Director, Accounts Payable

The Accounts Payable Director is responsible for ensuring the payables staff is supervised, vendors and suppliers are paid timely and accurately in compliance with Texas Prompt Pay laws and travel and P-Card programs are properly administered. Also responsible for ensuring Travel activity and expensing are reviewed efficiently and on time for the UHCL campus community, the department budget recommendation accommodates projected fiscal year activities, and UH system has support for software platform changes.

Duties:

• Directs and supervises staff in day-to-day operations of full cycle accounts payable and travel department by recruiting, training, developing, and assessing individual employee productivity, accuracy, and effectiveness.
• Oversees compliance with UH system, Federal, Texas state, best practice rules and regulations regarding payments.
• Develops and coordinates campus-wide training on accounts payable business processes.
• Continuously evaluates and improves accounts payable internal processes including management of payables to leverage available discounts and maintain and/or improve vendor satisfaction.
• Works collaboratively across campus and UH system to identify and implement accounting and auditing platform enhancements.
• Develops and maintains applicable, documented accounts payable policies, procedures, controls, and business processes.
• Tests and implements software upgrades to existing systems.
• Manages USAS [Uniform Statewide Accounting System] access and transactions.
• Produces query-based ERP platform production reports as needed and performs other duties as assigned.

Required:

Preferred:

Master's degree.

Experience in a State of Texas higher education institution.

Full-time position with benefits. Criminal and motor background checks required.  To apply, please complete the online application and attach a resume and a cover letter.  Applications without the required documents will be considered incomplete and disqualified.