Manager, North America Accounts Payable

Description

Company Overview: At Greenbrier, we do the hard work that matters. The Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) is powering the movement of products around the world as a leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of freight rail transportation equipment and services.
Greenbrier’s heritage of hard work and industrial innovation is celebrated at every level of our organization. We structure our business to support teams that deliver innovative solutions for our customers while positively impacting the world around us.
Greenbrier’s success begins with people. We believe in supporting our global workforce through our unwavering attention to Safety, Quality, Respect for People and Customer Satisfaction. Our IDEAL commitment is rooted in these values, which promotes Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, and Leadership, creating a culture where employees are fulfilled and feel good about coming to work every day. A diverse, qualified, and engaged talent base is the key to our success. Summary: Summary The Manager, North America Accounts Payable reports directly to Director, North America Financial Shared Services. This role entails overseeing and managing the North American accounts payable function. The accounts payable process will be managed, ensuring timely processing of vendor invoices to properly reflect liabilities to vendors on the balance sheet, with oversite of reconciliation of all accounts payable accruals for North America and timely payments to vendors following company remittance policy. Candidates should possess a working understanding of accounts payable and general ledger with the ability to make decisions with available information, and the aptitude to solve problems. The Manager is vital in establishing and implementing a unified accounts payable shared services function across the company's North American business, supporting a vision of transformational change management.
Duties and Responsibilities To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to satisfactorily perform the following essential duties. Other duties may be assigned to address business needs and changing business practices.

• Lead and manage North America accounts payable team.
• Design, establish, and implement consistent and efficient policies and business processes across all North American locations.
• Manage the daily workflow of vendor invoices received by the company, including three-way match and non-PO.
• Use problem-solving ability to manage the customer-vendor relationship for errors on invoices received from vendors.
• Use decision-making ability to correctly book month-end vendor accruals through analysis and accrue for invoices received post-period.
• Oversee cash disbursements and pay run processes, establish a systematic, efficient process, and analyze cash needs to support forecast reporting and working capital management.
• Lead new and change vendor master data and vendor bank confirmation management to facilitate consistent vendor master data and management.
• Support the analysis of accounts payable balances using problem-solving competence to address reconciliation issues.
• Oversee annual 1099 review and reporting.
• Oversight of OCR workflow, support, and security.
• Collaborate cross functionally and across various finance personnel to ensure adequate business support and implement best practices and unified processes across our North America businesses, including supporting operations, legal, IT, procurement, etc. as necessary.
• Coordination with the ERP support team to maximize system efficiencies using continuous improvement.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for management and SEC reporting.
• Communicate and provide information to internal, external, and customer auditors.
• Implement and maintain unified, efficient internal controls over financial reporting across the North American accounts payable function.
• As needed, support management and executive leadership with various transformation, financial reporting requests, transaction work, special projects, and business analysis projects.

Qualifications The following generally describes the requirements to successfully perform the assigned duties.
Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field is required.
• 10+ years of experience in accounting, finance, or shared services roles, including management of people and teams.
• ERP implementation experience preferred.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively communicate financial information to financial and non-financial stakeholders, including Executive leadership.
• Proficiency in financial software and systems such as CPM, EPM, and ERP (e.g., Microsoft D365, Epicor, OneStream, etc.).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, focusing on Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical, resource allocation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work under tight deadlines and multitask in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Ability to represent the department and company with internal and external customers

Work Environment and Physical Requirements Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Remote with travel or based at global headquarters in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Travel to our business locations may be required.
Physical Activities and Requirements Frequency Key Not Applicable: Activity is not applicable to this occupation Occasionally: Occupation requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0- 2.5+ hours/day) Frequently: Occupation requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5- 5.5+ hours/day) Constantly: Occupation requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5+ hours/day)
Working Postures

• Sit: Frequently
• Stand: Occasionally
• Walk: Occasionally
• Bend: Not Applicable
• Kneel/Squat: Not Applicable
• Crawl: Not Applicable
• Climb: Not Applicable
• Reach Forward: Occasionally
• Reach Upward: Not Applicable
• Handling/Fingering: Frequently

Lift / Carry Requirements

• 5-10 lbs: Not Applicable
• 10-25 lbs: Not Applicable
• 25-50 lbs: Not Applicable
• 50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
• 75+ lbs: Not Applicable

Push / Pull Requirements

• Up to 10 lbs: Not Applicable
• 10-25 lbs: Not Applicable
• 25-50 lbs: Not Applicable
• 50-75 lbs: Not Applicable
• 75+ lbs: Not Applicable

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