Opportunity Snapshot

Leverage your experience to run an exceptional department at ACCO Engineered Systems, a stable, successful company with a supportive company culture.

Our Accounts Payable Department processes approximately 178,000 invoices annually and is using a state of the art document imaging system to accomplish this task. As A/P Manager, your challenge will be to maintain this "well oiled machine" while continually looking for ways to improve the department's systems and processes.

Your Rewards

• Impact -- Change Agent? This is your chance to be truly innovative and put your ideas to work as you take charge of two departments essential to our business and identify and implement process improvements.
• Visibility & growth -- supporting all ACCO divisions will put you into contact with many of the organization's key players, including the CFO and Controller, various department heads, Sales Management, Project Managers, and more. You'll also build a unique company-wide perspective, which will allow you rare insight into our business, broad recognition for your achievements, and the competency to grow into a choice of advancement opportunities, depending on your interests and strengths.
• Great work environment -- we have an unusually large number of employees who have been with us 20 years or longer, and for good reason -- we are very successful group who enjoy a friendly and supportive atmosphere that benefits from our old-fashioned values and years of experience. At the same time, this "best-in-class" environment is "young at heart" and extremely entrepreneurial, placing creativity and self-motivation in high regard.
• Excellent benefits -- in addition to competitive compensation and bonus opportunity, we offer a full benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; a 401(k) plan; paid time off; and more.
• Professional skill development -- we are also committed to providing training opportunities to all our employees, and you'll have access to both technical training and software education on an ongoing basis. If you are motivated to pursue further work-related education, we'll encourage you and provide tuition reimbursement.

Our Requirements

• 7+ years experience in Accounting, including
  • 3-5 years of management level experience, preferably as an A/P Manager, Accounting Manager, or Assistant Controller
  • experience supervising a team of at least six direct reports
• Advanced MS Excel skills

Preferred, but not required:

• Experience with document imaging technology
• Construction industry experience
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance or Accounting

More About Your Role

In the Accounting Department of our Glendale Corporate headquarters, you'll report to our Controller and manage the Accounts Payable function for the company, which includes two major business units, locations and/or segments, totaling approximately 1,900 employees. Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Managing the A/P lead and the staff of 11 Processors and 1 Document Imaging Specialist in the Accounts Payable department.
• Directing and reviewing all typical A/P functions including invoice processing, verification, coding, and drafting of checks.
• Taking a leadership role in the post-implementation improvements of document imaging/management system (we implemented the system three months ago and now need to create better policies for managing the system and working out bugs).

Keys to Success

You'll find solid operations in place; however, if you are the right person for this role, you share in our belief that there is always room for improvement!

Constantly on the lookout for process optimization opportunities, you will need to be a strong, dependable, hands-on leader, willing to "roll up your sleeves" and work alongside the team. You'll also need to be assertive and resilient individual, able to "stand up to" internal and external stakeholders, and work with project managers and department heads with different personalities and management styles.

Of course, communication will also be key, and we'll expect you to dedicate quality time to your employees as you gather their input and help them understand the "in's and out's" of their initiatives.

If this sounds like the right mix of challenge and opportunity, and you meet the required qualifications, we look forward to hearing from you.

Who We Are

Established in 1934, ACCO Engineered Systems has grown to become one of the 10 largest mechanical contractors in the United States and a leader in the development of the design/construct approach for HVAC, plumbing, process piping, and control systems. Calling on our workforce of the highest qualified craftsmen across the nation, our specialties include heating, ventilating, air conditioning, refrigeration, process piping, plumbing, building controls, engineering, construction, building automation, and service.

Over the years we have combined our capabilities in engineering, fabrication, installation, commissioning, and service to meet the demands for competitive pricing, fast delivery, and high performance systems. Our work includes projects at Nokia Live, Staples Arena, Disney Concert Hall, Boeing, Immunex, Kaiser MOB, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, The Getty Center, Genentech, and Universal Studios.

As an employee-owned company, we are strongly committed to our products and customers. As a result, each year for the past several years our sales volume has topped $300 million. For more information, please visit www.accoes.com.