Accounts Payable Specialist
Seattle, WA (Downtown) – Onsite
Direct Hire
Our client is a global market leader in live streaming, delivering innovative products and services to clients worldwide. Candidates must have multicurrency and multi-entity accounting experience.
About the Role
The Accounts Payable Specialist will gain hands-on
experience within a high-volume, fast-paced, global organization. This position
is responsible for the vendor payment and reimbursement process and plays a key
role in managing end-to-end accounts payable operations and controls.
This role partners cross-functionally to ensure timely and
accurate vendor payments, strong internal controls, and continuous process
improvements. It is a hands-on position focused on daily execution as well as
system and process enhancements. The role offers growth potential and
opportunities to explore additional areas of accounting based on individual
strengths and interests. This is a full-time, permanent, onsite position.
Responsibilities
- Manage
the full accounts payable lifecycle, including invoice intake, approval
workflows, three-way matching, payment processing, and vendor
reconciliations
- Maintain
and enforce accounts payable controls and vendor onboarding standards
- Lead
month-end accounts payable close activities, including reconciliations and
audit support
- Ensure
timely and accurate payments through check runs, wire transfers, and ACH
transactions
- Oversee
1099 compliance and reporting requirements
- Prepare
monthly journal entries related to prepaid expenses, fixed assets, leases,
amortization, and use tax
- Develop
and maintain strong vendor relationships by responding to inquiries and
resolving payment issues promptly
- Manage
employee expense reimbursement processes to ensure accuracy and timeliness
- Administer
the corporate credit card program in compliance with company policies
- Support
special projects and ad hoc initiatives as needed
Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelor’s
degree in accounting, finance, or a related business field
- Working
knowledge of accounting principles and U.S. GAAP
- Strong
proficiency in Excel with solid analytical capabilities
- Minimum
of 3 years of accounts payable experience in a multi-entity or
multinational environment
- Excellent
written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability
to clearly convey information and actively listen
- Proven
ability to collaborate effectively within a team, contribute positively to
team dynamics, and support departmental objectives
- Position
is based onsite in downtown Seattle; remote work is not available
- Content
Visibility: No exposure to adult content or related websites is required
Position Details
- Download,
enter, and process invoices in Sage
- Manage
accounts payable for 12–14 primary legal entities, with occasional ad hoc
payments for additional entities (primarily via corporate credit card)
- Ensure
invoices are billed to the correct legal entity
- Identify
and prevent cross-company payment errors
- Handle
state filings for Washington, Nevada, and Texas
- Manage
business licenses and other annual compliance requirements
- Oversee
American Express and Visa credit card transactions
- Process
approximately 300 transactions per month, often involving high-dollar
amounts
- Provide
support for expense reporting and reconciliations
- Manage
1099 compliance and reporting
- Preferred
experience processing 1099s for 100–200 vendors
- Assist
with general ledger reconciliations for select accounts
- Utilize
SharePoint for accounts payable documentation
- Ensure
all invoice payments are properly supported and stored in SharePoint
- Maintain
consistent adherence to documentation and record-keeping standards
