Role Description
We are looking for an Accounts Payable Specialist to join our growing accounting team. The ideal candidate will bring good attention to detail and a collaborative approach to improving processes over time. This role is responsible for setting up vendors, inputting bills within our AP system, processing employee expenses, and other ad hoc projects. You'll work closely with a small but nimble team in a fast-paced, early-stage environment. This is an exciting opportunity for someone early in their accounting career looking to build experience and grow with the Company.
Core Responsibilities
- Inputting invoices into our AP module
- Ensuring bills are paid on time
- Ability to communicate with department leads
- Enforcing our expenditure approval process for purchasing and payments
- Reconciling credit card transactions
- Processing Employee Expenses
- Vendor Set Up
- Creating and Processing Purchase Orders
- Support the Accruals Process
- General Journal Entries to support bank reconciliations
- Help prepare Month End working papers
- Help prepare Quarter End working papers
- Prepare Bank Reconciliations
- Identify opportunities for process improvements within the AP function
- Keep the AP close calendar on track end-to-end; invoices, approvals, and reconciliations completed on schedule, with issues flagged proactively
- Ad Hoc work
Minimum Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience with the AP function, or equivalent experience in audit or corporate accounting
- Eager to learn and contribute ideas as you build AP experience
- Basic knowledge of accounting principles
- Track record of consistently meeting recurring deadlines in a high-volume, detail-heavy role (e.g., month-end close, payroll cycles, reporting deadlines)
- Ability to manage and prioritize a queue of tasks reliably, escalating when needed
- Good attention to detail
- Proficient in Microsoft Office suite
- Ability to adapt to a system conversion as we grow
- Optimistic and flexible with change
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience managing a recurring close process (AP, payroll, or reporting) from start to finish