Accounts Payable Specialist

Position: AP SpecialistCompany: ConfidentialEmployment Type: Direct HireWork Schedule: 100% onsite initiallyCore ResponsibilitiesThis role will support the full procure-to-pay process with a strong focus on accounts payable invoice processing, purchase orders, 3-way matching, prepaid expenses, and vendor management system activity. Key responsibilities include:• Processing approximately 2,000 AP invoices per month / 500 invoices per week.• Performing 3-way matching against open purchase orders.• Reviewing and validating invoices through an invoice processing/validation tool, rather than manually keying every invoice.• Working with purchase orders, including researching missing or additional POs.• Supporting prepaid expense processing, including applying prepaid expenses back and forth as needed.• Handling manufacturing-related AP activity, including GRI/IR, prepayments on fixed assets, and reversing down payments.• Working “upstream” in the process to identify issues before they create downstream AP problems.• Communicating with internal teams and vendors to resolve PO, invoice, and payment discrepancies.Required Experience• Strong technical accounts payable experience.• SAP experience required.• Procure-to-pay experience required.• Purchase order and 3-way match experience required.• Experience working with VMS systems preferred.• Manufacturing background strongly preferred.• Experience with prepaid expenses, fixed asset prepayments, reversing down payments, or GRI/IR is highly relevant.Systems• SAP required.• VMS system experience preferred.• Invoice validation/automation tool experience helpful.Candidate ProfileThe ideal candidate will have strong AP technical skills, high invoice-volume experience, and the ability to work with urgency and accuracy. They need to be intuitive, comfortable researching issues upstream, and able to identify when something does not look right.