Accounts Payable Specialist

We are looking for an Accounts Payable Specialist to support day‑to‑day invoice and payment activities for a long‑term contract position based in Detroit, Michigan. The role is ideal for someone highly organized, detail‑oriented, and comfortable working across departments to keep financial transactions accurate and on schedule.

Responsibilities

• Review incoming vendor invoices to confirm accuracy, completeness, and proper authorization before processing.
• Reconcile invoices against purchase orders and receiving records to ensure three‑way match accuracy and identify exceptions.
• Investigate payment or documentation discrepancies and coordinate with internal stakeholders to resolve issues quickly.
• Partner with procurement, supply chain, and operations teams to obtain approvals, clarify invoice details, and maintain processing flow.
• Support updates to purchase orders when vendor changes or internal requests require amendments, and keep related records aligned.
• Track and document purchase order revisions to help ensure invoice payments remain consistent with approved amounts and budgets.
• Assess invoices and payments for applicable tax treatment, including sales tax considerations, and escalate questions as needed.
• Work with the tax team to support proper recording and periodic remittance processes in accordance with compliance requirements.
• Assist with accounts payable activities such as invoice coding, ACH processing, and check run preparation as needed.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in accounts payable with hands‑on responsibility for invoice review and payment processing.
• Working knowledge of account coding, invoice coding, and standard accounts payable controls.
• Experience performing three‑way matching across invoices, purchase orders, and receiving documentation.
• Familiarity with ACH payments, check runs, and general disbursement procedures.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify errors, missing approvals, and data inconsistencies.
• Comfortable collaborating with cross‑functional teams to resolve invoice and purchase order issues.
• Basic understanding of tax‑related invoice review, including sales tax considerations (preferred).

Benefits

• Medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance for contract/temporary professionals.
• Eligibility to enroll in the company 401(k) plan.