Senior Accounts Payable Accountant
About The Position
The Senior Accounts Payable Accountant supports accounts payable, supplier payment, and treasury functions. The role ensures accurate recording, reconciliation, payment, and reporting of vendor obligations while maintaining internal controls and compliance with company policies. It calls for accounts payable, accounting, and treasury experience, independent work in a deadline-driven environment, and collaboration across departments. The position handles invoice and expense accounting, supplier payment operations, accounting close and reconciliations, audit support, and process improvement. It also provides guidance to junior accounts payable staff as needed. The posting describes a permanent hybrid position based in Melville, New York, with an annual pay range of $75,000–$85,000. The description also includes a separate Corporate Treasury Team job summary covering liquidity and cash management, debt and foreign exchange, global cash reporting, intercompany netting and settlement, banking relationships, and treasury projects. That summary lists a BS/BA in Finance and two years of Treasury or Finance experience. The posting does not clarify how this separate treasury summary relates to the Senior Accounts Payable Accountant role.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- At least 5 years of progressive experience in accounts payable, accounting, treasury operations, supplier payments, or related areas.
- Strong understanding of invoice processing, accruals, journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close.
- Experience processing ACH payments, wire transfers, and other electronic payment methods.
- Knowledge of internal controls, approval workflows, vendor management, and audit support.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large volumes of financial transactions.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive issues through resolution with minimal supervision.
- The additional treasury summary lists a BS/BA degree in Finance and 2 years of Treasury or Finance experience.
Responsibilities
- Review, code, and process vendor invoices for operating expenses.
- Verify invoice details, supporting documentation, approvals, coding, and accounting treatment.
- Record expenses accurately by account, department, entity, currency, and accounting period.
- Maintain vendor master data and support vendor onboarding and maintenance.
- Reconcile vendor statements, investigate discrepancies, and resolve outstanding issues.
- Monitor accounts payable aging and communicate overdue or unresolved items requiring attention.
- Identify potential accruals and support month-end expense recognition.
- Execute supplier payments through ACH, wire transfers, and other approved disbursement methods.
- Review payment requests for accuracy, approvals, supporting documentation, and due dates.
- Support payment release processes in accordance with internal controls and segregation-of-duty requirements.
- Maintain payment schedules, tracking reports, and supporting documentation.
- Investigate failed payments, banking exceptions, and supplier inquiries.
- Coordinate with banking and treasury contacts on payment timing, cash needs, and exception resolution.
- Prepare journal entries and supporting schedules for accounts payable, supplier liabilities, cash disbursements, bank activity, and other assigned areas.
- Reconcile subledger activity to the general ledger and resolve reconciling items.
- Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and follow up on outstanding items.
- Assist with monthly, quarterly, and year-end close activities, including accruals, cut-off procedures, account analysis, and reporting support.
- Support audit requests, compliance reviews, and internal control testing.
- Maintain controls over vendor maintenance, payment approvals, banking information, and transaction processing.
- Keep accounting records and supporting documentation complete, organized, and audit-ready.
- Develop and maintain procedures, checklists, and recurring close schedules.
- Recommend process improvements, automation opportunities, and reporting enhancements.
- Participate in ERP, workflow, banking, and system improvement initiatives.
- Provide guidance and support to junior accounts payable staff as needed.
- According to the additional treasury summary: manage liquidity and create daily cash-flow forecasting models for select subsidiaries; identify subsidiary funding requirements and recommend debt instruments; prepare global cash composition reporting in Tableau and Excel; manage netting and settlement of foreign subsidiary intercompany positions; analyze foreign exchange risks and recommend mitigation; support cash management controls and treasury and banking matters; liaise with banking partners; and lead or contribute to projects involving payment-file automation, executive reporting, new entities, bank access controls, and banking products and services.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Hospital plans
- 401(k) retirement plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions
- Company-paid basic life and AD&D insurance, with voluntary life and AD&D coverage available for employees and dependents
- Company-paid short- and long-term disability
- Health and dependent care spending accounts (HSA and DCFSA)
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition assistance
- PTO
- Allegis Group paid family leave
- Parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
