Accounts Payable Specialist

Description We are looking for an Accounts Payable Specialist to support a busy finance team in Morristown, New Jersey. This Long-term Contract position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume environment and brings strong accuracy to invoice handling and payment activities. The role follows a hybrid schedule with on-site work on Monday and Thursday and remote work on the remaining three weekdays. You will play an important part in keeping accounts payable operations organized, timely, and compliant.

Responsibilities:

• Process a large volume of vendor invoices with careful attention to accuracy, coding, and approval requirements.
• Review and assign account codes to invoices to ensure expenses are recorded correctly within the financial system.
• Execute payment activities, including bank payments, ACH transactions, and scheduled check runs, while meeting established deadlines.
• Prepare and maintain accrual-related entries and supporting documentation to assist with accurate period-end reporting.
• Monitor invoice status, resolve discrepancies, and follow up with internal stakeholders or vendors to prevent payment delays.
• Maintain complete and organized accounts payable records within NetSuite and related tools used by the team.
• Support day-to-day accounts payable operations by identifying issues quickly and helping improve processing efficiency in a high-volume setting. Requirements
• Hands-on experience in accounts payable, including invoice processing in a high-volume environment.
• Strong knowledge of account coding and the ability to apply coding accurately across different expense types.
• Experience handling ACH payments, bank payment activity, and check run processing.
• Familiarity with accruals and supporting accounts payable tasks tied to month-end or period-end close.
• Working knowledge of NetSuite and comfort using finance systems to manage invoice and payment workflows.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Effective communication skills for coordinating with vendors and internal teams on payment-related matters.

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