Senior Expense Accountant
About this role
The Senior Expense Accountant owns AP close and vendor account management, including complex and high-value vendor relationships, reporting to the VP of Finance. This role also owns the corporate card program and expense policy compliance, and mentors the Expense Accountant, building a resilient, cross-trained expense accounting function.
Accountabilities
Own AP month-end close and vendor account reconciliation, hitting a 5-business-day close target.
Manage complex and high-value vendor relationships, including payment terms negotiation and escalations.
Own the corporate card program (Payhawk) and expense policy compliance, including periodic T&E audits.
Drive AP and expense automation (e.g., OCR invoice capture, automated 3-way match, self-service reporting) to sustain close speed and accuracy as transaction volume scales.
Partner with FP&A and Procurement to drive spend visibility, budget accuracy, and continuous improvement of the source-to-pay process.
Review and mentor junior accountant(s), building a resilient, cross-trained expense accounting function.
Responsibilities
- Review payment runs (ACH/wire) and approval workflows, ensuring 2-way/3-way match discipline and segregation of duties.
- Identify opportunities to capture early-payment discounts and streamline vendor onboarding.
- Drive automation and continuous improvement of the AP/expense workflow (invoice OCR, automated 3-way match, spend analytics and self-service reporting).
- Conduct periodic T&E audits to ensure expense policy compliance.
- Partner with FP&A and Procurement on spend visibility, budget variance analysis, and source-to-pay improvements.
- Negotiate payment terms with high-value vendors and resolve escalations.
- Provide day-to-day review and coaching to the Expense Accountant.
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