Accounts Payable Specialist
About the role
The Accounts Payable Specialist plays a key role in the day-to-day operations of the North American Accounts Payable function at Crocs, Inc. This position provides leadership and subject matter expertise while partnering with internal stakeholders, vendors, and team members to ensure an efficient procure-to-pay (P2P) process, strong financial controls, and exceptional service delivery.
Responsibilities
- Support daily accounts payable operations, including invoice processing, payment execution, vendor maintenance, and internal control compliance to ensure accurate and timely payments.
- Partner with Indirect Procurement, FP&A, internal stakeholders, vendors, and PTP peers across regions to support an efficient, standardized, and globally aligned procure-to-pay process.
- Review and approve payment files, special payment requests, and AP transactions to ensure accuracy, compliance, and alignment with established procedures.
- Serves as a key escalation point in AP inquiries and special Requests while ensuring compliance with AP policies, enforce ALM and AP approval workflows, and fraud prevention controls.
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, tax regulations, 1099 reporting requirements, and audit standards while supporting internal and external audit requests.
- Complete month-end AP accruals and related close activities, ensuring deadlines are met and documentation is accurate and complete.
- Provide oversight, training, mentoring, and subject matter expertise to AP team members and third-party service providers supporting the P2P function.
- Identify, recommend, implement, and document process improvements, best practices, and system enhancements to strengthen AP operations and service delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field preferred, with 2+ years of accounts payable experience.
- Positive, customer-focused mindset with excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build effective cross-functional partnerships across the organization.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, train, mentor, and positively influence team members while collaborating effectively with both internal and offshore partners in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Strong knowledge of accounts payable processes, accounting principles, ERP systems, and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications; SAP experience preferred.
- Experience supporting invoice processing technologies, including OCR and invoice automation technologies is a plus.
- Hightly organized and detail-oriented, with strong prioritization and time-management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and meeting deadlines.
- Proven problem-solving and process improvement skills, including the ability to identify root causes and drive operational efficiencies.
Qualifications
- Highly organized and detail-oriented, with strong prioritization and time-management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and meeting deadlines.
- Proven problem-solving and process improvement skills, including the ability to identify root causes and drive operational efficiencies.
Skills
- Accounts Payable Processes
- Accounting Principles
- ERP Systems
- Microsoft Office Applications
- SAP Experience Preferred
- Invoice Processing Technologies
- OCR and Invoice Automation Technologies
Benefits
- Medical Coverage
- Dental Coverage
- Vision Coverage
- Life and AD&D Coverage
- Short and Long-Term Disability Coverage
- Paid Time Off
- Employee Assistance Program
- Participation in a 401k Program that includes company match
Pay
Salary or Pay Range: $69,000 - $79,000 Pay offered will vary based on job-related factors such as location, experience, training, skills, and abilities.
Schedule
This role has been aligned to the Collaborator persona. Your participation in this flexible schedule plays a key role in building a connected and successful team. In-office requirements vary by our work personas: Resident (5 days), Collaborator (4 days), Connector (2-3 days), Explorer (fully remote).