Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
Accounts Payable Supervisor
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Accounts Payable Supervisor
Accounts Payable Supervisor – EMEA
East Grinstead (Fender Musical Instruments Corporation)
About the Role
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) seeks a Accounts Payable Supervisor based in East Grinstead, responsible for supervising accounts payable operations across all EMEA entities. This role requires expertise in:
- Team management
- Payment run governance
- Navan expense administration
- Banking operations
- Ensuring AP integrity and compliance across multiple legal jurisdictions
Key Responsibilities
Supervision & Process Governance
- Oversee the AP team across EMEA, providing guidance and support daily.
- Review AP inboxes for all EMEA locales to ensure supplier correspondence is processed timeously.
- Monitor Esker queues to eliminate pending items.
Payment & Vendor Management
- Review and approve payment runs in SAP for all EMEA entities before execution.
- Assist the AP team in addressing queries via inboxes.
Navan Expense & Card Management
- Hold administrative responsibility for Navan expense software, liaising directly with the vendor on issues or upgrades.
- Administer Navan P-cards and virtual cards, including extensions, for all EMEA entities.
- Review and approve Navan journals uploaded by the team to SAP.
- Serve as Navan liaison across EMEA where needed.
- Ensure Navan claims are up to date and provision is prepared/reconciled monthly.
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Banking & Reconciliation
- Manage electronic banking statement loading, mapping, and uploads from EMEA banks to SAP.
- Archive and maintain PDF bank statements for auditing purposes.
- Organise vendor mandates/guarantees.
- Reconcile GR&IR (Goods Receipt/Invoice Receipt) accounts vs. open purchase orders every month-end.
- Submit and approve Blackline tasks, journals, and reconciliations based on month-end deadlines.
Strategic & Collaborative Initiatives
- Act as primary liaison with the US AP team, championing workflow optimisation at scale.
- Lead the Bank of America electronic banking automation project.
- Partner with the IT team to refine ERP processes in SAP for efficiency.
Requirements
Essential
- 4–6 years of accounts payable experience, including 2+ years in management/team lead positions.
- Proven understanding of end-to-end AP functions, including:
- Payment run review/approval
- ERP controls (preferably SAP)
- GL coding and reconciliation
- Strong team leadership, organisational, and multilingual stakeholder management skills.
- Intermediate Excel proficiency required.
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Desirable
- Experience with invoice platforms such as Esker.
- Expense systems familiarity, including Navan and virtual card rhythms.
- Knowledge of Blackline reconciliation tools or Bank of America banking solutions.
- Prior EMEA supplier/banking operations exposure.
- Project leadership experience (e.g. finance system automation or implementation).
- Additional European language skills.
About Fender Musical Instruments
FMIC manufactures, markets, and distributes world-renowned brands like Fender, Squier, Gretsch, and Jackson, with a presence spanning musical niches from stage equipment to creation tools.
We offer:
- Health/dental/retirement benefits
- 401(k) matching
- Competitive paid time off
- Equipment discounts
FMIC is an equal opportunity employer. Disability, veteran, and culture-inclusive non-discrimination policy applies.
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