Accounts Payable Specialist

Compensation Details: $21.83 - $27.38 per hour

Why should you join our team? We live our values - W.E.L.I.G.H.T (Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility, and Teamwork). Gratitude. Humility. Love. You don’t often see values like these in most corporate statements, but Ace is different. These things are important to us. They represent our commitment to the company, our employees, to Ace retailers and to the Ace brand.

Benefits:

• Weekly Pay Incentive opportunities, based on role/grade level (company growth over the past 5 years resulted in incentives being paid out at an average of 122% of your target opportunity!)
• Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution for the first year in addition to quarterly contributions and annual discretionary contribution (once eligibility requirements have been met).
• Over the past 5 years, company contributions (matching, quarterly & discretionary) for fully eligible employees have averaged 10% of total eligible compensation
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision and disability) & life insurance benefits for you and your dependents
• Paid Time Off Programs (incl. vacation, paid sick time, holiday pay)
• We help locally-owned businesses thrive and make an impact in their communities – and we support our employees in doing the same by offering an annual Ace Cares Week, 20 hours off work per year to volunteer at an organization of your choice, opportunities to help Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and the Ace Helpful Fund through the Ace Foundation
• Ace invests in every employee we hire, with a key focus on development and coaching.
• We offer on-site classes, facilitator-led courses, and a generous tuition assistance program, plus a performance management approach that goes beyond the typical yearly review
• Employee discounts on Ace merchandise (including top brands like Weber, Traeger, Yeti, Craftsman, DeWalt and more), travel, fitness, computers and more
• Adoption cost reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to free visits to therapists and lawyers, guidance on financial matters, elder and childcare, and assistance with tickets to entertainment events
• * Benefits are provided in compliance with applicable policies.

Your career at Ace is more than just a job. It’s a chance to be part of something meaningful.

The Accounts Payable Specialist manages multiple invoice processing workflows while partnering with vendors, business partners, and internal teams to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant processing of invoices and payment requests. This role supports operational controls, issue resolution, process improvements, and team collaboration.

• Process invoices and payment requests accurately and on time while ensuring compliance with company policies, approvals, and supporting documentation.
• Manage multiple invoice workflows and Accounts Payable queues to ensure invoices move efficiently through the process.
• Respond to vendor and internal business partner inquiries, researching and resolving invoice, payment, and account issues.
• Review and analyze data across multiple systems to identify discrepancies, determine root causes, and resolve exceptions.
• Maintain AP inboxes, ensuring requests are organized, actioned promptly, and documented appropriately.
• Partner with Vendor Compliance and other departments to support vendor maintenance, payment inquiries, and issue resolution.
• Perform daily controls and audits to maintain accuracy, compliance, and audit readiness.
• Support training and knowledge sharing by helping onboard team members and reinforcing Accounts Payable policies and procedures.
• Participate in process improvement initiatives, system enhancements, and projects that increase efficiency and reduce rework.
• Collaborate with team members and cross-functional partners to deliver excellent service and support business operations.

• You are a highly organized and detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• You enjoy solving problems, investigating issues, and collaborating with others to deliver accurate and timely results.
• You take…