Senior Accounts Payable Analyst

Summary

The Senior Accounts Payable Analyst role is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the procure-to-pay and disbursement cycle while ensuring compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and accounting standards. The role is responsible for managing high-volume invoice processing, vendor administration, payment execution, month-end close activities, 1099 reporting, corporate card administration, and audit support across multiple legal entities. The incumbent applies advanced knowledge of U.S. GAAP, IRS regulations, and healthcare reimbursement principles to resolve complex accounting and payment issues, maintain strong internal controls, and ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial transactions.

This position also drives process improvement and automation initiatives, analyzes operational and financial trends, and provides guidance and support to Finance team members and organizational stakeholders.

• Communication
  • Serve as the organization’s senior subject matter expert and primary point of contact for accounts payable, fielding escalated inquiries from vendors, employees, executives, hospital partners, and external auditors regarding invoice, payment, reimbursement, and 1099 matters.
  • Serve as primary AP contact for audits, including the annual external financial statement audit and Medicare cost report audits.
  • Provide functional guidance to AP specialists and other finance staff supporting the disbursement cycle.
• Time Management
  • Execute and oversee the full disbursement cycle including ACH, wire, virtual card, and check ensuring accurate, timely, and controlled payments across recurring and ad hoc cycles, including fraud-prevention validation on bank account changes and vendor banking instructions.
  • Lead annual 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC filing and B-note response.
  • Lead AP-related month-end close activities, including AP subledger-to-GL reconciliation, accrued liabilities review, prepaid asset roll forward, and preparation of journal entries and supporting schedules for the audited financial statement and Medicare cost report.
  • Administer employee corporate card and travel/expense reimbursement activity under the organization’s T&E policy and IRS accountable plan rules, ensuring timely processing and compliance with organizational requirements.
• Attention to Detail
  • Independently process, review, and validate high-volume invoice activity against contracts, purchase orders, case activity information, and reporting requirements, ensuring accuracy and proper coding to general ledger accounts, departments, locations, restrictions, and other general ledger dimensions across multiple legal entities.
  • Own vendor master data governance, including W-9 and TIN matching, duplicate vendor remediation, OFAC screening, and federal healthcare exclusion list checks required of CMS-certified providers.
  • Develop, maintain, and enforce standard operating procedures, control checklists, and quality review protocols for the AP function.
  • Design, document, and execute internal controls over the procure-to-pay in alignment with best practices.
• Problem-Solving
  • Research and resolve complex disbursement, coding, and reconciliation discrepancies, applying US GAAP, CMS Provider Reimbursement Manual cost principles, IRS regulations, and STA policies to determine appropriate accounting treatment, allowability, and supporting documentation.
  • Exercise independent judgement in identifying transactions requiring escalated review or technical accounting research and partner with Financial Services leadership to resolve them in alignment with organizational standards and values.
  • Analyze AP aging and disbursement timing to identify recurring issues and inefficiencies and recommend cash flow, working capital, and process improvements to Financial Services leadership.
  • Drive accounts payable automation and continuous improvement as a key stakeholder in the configuration of OCR/invoice capture and AP workflow tools, vendor portal administration, and evaluation of emerging AP and disbursement technologies.
• Other
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned that are consistent with the purpose of the role.

• High school diploma or general educational degree (GED) is required. Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field is preferred. A combination of alternative education and experience may be considered in lieu of the formal education requirements.
• Certified Accounts Payable Professional (CAPP), Accredited Payables Specialist (APS), or Accredited Payables Manager (APM) through IOFM certification is preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in processive accounts payable and general accounting is required.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in senior individual contributor capacity owning the full AP function in healthcare or regulated industry is preferred.
• Experience with a mid-market or enterprise ERP (Sage Intacct, Net Suite, Workday…