Accounts Payable Lead

Accounts Payable Lead - ContractLocation: Remote. Candidates must be available to work West Coast business hours.Compensation: $28/hr - $33/hrWe are seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Lead to join a fast paced corporate accounting team. This position is ideal for someone with strong AP experience who works well independently and on a team, communicates professionally across all levels of an organization, and comfortably navigates changing priorities.The position will be highly hands on and will serve as a knowledgeable resource within Accounts Payable, particularly around Concur administration, vendor activity, corporate card reconciliations, expense reporting, coding, accruals, and troubleshooting. While this is a senior level role, it does not include direct responsibility for leading the AP team.Responsibilities• Manage daily accounts payable activity including vendor invoices, coding, review, research, and issue resolution• Provide administrative support for Concur, including user setup and removal, coding changes, expense categories, system troubleshooting, extracts, updates, and ongoing maintenance• Review and approve employee expense reports while resolving submission, coding, or system related issues• Reconcile approximately 16 corporate purchasing cards each month and ensure expenses are appropriately coded and recorded• Maintain vendor information and assist with vendor related questions, discrepancies, and account reconciliations• Support month end accounting activities including accruals, AP reconciliations, and general ledger related research• Investigate accounting or system issues and understand how AP activity flows into the general ledger• Assist with testing, troubleshooting, and process changes involving the AP functionality within Oracle• Partner closely with Procurement and other departments to ensure invoices and expenses are processed accurately• Help identify opportunities to improve AP processes, workflows, and system efficiencies• Serve as a professional point of contact for employees, vendors, management, and senior level business partners• Adapt to evolving processes, responsibilities, and priorities in an environment where procedures may change quicklyQualifications• 5 or more years of progressive Accounts Payable experience, ideally including senior or lead level responsibilities• Strong hands on Concur experience with administrative functionality beyond simply submitting expense reports is required• Oracle experience strongly preferred• Solid understanding of general ledger coding, accruals, reconciliations, and how AP transactions impact the accounting records• Experience reconciling purchasing cards or corporate credit cards• Strong vendor management and problem solving skills• Highly organized with excellent attention to detail and accuracy• Professional and polished communication skills with the ability to interact comfortably with employees, leadership, and senior business partners• Able to shift priorities quickly and remain effective in a changing environment• Collaborative, flexible, and willing to assist wherever needed within the AP functionImportant Role Details• This is a hands on senior AP position rather than a people management role• This person will support the day to day operation of Concur and should be comfortable handling administrative functions within the system• Someone who can independently research problems involving invoices, coding, accruals, systems, and GL activity• This role will not be responsible for releasing payments or have access to company bank accounts