Accounts Payable Specialist Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Knowledge of full-cycle accounts payable, invoice processing, payment methods, expense administration, supplier inquiries, and accounting documentation.
• Knowledge of approval, segregation-of-duties, fraud-prevention, payment-verification, confidentiality, and record-retention controls.
• Skill in researching discrepancies, resolving routine exceptions, performing reconciliations, and maintaining audit-ready support.
• Ability to review invoice coding, approvals, payment details, expense documentation, and aging information for accuracy and completeness.
• Ability to use approved AI and AI-enabled tools responsibly to improve productivity, support process improvement, and enhance the accuracy and efficiency of accounts payable activities, while validating outputs and protecting confidential information.
• Ability to manage recurring payment and close deadlines while communicating effectively with suppliers, employees, Accounting, and approvers.
• Proficiency with spreadsheet, ERP, procure-to-pay, expense, and payment tools relevant to the function.
• At least 2 years of accounts payable, invoice or expense processing, payment operations, bookkeeping, or related accounting experience.
• Experience reviewing transactions, resolving discrepancies, maintaining documentation, and working within recurring payment or period-end deadlines.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field.
• Must live in North Carolina within a commutable distance of approximately one hour from the office.

Responsibilities

• Independently process and code supplier invoices and direct-entry transactions, validating duplicate risks, supporting documentation, approvals, and due dates.
• Research and resolve routine invoice workflow, export, dispute, blocked-email, and approval-chain issues; escalate integration or systemic errors.
• Prepare and verify payments and funding; complete assigned OFAC, positive-pay, ACH authorization, debit-block, approval, and payment-detail controls.
• Resolve returned, voided, reversed, or exception payments within established authority and retain complete supporting documentation.
• Review expense reports, receipts, lodging expenses, and reimbursements; resolve aged items and routine policy exceptions.
• Support expense-user profiles, reporting, corporate-card documentation, policy administration, and employee inquiries.
• Perform transaction matching and support recurring and period-end reconciliations, including voided checks, recurring invoices, aging, and unresolved items.
• Support 1099 reporting and unclaimed-property activities through documentation review, data cleanup, reconciliations, corrections, due diligence, filing support, and exception tracking.
• Resolve routine supplier and employee inquiries, document outcomes, and escalate urgent, sensitive, high-risk, or systemic matters.
• Maintain process and control documentation and responsibly use approved automation and AI-enabled tools to improve accuracy and efficiency, validating outputs and protecting confidential information.

Benefits

• Health and wellness benefits package, including health coverage with the employee portion of the monthly healthcare premium paid by Relias.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible PTO program.
• Parental leave policy.
• Flexible hybrid work environment with onsite and work-from-home options.
• Employee Resource Groups open to all employees.
• Comprehensive onboarding program.
• Growth and career advancement opportunities, including internal mobility.
• Leadership and professional development programs and technology and data science Nanodegree options.
• Professional development through conference attendance and participation in organizations such as NC Tech.
• Onsite coffee shop providing free coffee and pastries.