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The Accounts Payable Manager is responsible for overseeing and coordinating invoice processing for WellMed's South Region. Responsibilities include staff development to ensure accurate invoice processing according to service level agreements and serving as a liaison between customers and multiple departments.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Oversees two accounts payable small teams responsible for high volume invoice processing of non-PO and PO invoices using a variety of systems
• Mentors and develops AP staff
• Works with other departments to ensure accurate and timely processing of payables
• Oversee the processing of payment requests in a timely and accurate manner ensuring adherence to SLA
• Resolves payment and process escalations
• Serves as a resource for staff regarding policies and procedures, GL coding validation and approval authorization
• Coaching and counseling employees to perform work to the high standards expected within the department including performing excellent customer service
• Vendor Reconciliations
• Identifies opportunities for process improvements
• Metrics

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree equivalent work experience or (5+ years of experience beyond in lieu of degree)
• 3+ years accounts payable management experience
• Experience with Accounting ERP Systems
• Immediate Excel
• Proven problem solving/reconciliation
• Proven excellent communication skills, oral and written

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Concur Invoice and People Soft Financial
• Experience with Premier Connect, Ariba or Coupa experience
• Healthcare experience
• Proven ability to supervise remote employees

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.