Manager Accounts Payable

Job Description

The Manager of Accounts Payable is responsible for managing the Accounts Payable function in a high-volume, fast-paced gaming and hospitality environment. This role is critical in ensuring timely and accurate payments, maintaining vendor relationships, ensuring regulatory compliance, and driving process improvements.

Essential Duties

• Ensure compliance with all department and company policies, procedures, internal controls and government regulations.


• Oversee daily, weekly, and monthly AP operations for multiple business units including casinos, hotels, food & beverage outlets, and entertainment venues.


• Responsible for journal entries of payables and assists in month-end general ledger closing activities.


• Review all requests for disbursement for proper authenticity and documentation.


• Oversee the audits of all invoices, purchase orders and receiving documentation.


• Lead and manage the Accounts Payable team, ensuring accurate and timely processing of invoices, monthly use tax and payments.


• Develop, implement, and refine AP policies and procedures to improve efficiency and internal controls.


• Provide training regarding general ledger and accounts payable topics.


• Assign work and responsibilities, directing employees, scheduling and training to ensure that the work group operates at maximum efficiency.


• Participate in the employee selection process, interviewing and recommending that candidates are hired.


• Train, coach, and evaluate staff performance; foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement. Set performance standards for tasks, jobs and roles of their employees.


• Discipline employees and issues corrective actions.


• Lead system implementations or upgrades related to AP processes and ERP systems.


• Attend periodic meetings and training sessions.


• Demonstrate and provide outstanding customer and employee relations at all times.


• Perform other duties as assigned.

  Job Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical and Mental Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is also regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, and to sit, climb or balance, and stoop, stretch, bend, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Essential responsibilities include moderate physical ability such as lift or maneuver at least twenty-five (25) pounds, and varied instances of standing/walking. 

  Language Skills:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents, such as policy and procedure manuals, maintenance instructions, and other related documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries from other employees or guests. Fluency in English required, second language a plus. Ability to write detailed instructions and correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and group situations.

Mathematical Skills & Reasoning Ability:

Ability to compute mathematical calculations. Ability to decipher various reports and maintain reports upon request. 

  Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that exists while employees are performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is typically moderate. When on the property or some back of house areas, the noise level increases to loud. Must be able to interact with internal and external guests in a professional manner.


• Due to the unpredictable nature of the hospitality/entertainment industry, employees must be able to work varying schedules to reflect the business needs of the property.


• Maintain high level of accuracy and attention to detail.


• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.


• Present oneself in a neat and clean appearance at all times.

  Work/Educational Experience

•   Proficiency with financial systems (e.g., SAP or similar ERP systems).


• Must be at least 18 years old, possess a high school or equivalent diploma and have the ability to obtain the appropriate license pursuant to the New York State Lottery regulations.


• Bachelor’s Degree in related field AND two (2) years’ experience in a Supervisory position
  
  
  
  • OR Four (4) years’ experience in a Management position
  
  
  • OR Two (2) years’ experience in a Supervisory position within Resorts World
  
  


• Six (6) years’ related accounts payable work experience.


• Prior experience in the gaming or hospitality industry is strongly preferred.


• Familiarity with gaming compliance requirements (e.g., Title 31, SOX, or local gaming commissions) is a plus.