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n Accounts Payable Manager, Affiliate Payables and Vendor Inquiries at our Corporate Offices in Ajax, ON. This is classified as a hybrid role, requiring a minimum of 2 days in office.

The VGCA Accounting Shared Services Centre provides essential back-office accounting functions for General Ledger, Inventory, Accounts Receivable and Affiliates, Accounts Payable and Fixed Assets for multiple VW Group Companies including Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Chattanooga factory production, and electric vehicle infrastructure in Canada and the United States.

The Accounts Payable Manager leads the professional personnel of the Accounts Payable team within VGCA Accounting Shared Services. This includes accurate and timely processing of affiliate payable related invoices and credits, statement reconciliations, and aging in accordance with corporate policies and procedures effectively and efficiently for the Volkswagen Group Canada accounting shared service. This role is also responsible for the overall management of trade and affiliate vendor inquiries, ensuring that all responses are timely, complete and professional.

The Accounts Payable Manager supports with various audits, providing audit requirements and analysis for various external and internal audits (quarterly, year-end, group audits).

Primary Responsibilities :

• Leads a team of 2 Analysts, 3 Specialists and 2 Coordinators (7 direct reports)
• Establish and negotiate specific performance objectives for each individual team member and ensure alignment to Accounting Services’ corporate objectives.
• Monitor teams’ performance versus established departmental and individual role metrics and take corrective action where necessary.
• Responsible for the hiring and on-boarding of new staff.
• Ensure all affiliate vendor reconciliations are complete and approved; in transit aging is managed appropriately
• Review monthly aging schedules, reports and fluctuations.
• Ensure all accounting reconciliations are complete and approved; aging is managed appropriately
• Ensure that all trade and affiliate vendor inquiries, ensuring that all responses are timely, complete and professional
• Ensure all entries originating within areas of responsibility are in compliance with IFRS and Group guidelines.
• Ensure accounting processes are properly and adequately supported and documented.
• Conduct meetings as required to discuss and resolve accounting issues, process improvements and identify risks proposing solutions and escalating as appropriate.
• Develop, monitor, and support processes to compensate for open issues and develop solutions by working closely with other departments.
• Ensure all areas of process maps, narratives, control matrices and desk procedures are prepared, updated, tested, and maintained, and ensure relevant internal controls are adhered to by team members.
• All other duties as required.

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What you’ll get in return :

Volkswagen Group Canada Inc. is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities including during the application process. If you require an accommodation because of a disability, we will work with you to determine what reasonable accommodation may be available to meet your needs whether it be as an applicant or an employee. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance. If you are selected for an interview and require an accommodation, you are encouraged to advise the Recruiter who will consult with you to determine an appropriate and reasonable accommodation. #LI-Hybrid #LI-LD1