Location: Vancouver or Courtenay, BC

Reporting to: Director, Accounting Operactions

POSITION OVERVIEW

At Waypoint, we believe insurance is about protecting what you love, and it’s a passion for what our

clients love. We’re dedicated to providing exceptional experiences that foster lasting relationships.

The Accounts Payable Supervisor plays an important role in overseeing and supporting all aspects of

the day-to-day payables accounting for the company. The successful candidate will have a great

opportunity to learn a variety of tasks, achieve a good understanding of the full end to end accounting

cycle, provide input to and have a material impact on all aspects of the payables processes. This

includes regular interactions with our front-line brokers, clients, and with all accounting team members.

As Waypoint continues to grow, this position will have the opportunity to grow within the Accounting

team!

By applying your knowledge of accounting and insurance, you’ll protect what our clients love and

cultivate meaningful connections. Success in this role means meeting Accounting deadlines and service

level targets while upholding Waypoint’s standards and guidelines.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee and manage the daily operations of the Accounts Payable team

• Lead, manage, and mentor the team to ensure adherence to policies and procedures, and foster

  internal growth, new skills, a positive culture, and career advancement

• Daily contact with our external clients, dealership partners and internal brokers, covering a variety

  of Accounts Payable tasks and issues

• Troubleshooting gaps in current processes and implementing improvements with a mindset to

  eliminate, simplify, standardize, and automate

• Monthly general ledger reconciliations and reviews, ensuring compliance and accuracy

• Assist in month-end and year-end closing processes

• Crosstrain and act as backup on a variety of key accounting tasks

• Stay up to date with the industry’s best practices, accounting standards, opportunities for

  technological integration, etc.

• Assist with recruitment, performance management, and performance reviews of the team

• Other jobs assigned by the Finance/Accounting leadership team

Additional duties and responsibilities may be added during the course of employment.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum 1 year of experience supervising staff or leading a team in accounting

• You enjoy being part of a team with a mix of face-to-face and virtual interactions

• Ability to meet firm deadlines, under potential time pressure

• Building and maintaining relationships come natural to you

• A strong knowledge of technology and experience leveraging it to improve and streamline

  processes would be a valuable asset

• Proven planning and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks, delegate effectively,
  and adapt to changing work priorities

• You have strong verbal and written communication skills, including experience having difficult

  conversations

• Take initiative to identify and address issues or opportunities, solve problems, and address

  conflict

• A curious individual with a strong desire to learn

• Proven ability to work efficiently in Microsoft Excel with Pivot Tables and other formulas

  (VLOOKUP, SUMIF)

Waypoint is actively committed to supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion. We serve and recognize and
respect human differences and similarities. We value the diversity of people and actively encourage women,
indigenous peoples, members of visible minorities, people with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
and queer (LGBTQ2+) persons to apply.