Accounts Payable Specialist

About the Role

Responsible for leading the month-end close process, performing reconciliations, maintaining general ledger integrity, and delivering accurate financial analysis to support operational and leadership decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate month-end close by preparing and posting journal entries, performing detailed variance analyses, and driving process improvements to tighten the close cycle.
• Ensure accurate data capture, timely issue resolution, and consistent application of accounting policies to support a faster, more reliable financial close.
• Manage monthly reconciliations across general and subsidiary ledger accounts, ensuring accurate balance validation, timely variance identification, and complete audit-ready documentation.
• Oversee data pulls, exception tracking, and corrective journal entries while maintaining a disciplined review and approval workflow that supports financial integrity and compliance.
• Run ad hoc account and financial analysis for operations, commercial, and leadership, providing timely insights that support decision-making across revenue performance, cost trends, margin health, customer account behavior, and operational efficiency.
• Provide backup support to Accounts Payable and other accounting functions as needed.
• Contribute to departmental initiatives and projects, including process improvements related to AP automation, reconciliation accuracy, and enhanced reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 1–3 years of accounting experience.
• A combination of education and experience equivalent to the above.

Skills

• Knowledge of the full AP cycle.
• Working knowledge of US GAAP as it touches AP and accruals.
• Strong Excel skills; fluency in standard office tools.
• Curiosity about AI and a willingness to learn new tools.
• Exposure to NetSuite (implementation), FloQast, or Datarails.
• Experience contributing to process improvement or automation initiatives.
• Experience with AP automation platforms or workflow tooling.
• Ability to multitask and work well under pressure within deadlines; excellent organizational skills.