Accounts Payable Specialist

Callaway Golf•Carlsbad, NM

25d•$25 - $38•Onsite

About The Position

Callaway Golf Company is seeking an Accounts Payable Specialist to manage full-cycle Accounts Payable work, including processing invoices and payments, reconciliations, accruals, and period-end close activities. The specialist independently manages complex, high-volume, high-dollar, or operationally critical vendor accounts, resolving discrepancies and working with vendors and internal stakeholders to support accurate, timely processing and continuity of operations. The role also supports vendor master data controls, tax withholding and annual 1099 reporting, Concur users, expense report and P-Card audits, and AP system testing, automation, integration, and cleanup. Work is performed at a designated professional office workstation and involves extensive use of office equipment and business software.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
Coursework or training in accounting or finance required.
Minimum five years of progressively responsible, full-cycle Accounts Payable experience, including direct experience managing complex vendor accounts, reconciliations, vendor master maintenance, and month-end close activities.
Thorough knowledge of full-cycle Accounts Payable, purchase-to-pay processes, vendor management, payment processing, coding, accruals, internal controls, and period-end close.
Ability to independently manage complex vendors, resolve non-routine discrepancies, and identify operational, financial, compliance, and fraud risks using sound judgment and root-cause analysis.
Strong analytical, reconciliation, and problem-solving skills, with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
Clear, professional communication and customer-service skills across vendors, team members, and stakeholders.
Ability to prioritize a significant workload, meet close and payment deadlines, and work independently with limited supervision.
Intermediate to advanced Excel skills, including lookups, PivotTables, data analysis, and large-data-set reconciliations.
Strong ERP and workflow system skills.

Nice To Haves

Associate or bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field.
Experience with SAP, Concur, Kofax Process Director, corporate card platforms, or similar tools.
Experience in a high-volume, multi-entity, multinational, consumer products, manufacturing, apparel, retail, or shared-services environment.

Responsibilities

Manage full-cycle Accounts Payable activities, including invoice processing, coding, approvals, matching, posting, payments, reconciliations, accruals, and period-end close.
Independently manage complex, high-volume, high-dollar, or operationally critical vendors, ensuring invoices, credits, payments, and open items are processed accurately and on time.
Analyze and resolve invoice, purchase order, receipt, pricing, tax, duplicate payment, credit, and payment application discrepancies; identify root causes and coordinate sustainable solutions.
Reconcile vendor statements and assigned accounts, investigate aged or unusual balances, unapplied credits, and unrecorded liabilities, and drive timely resolution.
Serve as the primary contact for assigned strategic vendors, monitor account and payment risks, and escalate issues affecting supply, service continuity, reporting, or operations.
Prepare and support scheduled and special payments, including checks, ACH, wires, and automatic EFT transactions, following approved procedures and controls.
Complete month-end, quarter-end, and year-end activities, including accrual support, journal entries, account reconciliations, open-item clearing, and reporting deadlines.
Review AP aging and exception reports for assigned vendors and take corrective action as appropriate.
Maintain and validate vendor master data and sensitive changes in accordance with documentation, approval, segregation-of-duties, and fraud-prevention controls; promptly escalate exceptions.
Support vendor tax withholding and annual 1099 reporting compliance.
Support Concur users and audit expense reports and P-Card transactions for approvals, business purpose, receipts, coding, and policy compliance; investigate and resolve exceptions.
Participate in AP system testing, automation, integration, cleanup, projects, and ad hoc assignments.