The Director of Accounts Payable will have the overall responsibility for the Accounts Payable Department for all aspects of Merchandise and Expense Accounts Payables, Vendor Master Maintenance and Deduction Research & Resolution Performance expectations are: • Determining the department's strategic objectives and policies • Clearly and concisely communicating the objectives, policies and responsibilities • Monitoring and measuring progress towards achieving the objectives and policies • Effective mentoring and hiring of support staff and ensuring training, development and advancement of personnel • Providing leadership, business case studies, alternative support approaches, project and communication plans to aggressively move forward in challenging current transactional related financial and procurement activities • Build and maintain effective and productive relationships with internal /external customers (Vendors, Merchants, Logistics, other Finance teams &Vendor Relations) through collaborative, timely and accurate interaction and responses • Maintaining and updating team process documentation & opportunities to enhance process efficiencies. Oversee testing and implementation of modifications to accounts payable systems; provide coordination with internal and external auditors for periodic reviews and SOX compliance; support all corporate, store and vendor process improvements and initiatives, develop, prepare and present all monthly reporting deliverables, including the Monthly Operating Reports, Key Performance indicators and other reporting as defined, provide deliverables for quarterly and annual financial statement audits, as well as other special projects as determined.