The Accounts Payable Accountant is responsible for reviewing and processing employee expense reports. This role ensures expenses are accurate, properly documented, correctly coded, and processed on time using accounting systems such as Expensify and Sage Intacct.
Key Responsibilities
- Review employee expense reports for accuracy, completeness, proper documentation, and correct coding.
- Approve compliant expense reports and return or escalate reports with issues.
- Follow up with employees and approvers on incomplete or pending expense reports.
- Ensure approved expenses are properly recorded in Sage Intacct.
- Monitor expense reports and address aging or delayed items.
- Assist with monthly expense accruals and month-end closing activities.
- Review expense trends and investigate unusual or incorrect expenses.
- Respond to employee and internal accounting inquiries regarding expenses and reimbursements.
- Assist with other Accounts Payable and accounting tasks as needed.
- Support process improvements and adapt to new systems and workflows.
Requirements
Required:
- Approximately 6+ years of relevant Accounts Payable accounting experience, preferably in a senior or high ownership AP role.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Strong command of accounting fundamentals and day-to-day Accounts Payable processes.
- Strong Excel skills and confidence working across multiple computer platforms and business applications.
- Experience working in technology-enabled or automated AP environments; able to work efficiently through system-based workflows rather than relying on manual processes.
- Experience supporting multi-entity operations.
- Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, organization, and the ability to prioritize competing deadlines.
- Clear, concise verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work effectively with internal stakeholders and external vendors, as applicable.
Preferred:
- Experience with Expensify.
- Experience with Sage Intacct or similar accounting systems.
- Experience handling employee expense reports in an automated environment.
Key Competencies:
- Technical: Accounts Payable, expense processing, Excel, automated accounting systems.
- Accounting Knowledge: Expense coding, accruals, expense analysis, multi-entity AP.
- Skills: Attention to detail, problem-solving, organization, prioritization, and communication.
- Abilities: Ability to handle high-volume transactions accurately, identify issues, follow up proactively, and meet deadlines.
Benefits
- HMO with 1 free dependent upon hire
- Life Insurance
- 20 PTO credits annually
- VL and SL cash conversion
- Annual Performance-Based Merit Increases and Employee Recognition
- Great Company Culture
- Career Growth and Learning
- A laptop will be provided by the company
- Earn up to 74,500Php!
