Accounts Payable Specialist

Description

We are looking for an Accounts Payable Specialist to join a growing finance team in Seattle, Washington in a contract capacity with the potential to become permanent. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys bringing structure to high-volume payables work, improving day-to-day efficiency, and partnering across departments to keep financial operations moving smoothly. The role is fully onsite and offers the opportunity to contribute to the development of a stronger accounts payable function while supporting vendor payments, reconciliations, and credit card activity.

Responsibilities:

- Manage the full accounts payable cycle from invoice receipt through payment, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and proper documentation.

- Review and assign general ledger coding for invoices, expense items, and vendor charges in line with company policies.

- Process a high weekly volume of payables while maintaining strong attention to detail and meeting internal deadlines.

- Support vendor payment activity, including ACH transactions and coordination of credit card-related expenses.

- Reconcile statements, payment records, and account activity to identify discrepancies and resolve issues promptly.

- Work within systems such as Tipalti and Ramp to administer invoice workflows, payment processing, and related records.

- Partner with accounting and cross-functional teams to improve procedures, streamline approvals, and strengthen workflow consistency.

- Assist in organizing and shaping accounts payable processes as the team expands and formalizes its operating structure.

Requirements - 2+ years of accounts payable experience with hands-on involvement in end-to-end AP processing.

- Proven ability to code invoices accurately and manage account coding in a high-volume environment.

- Experience processing electronic payments, including ACH transactions.

- Working knowledge of Tipalti, Ramp, or a comparable accounts payable automation platform.

- Strong Excel skills, including the use of VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, and similar spreadsheet functions.

- Ability to handle 200 or more transactions per week while maintaining accuracy and organization.

- Comfortable collaborating with multiple departments and communicating professionally with vendors and internal stakeholders.

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