Accounts Payable/Compliance Operations Supervisor bei City and County of Denver

About Our Job

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose — for you, and those who benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver.

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. New hires are typically brought into the organization between $72,534.00 -  $96,108.00/year, based on experience and education. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
• 457B Retirement Plan
• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

Location & Schedule

In this position you can expect to a hybrid schedule, with at least three in-office days, Monday- Friday, standard business hours, at the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building at 201 W Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80202.

The City and County of Denver has announced furlough days, or unpaid days off, for most employees to meet a budget shortfall in 2025. There are two fixed furlough days for all limited (temporary positions with an end date) and unlimited (permanent) employees on August 29th, the Saturday before Labor Day, and November 28th, the day after Thanksgiving. If you receive an offer for this position, your annual pay will determine whether you are required to take additional furlough days. Details will be discussed during the offer process for selected candidate(s).

Denver Economic Development & Opportunity (DEDO) serves to support Denver’s businesses, employers and workforce, creating shared prosperity and sustained economic growth.

DEDO has sharpened its focus and enhanced alignment across divisions, ensuring its work is centered on the premise that quality jobs are the most powerful tool to create better outcomes for Denverites. We accomplish this by making Denver a place that is easy to do business with, fosters job creation, and builds an economy that works for everyone. We help residents gain the skills, training, and credentials needed to secure quality jobs while also supporting, growing, and recruiting local employers.

DEDO’s Executive Office is dedicated to advancing the operational effectiveness and customer service of DEDO, advancing its programs and initiatives, and increasing the impacts and outcomes achieved for the residents and businesses of Denver. Key activities include strategic planning, compliance, policy development, marketing and communications, media relations, finance, accounting, data analysis and continuous improvement.

The Executive Office is currently seeking an Accounts Payable/Compliance Operations Supervisor.

As the Accounts Payable/Compliance Operations Supervisor, your responsibilities will include:

• Serve as a working manager for all agency accounts payable activities, including reviewing, processing and approving invoices for payments, creating requisitions and processing change orders to encumber funds for contracts
• Supervise a small team of frontline contract compliance coordinators responsible for reviewing vendor invoices for completeness and compliance and processing for payment
• Work closely with city and agency compliance, contract, accounting and finance staff engaged in fiscal administrative functions and activities
• Provide high-quality customer service by responding timely to inquiries from a variety of internal and external stakeholders including agency staff, grant sub-recipients and third-party vendors
• Understand and comply with applicable federal, state, city and agency grant, program, fiscal and budget regulations related to agency payment activities
• Work with program, finance, compliance staff and vendors to identify and resolve issues and problems related to invoice payment processing including difficult and/or unusual payment issues
• Create and work within systems, processes and operational policies as needed to ensure assignment accuracy, completeness and timeliness and communicate with team and agency staff any recommendations for improvements
• Develop data related to payment processing and communicate with agency leadership team contributions to agency goals and objectives through performance metrics and measurements
• Assist team in creation of goals and performance measures, provide feedback for improvement and recognize and reward outstanding staff performance

What You’ll Bring

We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level. 

Our ideal candidate will also have the following skills and experience: 

• Strong demonstrated prior supervisory experience with accounts payable and A/P compliance in a grant-funded governmental setting
• Team leadership and coaching skills that enhances, expands staff professional growth and career trajectory
• Familiarity with Federal grants such as: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities, deadlines, and drive projects to completion with limited supervision
• Experience in Workday, Salesforce, PowerBI, MS Office Suite (in particular, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Strong business ethical conduct and the ability to maintain confidentiality
• Proactive, with expert problem-solving skills, along with a very strong attention to detail, and accuracy
• Strong customer service skills, written and verbal

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education requirement: Graduation from high school or the possession of a GED, HiSET or TASC Certificate.
• Experience Requirement: Five (5) years of supervisory experience within a fiscal operational area.
• Education/Experience Equivalency: Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirement.

Application Deadline

To be considered for this position, you must include the following on your job application (upload the attachment(s) to the Resume/CV section on the My Experience tab):

• Resume
• Cover Letter sharing your supervisory experience in a government setting

This job posting is expected to stay open until September 29, 2025. Please submit your application as soon as possible and no later than September 28, 2025, at 11:59 PM.

About Everything Else

Job Profile

CV2908 Fiscal Operational Supervisor II

To view the full job profile including position specifications, physical demands, and probationary period, click here.

Position Type

Unlimited

Position Salary Range

$72,534.00 - $119,681.00

Target Pay

$72,534.00 - $96,108.00/year, based on experience and education

Agency

Denver Economic Development & Opportunity

The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law. 

It is your right to access oral or written language assistance, sign language interpretation, real-time captioning via CART, or disability-related accommodations. To request any of these services at no cost to you, please contact [email protected] with three business days’ notice.

Applicants for employment with the City and County of Denver must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.

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