Accounts Payable Manager

  • Nanostring
  • Apr 19, 2022
Full time Financial Corporate Finance Accounting Accounts Payable CPA

Job Description

Who We Are: 

NanoString Technologies (NASDAQ: NSTG) is a leading provider of life science tools for discovery and translational research. The company’s nCounter® Analysis System is used in life sciences research and has been cited in more than 3,800 peer-reviewed publications. The nCounter Analysis System offers a cost-effective way to easily profile the expression of hundreds of genes, proteins, miRNAs, or copy number variations, simultaneously with high sensitivity and precision, facilitating a wide variety of basic research and translational medicine applications. The company’s GeoMx® Digital Spatial Profiler enables highly-multiplexed spatial profiling of RNA and protein targets in a variety of sample types, including FFPE tissue sections.  Built on pioneering principles in 2003, NanoString is blazing new trails and exploring new frontiers to adapt to the everchanging landscape and becoming smarter and more innovative in the process.  We are dedicated to advancing scientific discovery and providing solutions that can have a meaningful impact in research and discovery.   

Our purpose is to Map the Universe of Biology.   We enable scientists to answer questions they have always wanted to ask to explore the boundaries of cellular structures and create an atlas of biological interactions that define life.  We are relentless in our quest to Catalyze the Next Biological Revolution leading to Advancing the Human Condition.  In addition to a pioneering spirit, we value:  Grit.  Authenticity.  Ambition.  Ingenuity.  Customers.  Join our team!  

Job Summary:

NanoString is looking for an experienced Manager, Accounts Payable to lead our team.  The role is responsible for the supervision of the Accounts Payable staff including the training, assigning, and directing the work flow of the staff.  This role has the opportunity effect change by redesigning the processes and controls around all payment processes for better efficiency while adherence to SOX requirements.  The role is also responsible for planning, organizing, and control of process flow and payment of obligations and adherence to corporate and SOX policies and procedures.  This position requires regular communication to internal and external customers, proposals to management for process improvement solutions, and ad-hoc report development for special projects. 

 

Essential Functions:

  • Provide supervision, training, direction, and back-up to accounts payable staff.
  • Train, grow, and measure individual and Team performance. Manage talent and expectations.
  • Establish key metrics for measurement of daily invoice processing.
  • Design, standardize, and document AP workflow process and procedures.
  • Prepare, verify, and audit check runs and EFT payments for amounts and G/L coding.
  • Support online banking related to wire processing (templates and payments), including optimization of ACH payments, where possible.
  • Ensure that critical vendor statements are reconciled on a timely basis and exceptions are resolved.
  • Work with the purchasing team and business owners to resolve pending matters associated with received and un-invoiced POs, invoiced and un-received POs, mismatched PO receipts and quantities and unit cost variances.
  • Oversee the production of periodic vendor information on payments such as 1099 reports.
  • Work with Supply Chain to ensure that vendor files are complete, accurate and up to date
  • Conduct annual performance reviews for direct reports.
  • Reconcile month-end A/P aging.
  • Support financial statement, and other external audit processes

Requirements:

  • 5+ years of Accounts Payable experience, processing at least $100 million per year in a multi-entity environment with demonstrated growing responsibilities.
  • 3+ years of managerial experience, supervising teams, preferably in a SOX environment
  • BA/BS in Accounting or equivalent work experience.
  • Proven team building skills and the ability to work effectively across departments
  • Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams throughout organization
  • Ability to establish and document best practices and train accordingly
  • Moderate Excel skills

 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Microsoft Dynamics NAV software experience and exposure to Concur or other expense management tools preferred.