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Accounts Payable Lead
Location: Baltimore, MD
Job Description:
Accounts Payable Lead- Hybrid in White Marsh, MD
About the Company and Accounts Payable Lead Opportunity:
- CFS is partnering with a repeat client based in Baltimore county. Due to an upcoming retirement, they are hiring an Accounts Payable Lead to join their large accounting team. This is a contract to hire position; for the right candidate, this position will become permanent.
- Schedule: The Accounts Payable Lead will be mostly remote. Company is based in White Marsh, MD so candidates must be commutable to White Marsh, MD up to two days (Monday & Thursday) per week.
- Work 8 hours per day. Hours can be flexible between 6am-6pm, 40 hours per week, M-F. Potential for overtime!
- Reports to the Accounting Manager
- Salary: $65,000
- Ideal start: Late October 2025
Job Duties of the Accounts Payable Lead:
- Manage a high volume of corporate billing and invoicing with accuracy and timeliness
- Prioritize and process vendor payments to maintain critical business relationships
- Maintain proactive vendor relations, understanding payment sensitivities and service cut-off risks
- Coordinate closely with the operations team to align vendor payments with customer collections
- Balance vendor payment speed with corporate cash flow needs, making informed prioritization decisions
- Manually code accounts payable invoices, ensuring proper GL account allocation
- Present AP data and reporting to management
- Perform check runs and process onsite mail 1-2x per week
- Review and analyze aging reports to identify and resolve outstanding payment issues
Qualifications for the Accounts Payable Lead:
- 5+ years' AP experience
- Strong with vendor relations, manual coding, check runs, etc.
- Experience with AP automation a plus
- Experience using NetSuite a plus but not required
- Proficient Excel skills (create basic pivot tables, knowledge of formulas, lookups, linking sheets, presenting data to management, etc.)
- Diligent, detail oriented, strong communication, patient, team player but also comfortable working independently, able to pivot and provide process improvement
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