Accounts Payable Specialist

About Us

At PARTNER, success starts with the right mindset: connection, compassion, and curiosity. Whether consulting with clients or collaborating with colleagues, these principles guide how we work. We deliver engineering, environmental, and energy consulting, plus design services across the Americas, Europe, and beyond. As a leader in Commercial Real Estate (CRE), we’re 1,600+ professionals strong in 40+ offices. Our mission is simple: create the best home for talented professionals. If you value delivering exceptional experiences through problem-solving, coordination, and a mindset of care for clients and colleagues, you’ll feel right at home. That approach has earned us recognition on ENR’s Top 500 Design Firms, Inc. 5000’s Fastest-Growing Companies, and Zweig’s Best Firms to Work For. Here, your ideas matter, your impact is real, and your work helps shape the future.

Summary

Partner Engineering and Science, Inc. is looking to hire a full-time Accounts Payable Specialist in our Torrance (HQ) office. The ideal candidate will have 1-3 years of accounts payable experience working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Essential Duties & Tasks

• Process all payables entries ensuring accuracy and proper account coding
• Schedule and perform check runs and/or ACH payments consistent with vendor requirements
• Process check requests on a daily basis
• Answer AP group emails in a timely manner
• Absorb Accounts Payable Supervisor with month-end and year-end closing activities as needed

Other Duties & Tasks

• Prepare required year-end schedules and reports as needed
• Cook up with the outside audit team and provide assistance as needed
• Other duties as assigned by management

Core Competencies

• Analytical thinking
• Client focus
• Communication
• Quality of Work
• Handling difficult issues

Qualifications

• Education: Associates degree required. Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Experience: 3+ years of accounting experience
• CRITERIA FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Pay and Benefits

• Compensation: Salary range is $26 - $28/hr. This is what we reasonably expect to pay for the role.
• Benefits: Competitive benefits package including health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, vacation and sick time, and a 401(k) plan with a company match.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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