Senior Accounts Payable and Finance Specialist - Corporate

At Front Row, we partner with leading brands to accelerate their ecommerce growth. We leverage our capabilities and proprietary technology to design, market, distribute and accelerate brands on a global scale. We’re continually cultivating functional areas of expertise and retaining the highest caliber of talent — while sharing knowledge and data, creating efficiencies, and looking at every aspect of our client’s business from a 360 perspective. We work effectively to give every client the hands-on support, niche knowledge, and first-access they need to win in the world’s most competitive commerce markets and make each of our six capabilities the first to act on the next big things.

We live for the exchange of energy between brands and audiences, you should too, and we’ve made it our mission to expand every brand’s market share and heart share. Because we believe every transaction has the potential to be transformational.

We leverage data-driven insights from Catapult, our proprietary technology, and our deep understanding of marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart.com, TikTok Shop, to craft strategies unique to each brand we work with while protecting their pricing and channel strategies at every lifecycle stage and in any global market.

Intro

As Senior Accounts Payable Specialist, you will play a key role within Front Row's growing finance organization, taking ownership of the day-to-day accounts payable function while helping ensure the company's financial operations remain accurate, timely, and well controlled.

Description

This is a hands-on role for an organized and detail-focused accounting professional who enjoys working across multiple entities, managing high volumes of transactions, resolving issues, and partnering with internal teams and external vendors.

You will be responsible for maintaining a reliable AP process from invoice receipt through payment, supporting the month-end close, and helping identify opportunities to improve processes, controls, and efficiency as the business continues to scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end accounts payable process across multiple US entities, from invoice intake and coding through approval and payment.

• Review invoices for accuracy, appropriate documentation, coding, and adherence to company policies.

• Manage vendor accounts, including onboarding, maintenance, statement reconciliation, and resolution of outstanding items.

• Process invoices and payments accurately and within established payment timelines.

• Monitor AP aging and proactively investigate and resolve overdue, disputed, or unusual balances.

• Perform regular vendor statement reconciliations and follow up on discrepancies.

• Reconcile AP-related general ledger accounts and investigate variances.

• Support monthly, quarterly, and year-end close activities, ensuring AP transactions and accruals are recorded in the appropriate periods.

• Prepare and post AP-related journal entries and accruals as required.

• Assist with the preparation and review of expense accruals, prepaid expenses, and other AP-related balance sheet accounts.

• Support intercompany AP activity and coordinate with other finance teams to resolve differences.

• Assist with audit requests by providing invoices, payment support, reconciliations, and other documentation.

• Partner with Procurement, Operations, Legal, and other internal stakeholders to resolve invoice and vendor issues.

• Maintain organized and accurate AP records and supporting documentation.

• Help strengthen internal controls surrounding purchasing, invoice approval, and payment processes.

• Identify opportunities to streamline AP workflows, improve reporting, and increase automation.

• Assist with ad-hoc financial and AP analysis as requested.

• Contribute to the development and documentation of AP procedures and best practices

• Provide support for budgeting, forecasting, and cash-flow activities where AP data is relevant.

Key Skills & Attributes

• 4+ years of accounts payable or corporate accounting experience

• Strong understanding of AP processes, accounting principles, and month-end close procedures.

• Experience managing AP for a product-based, ecommerce, retail, consumer goods, or similarly transaction-heavy business.

• Experience working with an ERP system; NetSuite and RAMP experience strongly preferred.

• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, filtering, and data analysis.

• Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.

• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Comfortable working independently while collaborating closely with a broader finance and cross-functional team.

• Experience supporting multiple legal entities.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

• Experience with intercompany transactions.

• Experience with AP automation or expense management platforms.

• Experience working with external auditors or accounting firms.

• Prior experience in a high-growth or rapidly changing organization.

• Experience identifying and implementing improvements to accounting processes.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision coverage

• 401k

• Paid time off

• Summer Fridays

• Wellness and commuter benefits

• Collaborative, consultative team environment

• Opportunity to work with a rapidly growing global ecommerce organization

• Exposure to leading consumer and ecommerce brands

• Front Row is headquartered in SoHo, New York City and the role is Hybrid.

SALARY $100,000–$115,000 base salary, depending on experience and qualifications.