

Responsibilities:
* Perform supervisory functions for the accounts payable and vendor master department, including interviewing and recommending the hiring of new staff members; providing/arranging for training for staff; collaborates with leadership to assign departmental team annual SMART goals; evaluating staff performance; and recommending personnel actions to ensure a high-performing team model. Accountable for the goals, performance and results of the team. Provides timely guidance, coaching and feedback to team members.
* Champion and lead strategic change initiatives within the department to optimize workflows and modernize financial processes.
* Analyze future business change drivers to scale and adapt the department’s operational needs for organizational growth.
* Serves as a trusted advisor to business leaders, ensuring operational readiness during large-scale enterprise transitions.
* Leads all areas of the AP process, driving process change management across the department and across the end-to-end process, through collaboration and influencing cross functional groups. Ensure process improvement, best practices and opportunities for streamlining of workflows are considered.
* Manage the AP day to day process, including purchase order (PO) matching, invoice processing, expense coding, payment issuance and account reconciliations.

 How You’ll Be Successful:

WORK EXPERIENCE

* At least 5 years related experience required
* At least 5 years experience managing and conducting the processing of Accounts Payable for a large organization required
* At least 5 years Advanced proficiency in large enterprise systems such as SAP, Oracle or Infor Cloudsuite required
* At least 5 years proven experience implementing or managing automated invoice processing workflows, OCR tools or AI related technology required
* At least 5 years strong knowledge of healthcare-specific tax guidelines, 1099 reporting and HIPAA regulations required
EDUCATION
* High School required
* Bachelor's Degree preferred

A Place Where You Belong

We put our people first. We welcome, value, and respect the beliefs, identities and experiences of our patients and colleagues. We are committed to delivering culturally effective care, creating meaningful partnerships in the communities we serve, and equipping and developing our team members to make Children’s Health a place where everyone can contribute.

 Holistic Benefits – How We’ll Care for You:

· Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years.

· 4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenure

· Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks)

· Caregiver Leave

· Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement 

As an equal opportunity employer, Children's Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other Federal or State legally-protected status or class. This applies to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer pay, training, discipline, workforce adjustments, termination, employee benefits, and any other employment-related activity.