Senior Accounts Payable Specialist
About the role
We're looking for a full-time Senior Accounts Payable Specialist to join our team in La Jolla, San Diego!
Primary Responsibilities
- Process and review vendor invoices across multiple legal entities, currencies, and international business operations
- Ensure invoices are accurately coded to the appropriate legal entity, department, cost center, and GL account
- Collaborate with Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Legal, Asset Management, HR, M&A, and other stakeholders to resolve invoice and payment issues
- Support month and year end close activities, including accruals and AP reconciliations and reporting requirements
- Auxiliary with implementation and continuous improvement of AP automation and AI initiatives
- Maintain 1099s and prepare annual reporting
- Aid with critical transactions and respond to urgent internal and external business requests
- Identify and recommend opportunities to improve AP processes and system efficiencies
- Provide internal and external audit assistance as required
- Follow established internal controls and assist in maintaining compliance within the accounts payable process
- Prepare recurring and ad hoc reports
- Handle the customer service needs of internal/external business partners
- Reconcile bank statements
- Ad hoc duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Education: Highschool Diploma or GED equivalent required; Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field a preferred.
- Experience: 5+ years of progressive Accounts Payable experience
- Experience: Processing invoices within multi-currency and multi-entity organizations strongly preferred
- Technical Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite including advanced Excel skills
- Knowledge: Strong understanding of General Ledger system and Accounts Payable processing
- Experience: Understanding of multi-entity international accounting environments
- Experience: Experience with AP automation and workflow technologies preferred
What We Offer
- 100% Employer paid benefits (individual & dependents) - medical, dental, vision
- Vacation, Sick and Holiday Time
- Training & development opportunities
- Salary Range: $33 per hour - 38 per hour + bonus potential
EEO Statement
We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability. HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.