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We leverage our world-class operations and decades-long distribution partnerships to grow the footprint of our core products and create new, innovative beverage products.\nWe are the #1 and fastest-growing brand in the Refrigerated Tea Category in the nation.\nOur core mission: People and Planet First - doing good is good for business.\nWe are committed to unlocking the personal genius of every associate and have a strong focus on growth and learning.\nOur company is women-led and strongly committed to Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging.\nWe pledge 1% of profits annually to charitable giving.\nWe are Platinum Certified in Zero Waste Manufacturing: recycling, reducing, and reusing 95% of waste at all facilities.\nWhy You Will Love Life at Milo's\nYou will collaborate with a group of passionate and high-performing people, where everyone feels empowered to do their best work and feels good about the work they are doing.\nAs a People First company, Milo’s is committed to the success and well-being of our associates, customers, and fans, no matter their gender, race, or creed. 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We champion these efforts through partnerships, education, and events to support and celebrate our diverse workforce and networks.\nIf you require assistance or accommodation to participate in the job application process, please contact .\nResponsibilities:\nLeads, develops, coaches, and manages the Accounting Specialists supporting Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.\nDevelops a high performing team of AP/AR accounting specialists by setting clear goals and expectations, providing regular coaching, feedback, and annual performance reviews, supporting career growth, and building a culture of ownership, accountability, and cross-training\nAssigns and prioritizes daily work across AP and AR, balancing transaction volume, aging items, payment deadlines, deduction activity, and cash application, while monitoring workload distribution, staffing capacity, and cross-training needs to ensure business continuity and service-level performance.\nOversees payment runs (ACH, check, and wire), confirming that approvals and payment timing align with vendor terms, cash availability, and working capital goals.\nMonitors individual and TEAm performance against defined operational KPIs to deliver working capital targets, preparing and communicating AP/AR KPI reporting, operational dashboards, and aging summaries to management.\nEstablishes expectations for documentation quality, issue ownership, escalation timing, and stakeholder communication across AP and AR.\nPartners with Purchasing, Receiving, and budget owners to reduce invoice exceptions, improve purchase order compliance, and shorten the time from receipt to payment.\nServes as the primary escalation point for significant vendor, customer, deduction, payment, credit, and invoice-related issues requiring management intervention.\nOversees employee expense processing activities, including policy exception routing, documentation requirements, reimbursement timing, and accounting classification.\nOwns operational execution of AP and AR controls, including approval verification, segregation-of-duties expectations, three-way match validation, and documentation retention, monitoring control performance and partnering with Accounting and Finance leadership to correct deficiencies.\nDesigns, documents, and enforces segregation of duties across AP and AR (for example, separating vendor and customer master data maintenance, invoice entry, approval, payment release, cash application, and bank reconciliation), and periodically reviews ERP user roles and access for conflicts, partnering with IT and Accounting leadership to remediate.\nOversees AP and AR compliance activities, including sales and use tax treatment on invoices and unclaimed property support, in partnership with Tax and Accounting leadership.\nLeads AP and AR month-end close activities, including review of subledger activity, open-item status, accrual support, and reconciliations.\nCoordinates support for annual financial statement audits and compliance reviews, ensuring documentation and transaction support are complete, accurate, and timely.\nEscalates control concerns, policy exceptions, recurring process breakdowns, and high-dollar exposures that could impact financial accuracy, cash flow, or vendor and customer relationships.\nDevelops and maintains AP and AR policies, procedures, standard operating procedures, and training materials.\nIdentifies recurring root causes and leads process improvements to reduce manual effort, rework, and cycle time across AP and AR. Takes initiative to spot problems, propose solutions, and see them through to completion, using advanced Excel analysis to quantify opportunities and measure results.\nSupports automation, ERP enhancements, and systems initiatives impacting AP and AR shared services, including Sage X3 workflow, approval routing, and user security role configuration and testing.\nUpholds and leads participation in Corporate Responsibility initiatives, including Zero Waste and sustainability, social advocacy, and MMAD volunteering opportunities.\nThis position has food safety responsibilities.\nPerform other duties as assigned.\nQualifications:\nBachelor’s degree preferred in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.\n5 or more years of experience in accounting operations, accounts payable, accounts receivable, or shared services, including 3 or more years in a relevant functional area; or 3 or more years of experience with an advanced degree.\nDemonstrated experience managing direct reports required.\nSelf-starter who takes ownership, spots problems early, and drives solutions to completion with minimal direction.\nStrong leadership skills, including coaching, developing, and holding a team accountable to quality and service standards.\nProven experience managing high-volume AP and AR processes, including shared inboxes, workflow queues, aging reports, reconciliations, and operational KPI reporting.\nHands-on experience designing, documenting, and monitoring internal controls, including segregation of duties, over AP and AR processes.\nAdvanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookup functions, and data analysis) for reconciliations, KPI reporting, and root cause analysis.\nExperience with Sage X3 is a plus; working knowledge of an ERP system is required.\nExperience leading process improvement, automation, or ERP/workflow implementation initiatives preferred.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills for working with vendors, customers, auditors, and cross-functional partners.\nSupervisory: This job has supervisory responsibilities.\nPhysical Demands: This job is sedentary. 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