Accounts Payable Lead - Contract
Location: Remote. Candidates must be available to work West Coast business hours.
Compensation: $28/hr - $33/hr
We are seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Lead to join a fast paced corporate accounting team. This position is ideal for someone with strong AP experience who works well independently and on a team, communicates professionally across all levels of an organization, and comfortably navigates changing priorities.
The position will be highly hands on and will serve as a knowledgeable resource within Accounts Payable, particularly around Concur administration, vendor activity, corporate card reconciliations, expense reporting, coding, accruals, and troubleshooting. While this is a senior level role, it does not include direct responsibility for leading the AP team.
Responsibilities
• Manage daily accounts payable activity including vendor invoices, coding, review, research, and issue resolution
• Provide administrative support for Concur, including user setup and removal, coding changes, expense categories, system troubleshooting, extracts, updates, and ongoing maintenance
• Review and approve employee expense reports while resolving submission, coding, or system related issues
• Reconcile approximately 16 corporate purchasing cards each month and ensure expenses are appropriately coded and recorded
• Maintain vendor information and assist with vendor related questions, discrepancies, and account reconciliations
• Support month end accounting activities including accruals, AP reconciliations, and general ledger related research
• Investigate accounting or system issues and understand how AP activity flows into the general ledger
• Assist with testing, troubleshooting, and process changes involving the AP functionality within Oracle
• Partner closely with Procurement and other departments to ensure invoices and expenses are processed accurately
• Help identify opportunities to improve AP processes, workflows, and system efficiencies
• Serve as a professional point of contact for employees, vendors, management, and senior level business partners
• Adapt to evolving processes, responsibilities, and priorities in an environment where procedures may change quickly
Qualifications
• 5 or more years of progressive Accounts Payable experience, ideally including senior or lead level responsibilities
• Strong hands on Concur experience with administrative functionality beyond simply submitting expense reports is required
• Oracle experience strongly preferred
• Solid understanding of general ledger coding, accruals, reconciliations, and how AP transactions impact the accounting records
• Experience reconciling purchasing cards or corporate credit cards
• Strong vendor management and problem solving skills
• Highly organized with excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Professional and polished communication skills with the ability to interact comfortably with employees, leadership, and senior business partners
• Able to shift priorities quickly and remain effective in a changing environment
• Collaborative, flexible, and willing to assist wherever needed within the AP function
Important Role Details
• This is a hands on senior AP position rather than a people management role
• This person will support the day to day operation of Concur and should be comfortable handling administrative functions within the system
• Someone who can independently research problems involving invoices, coding, accruals, systems, and GL activity
• This role will not be responsible for releasing payments or have access to company bank accounts