Analyst: Financial Shared Services

Job Summary: 

The Vail Resorts Procure to Pay Team is committed to Building Leaders and Driving Value. We are creating and a market capitalization of $10 billion. We are transforming our at Vail Resorts – the ski industry’s global leader.

Our team will be driven by top-tier talent, state-of-the-art systems and tools, and strategic process management to identify and deliver against the Company’s biggest supply chain value opportunities. We are creating a sustainable high-performing team that will develop talent and prioritize career growth through accelerated opportunities and progression. This is an opportunity to join the team at a critical inflection point and shape how we create value in the future.

The Vail Resorts Accounts Payable AP Analyst will be comfortable working in a high-volume, fast-paced environment to oversee a team that supports on-time payments to our vendors. The AP Analyst role will work with the team to address inefficiencies in the vendor-specific invoicing process and address performance issues with vendors. Stakeholders include Sourcing, Procurement, Resorts, Corporate, and Vendors

.The AP Analyst will partner with cross-functional stakeholders to resolve exception processing and provide exceptional customer service to support internal and external stakeholders. The Individual will exhibit strong leadership skills, including the ability to coach, mentor, and develop others, and to motivate the team to produce quality work within deadlines while managing projects with competing priorities.

Applicants will have strong attention to detail, critical thinking to challenge the status quo, and a continuous pursuit of ways to improve the S2P process. An ideal candidate will be a process-oriented individual who is flexible and thrives in a growth-oriented environment based on changing business needs, while maintaining a strategic mindset towards continuous improvement and employee development opportunities. 

Job Specifications:

• Starting Wage: $58,604.00 - $83,720.00 

• Employment Type: Year Round  

• Shift Type: Full Time hours available 

• Minimum Age: At least 18 years of age  

• Housing Availability: No  

Job Responsibilities: 

• Responsible for handling invoice processing, overseeing queue workflow, and completing weekly check runs
• Maintain vendor account reconciliations to ensure vendor accounts are current within established payment terms among vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with Sourcing, Procurement, Resorts and Corporate stakeholders, and vendors to resolve vendor compliance and invoice processing issues to prevent credit holds.
• Act as a point of escalation for Accounts Payable and business process owners to provide exceptional customer service to ensure professional, accurate and timely remediation of issues.
• Responsible for month-end close activities, including timely and accurate review of journals, completed AP/GL account reconciliations, and support for GL account reconciliation inquiries.
• Prepare, maintain, and monitor weekly and monthly reporting for assigned P2P metrics.
• Provide staff training to ensure individual and team KPI’s are maintained, work is completed accurately, procedures are being followed, and deadlines are being met.
• Participate in all systems upgrades, ad hoc testing, and technology process improvements.
• Support internal and external audit requests.
• Monitor staff performance and identify areas for coaching opportunities, including managing employee morale, issues, performance appraisals, and concerns.
• Ensure compliance with SOX by monitoring and reporting on key controls.
• Develop leadership skills in others by coaching, mentoring, knowledge sharing and reinforcing best practices.

Job Requirements:  

• B.A. or B.S. in Accounting, Finance, or related field; relevant work experience also accepted instead of education requirements (3+ years relevant experience)
• Two or more years of accounts payable analyst experience
• Strong accounting and analytical background with a proven track record for understanding business processes and identifying opportunities for efficiencies.
• Great organization skills with the ability to balance and prioritize work in a high-volume, fast-paced environment
• Strong verbal and written communication with the ability to connect and build relationships with stakeholders
• Excellent time management skills to balance customer service issues while meeting project and task-related deadlines.
• Demonstrate learning agility and thought leadership as business needs change and increase in complexity
• Ability to work autonomously, balancing multiple projects
• Strong proficiency in MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Experience in PeopleSoft, Coupa, MMS, OnBase and Brainware preferred