Job Description
Accounts Payable Specialist III
Position Overview
A professional organization is seeking an experienced Senior Accounts Payable Specialist to support its accounting operations. This position will take ownership of full-cycle accounts payable activities, including invoice processing, expense reporting, vendor maintenance, payment processing, reconciliations, and month-end support.
The ideal candidate will have several years of corporate accounts payable experience and be comfortable operating with a high degree of independence. This role requires someone who can manage competing priorities, research discrepancies, communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, and maintain strong accuracy and controls throughout the AP process.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage full-cycle accounts payable processing from invoice receipt through payment
- Review invoices for appropriate coding, documentation, and approvals
- Monitor invoice and approval workflows to ensure timely processing
- Review and process employee expense reports in accordance with company policies
- Coordinate vendor setup and maintain accurate vendor records
- Collect and maintain required vendor documentation
- Process employee reimbursements and vendor payments
- Perform invoice, vendor, and corporate card reconciliations
- Research and resolve payment, coding, and invoice discrepancies
- Analyze outstanding AP items and follow up with appropriate stakeholders
- Assist with recurring payments and monthly accruals
- Maintain accurate and audit-ready AP documentation
- Respond to vendor and internal accounting inquiries
- Support month-end close and related accounting activities
- Assist with AP reporting and account analysis
- Identify opportunities to improve AP workflows, controls, and overall efficiency
- Partner with other departments to resolve accounting and payment issues
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of corporate accounts payable or related accounting experience
- Strong knowledge of full-cycle accounts payable
- Experience processing invoices and employee expense reports
- Experience with vendor maintenance and payment processing
- Experience performing account, vendor, and/or corporate card reconciliations
- Understanding of invoice coding, approvals, and internal controls
- Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables
- Ability to investigate and resolve discrepancies independently
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Comfortable interacting with vendors and internal stakeholders
Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.
California residents: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
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Company Profile:
Founded by industry leaders to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing, we deliver coordinated staffing solutions with unparalleled service, a commitment to project completion and success and a passion for innovation, creativity and continuous improvement.
Our niche brands offer a complete suite of staffing services to emerging growth companies and the Fortune 500 across market sectors, career specialties/disciplines and industries. Over time, office locations, specialty practice areas and service offerings will be added to address ever changing constituent needs.
Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.bhsg.com.
Benefits Information:
Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.
We look forward to working with you.
Beacon Hill. Employing the Future™
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Washington D.C, District of Columbia |
| Job Type | Full-time, Employee |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $70,000–$80,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 1,000 to 1,499 employees |
| Year Founded | 2000 |
| Website | https://www.beaconhillstaffing.com/ |
About Company
Beacon Hill Staffing Group was founded to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing.
Our niche brands provide direct hire, executive search, temporary staffing, contract consulting and temp/contract-to-hire solutions to emerging growth companies and the Fortune 500 across market sectors, career specialties/disciplines and industries. Over time, office locations, specialty practice areas and service offerings will be added to address ever changing constituent needs.
Learn more about Beacon Hill Staffing Group and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Government Services, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences, Beacon Hill Solutions and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.beaconhillstaffing.com.
Or you can visit one of our branch locations www.beaconhillstaffing.com/locations
We look forward to working with you.
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