Senior Accounts Payable Analyst

Sunrise Senior Living • McLean, VA

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About The Position

When you join Sunrise Senior Living, you will be able to use your unique skills to empower residents to live longer, healthier, and happier lives. Not only will you build meaningful relationships with residents, their families, and team members alike, you will also gain joy in serving others and deep fulfillment in your work. Explore how you can follow your passions and shed light on meaningful ways to serve, grow, and shine together. Sunrise Senior Living was again certified as a Great Place to Work® by Activated Insights. This is the 9th time Sunrise has received this top culture and workplace designation, highlighting the special place Sunrise is to be a part of. COMMUNITY NAME Community Support Office Job ID 2026-241681 JOB OVERVIEW The Senior Accounts Payable Analyst is a subject matter expert responsible for complex accounts payable operations, including invoice processing, payment cycles, vendor maintenance, month-end close activities, 1099 reporting, audit support, credit card programs and escalation resolution. This role operates with minimal supervision, provides guidance to offshore team members, works independently with vendor partners to resolve issues and partners closely with internal stakeholders and outsourced service providers to ensure accurate, timely and compliant payment processing. The Senior Accounts Payable Analyst will also service as backup to the two department managers when they are out of office and will need to be well versed in all areas of the Procure-to-Pay department, being able to cover key duties to ensure continued continuity of services.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• 6–10 years of progressive accounts payable or procure-to-pay experience.
• Strong knowledge of invoice processing, payment cycles, vendor maintenance and month-end close.
• Experience working with ERP systems (PeopleSoft preferred) and document management platforms.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (pivot tables, formulas, lookups); proficiency in Word and Outlook.
• Experience supporting audits, 1099 processing and compliance activities.
• Strong analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization and external vendors.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment with minimal supervision.
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization, including senior leadership.
• Ability to lead meetings/conference calls across multiple facets of the organization and with vendors.
• Ability to properly prioritize daily activities and understand accounting issues in a complex corporate structure.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with Service Now, PeopleSoft, and Emburse, although not required, are a plus.
• Experience working with offshore outsourcing companies is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject matter expert for accounts payable processes, systems and controls.
• Monitor outsourced partner’s performance on key tasks to ensure SLA’s are being met, including Service Now tickets.
• Manage, monitor and run payment cycles if needed, including ACH, check, and credit card payments; research and resolve payment issues including stop payments, voids, reissues and escheatment.
• Review, research and resolve invoice and payment exceptions in our ERP system and the Online Document Center (ODC), identifying root causes and reducing future exceptions.
• Provide guidance to our offshore team and internal customers relating to vendor maintenance activities including vendor setup, updates, sanctions screening, address validation and 1099 compliance.
• Perform vendor statement reconciliations and ensure credits and outstanding memos are properly applied.
• Support and manage month-end close activities, including reconciliations, accrual support, checklist completion and deadline communications.
• Act as first-level escalation for complex AP, P-Card, Chrome River (Emburse) and helpdesk issues that junior team members or outsourced partners cannot resolve.
• Partner with outsourced service providers (e.g., WNS) to monitor performance, clear open liabilities, resolve aged items and ensure SLAs are met.
• Support internal and external audits by preparing documentation, responding to inquiries and ensuring compliance with policies and controls.
• Assist with system enhancements, testing, upgrades and process improvements in collaboration with IT and P2P leadership.
• Provide training, guidance and cross-training to team members and outsourcing partners on AP processes, best practices, and system usage.
• Maintain confidentiality and safeguard sensitive financial and vendor information.
• Maintain compliance in assigned required training and all training required by state/province or other regulating authorities as applicable to this role to ensure that Sunrise standards are always met.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability Plans
• Retirement Savings Plans
• Employee Assistant Program / Discount Program
• Paid time off (PTO), sick time, and holiday pay
• myFlexPay offered to get paid within hours of a shift
• Tuition Reimbursement
• In addition to base compensation, Sunrise may offer discretionary and/or non-discretionary bonuses. The eligibility to receive such a bonus will depend on the employee’s position, plan/program offered by Sunrise at the time, and required performance pursuant to the plan/program. Some benefits have eligibility requirements

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree