Accounts Payable Supervisor

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

The Accounts Payable Supervisor is responsible for leading day to day AP operations, ensuring accurate and timely invoice processing, strong internal controls, and high service levels to internal and external partners. This role supervises a team of AP professionals, partners closely with Finance leadership, and drives continuous improvement across processes, reporting, and controls. 

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

• Supervising and developing an Accounts Payable team, providing direction, coaching, and performance feedback to ensure accurate, timely invoice processing and positive employee engagement. 

• Monitoring invoice volumes, workload distribution, and vendor payments to meet service levels, support on‑time processing, and identify process gaps with recommended solutions. 

• Overseeing reconciliations and reporting activities, including monthly receipt reviews, follow‑up on aged items, KPI tracking, and support of month‑end close processes. 

• Driving issue resolution and service excellence, supporting team members in resolving internal and external AP issues, maintaining AP knowledge resources, and serving as an escalation point for complex inquiries. 

• Ensuring strong internal controls and audit readiness, including maintaining standard work documentation, supporting external audit requests, and promoting consistent, compliant processes. 

• Partnering with AP leadership to drive process improvement and automation, with a focus on Esker invoice automation, efficiency gains, and continuous improvement initiatives. 

• Supporting cross‑functional training and ad‑hoc requests, helping ensure clear understanding and effective execution of Accounts Payable processes across the business. 

YOU HAVE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance preferred. 

• 5+ years of Accounts Payable experience, including 1+ years of supervisory or lead experience. 

• Must be fully bilingual.

• Experience in a high‑volume, complex AP environment; experience in a publicly traded company strongly preferred. 

• Working knowledge of JD Edwards, SAP, M3, Oracle, Epicor and Esker (AP workflow) is a plus. 

• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

• Copilot experience would be a plus. 

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across functions and organizational levels. 

• Proven ability to self‑start, prioritize, and manage competing demands. 

• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and attention‑to‑detail skills. 

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:

  • Innovative & adaptable

  • Dedicated to absolute integrity

  • Focused on the customer first

  • Respectful and team oriented

  • Optimistic and energizing

  • Accountable for performance

• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.