At Owens & Minor, our Mission is simple: empowering our customers to advance healthcare. Our teammates continue to play an essential role in the global fight against COVID-19 by working to ensure our healthcare customers have what they need, when they need it, enabling them to focus on the critical task of providing patient care. As a Fortune 500 company with over 15,000 teammates in over 70 countries, Owens & Minor remains laser-focused on delivering on our Mission throughout COVID-19 and beyond. Our $9-billion business includes our Global Solutions and Global Products segments, with core offerings structured across three pillars of excellence: Products, Services, and Distribution. 

Our people are the power that propels us. As we continue to navigate unprecedented circumstances, teammate safety remains our top priority, and all of our facilities have implemented enhanced safety and sanitation protocols. Just as our teammates are dedicated to empowering healthcare around the world, Owens & Minor is dedicated to providing the kind of culture and benefits that empower teammates to grow their careers and enjoy the rewarding work they do every day.  

Owens & Minor benefits are applicable to Full Time Regular and Permanent Teammates, and include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, available on first working day


• 401(k), eligibility after 30 days of employment


• Employee stock purchase plan


• Tuition reimbursement


• Development opportunities to grow your career with a global company

Job Summary

Leads, manages, and optimizes the Accounts Payable processes and systems for Owens & Minor business units, ensuring the process supports global expansion needs of the company. Leads governance and management of Accounts Payable to international and domestic vendors, with a focus on supplier statement reconciliation and resolution.  Ensures compliance with related SOX controls and proper and timely completion of audit schedules and reconciliations.

Core Responsibilities

• Ensures department activities are directed towards the coordination and achievement of strategic goals and objectives with a focus on continuous process improvement.


• Establishes financial and headcount budgets, achieving department results within approved budgets and targets.


• Identifies and leads training and teambuilding activities to maintain and improve morale, improve the efficiency of the team, and develop skills and competencies to resolve complex issues with multiple parties.


• Leads a team that ensures invoices are processed accurately and timely into the respective systems. Ensures vendor cash discounts are earned through the timely matching and payment of invoices for goods and services received and within agreed upon terms.


• Develops audit procedures to ensure proper compliance throughout the systems’ respective internal controls in support of Owens & Minor’s compliance efforts with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.


• Performs Black line reconciliations of AP GL accounts and follow up to resolve aging items. Determines unpaid expenses to be accrued in each accounting period.


• Identifies and implements continuous improvement opportunities to processes and methodologies.

Qualifying Experience

• Four year undergraduate degree required


• 7 or more years of experience managing a complex, high volume, highly automated Accounts Payable environment


• SAP/Oracle Accounts Payable experience strongly preferred


• Previous experiencing managing a remote workforce strongly preferred

If you feel this opportunity could be the next step in your career, we encourage you to apply.

Owens & Minor is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, religion, disability, age, status as a veteran, or any other status prohibited by applicable national, federal, state or local law.

Note: Owens & Minor is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our Company via email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our Company. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by our Company as a result of the referral or through other means.