Accounts Payable Specialist

Summary

Join Oportun as an Accounts Payable Specialist and handle the accounting work associated with the accounts payable process, ensuring vendors are paid accurately and efficiently. You will perform three-way matching, process payments from PDF invoices, monitor payment discrepancies, and ensure proper credit is received. Responsibilities include charging expenses to correct accounts, reviewing expense reports, communicating with vendors and internal teams, preparing reports, and reconciling accounts. The role requires basic bookkeeping and accounting skills, a degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or Business, and 2+ years of experience in Accounts Payable or related processes. Strong attention to detail, thoroughness, and excellent communication skills are essential. This is a remote position.

Requirements

• An understanding of basic bookkeeping and accounting skills is required
• A degree in any of the following is required: Accounting Finance or Economics Business
• Conversational and business English
• 2+ years of previous experience in Accounts Payable, Procurement and / or other Procure to Pay related processes
• Attention to detail, thoroughness, fast learner, team player, resourceful, organized. This position will be communicating with Business Units, Approvers and vendors on a daily basis, so it is imperative they are able to interact on a professional manner at all times

Responsibilities

• Perform 3, 2 and 1-Way Match and check for accuracy of PO’s and receipts
• Paying vendors from PDF invoices received
• Monitoring payment discrepancies, discount opportunities and documentation
• Ensuring credit is received for outstanding memos
• Charge expenses to accounts / spend categories and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports, recording entries
• Review and verify expense reports
• Communications to Vendors and Business Units regarding payments / updates
• Communications with the Cash team regarding check payments; reconciliations, stop-payments
• Communications with the Procurement Team regarding Purchase Orders; Receipts and/or Amendments
• Prepare analysis of A/P accounts and monthly reports
• Reconcile processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances
• Maintain accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions
• Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions
• Continue to improve the payment process
• Identify improvements/development areas for projects within AP and other departments that we work with
• Protect organization's value by keeping information confidential
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities
• Accomplish accounting and organization mission by completing related results as needed

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in an international company is preferred