Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Northstar Recycling is a remote-first organization that specializes in recycling services. They are seeking an Accounts Payable Analyst responsible for managing accounts payable activities, ensuring compliance, and maintaining vendor relationships while supporting the integrity of financial records.
Responsibilities
- Process, review, and post vendor invoices accurately while ensuring compliance with company policies and established accounting procedures
- Match invoices to loads, purchase transactions, and supporting documentation within company systems while researching discrepancies and obtaining appropriate resolution
- Review invoice pricing, tax treatment, freight charges, and supporting documentation to ensure accuracy prior to payment
- Investigate and resolve complex invoice, payment, pricing, and account discrepancies through collaboration with internal departments and external vendors
- Serve as the primary accounting contact for assigned strategic and high-volume vendor accounts, maintaining strong vendor relationships while proactively resolving billing and payment issues
- Perform detailed vendor account audits, identifying duplicate payments, unapplied credits, recurring discrepancies, aged balances, and opportunities for financial recovery
- Request, review, and reconcile vendor statements to ensure outstanding liabilities are complete and accurate
- Research aged payable balances and recommend appropriate corrective actions, adjustments, or escalations
- Manage vendor billing portals and electronic invoicing platforms to ensure invoices are received, processed, and maintained according to vendor requirements
- Perform detailed account reconciliations and financial analysis to ensure payable balances are accurate and supported
- Complete monthly credit card and American Express reconciliations, ensuring proper approvals, supporting documentation, accurate GL coding, and timely resolution of outstanding items
- Reconcile vendor accounts, payment activity, and outstanding balances while identifying trends requiring additional review
- Analyze recurring invoice and payment discrepancies to identify root causes and recommend corrective actions to improve processing efficiency
- Prepare supporting documentation for account reconciliations, audits, and month-end reporting activities
- Coordinate assigned month-end accounts payable close activities to ensure payable balances are reconciled, variances investigated, and transactions accurately recorded within established deadlines
- Process month-end Create Pay transactions using shipping records and financial information maintained within Northstar systems
- Support internal and external audit requests by providing documentation and explanations of accounts payable transactions
- Review accounts payable transactions for compliance with company policies, financial controls, and accounting procedures
- Identify potential financial risks, unusual activity, duplicate payments, or control weaknesses and escalate concerns appropriately
- Maintain strict confidentiality of company financial information and vendor records
- Ensure documentation supporting invoice approvals, payment processing, and reconciliations is complete and audit-ready
- Identify opportunities to improve accounts payable processes, internal controls, workflow efficiency, and automation
- Recommend process improvements that reduce invoice exceptions, improve vendor payment accuracy, and strengthen financial reporting
- Participate in system implementations, testing, and special accounting projects as assigned
Skills
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Minimum of two (2) years of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, bookkeeping, or general accounting experience, or an Associate's degree in Accounting, Business, or a related field
- Experience processing high-volume accounts payable transactions while maintaining exceptional accuracy
- Experience performing complex account reconciliations and financial research
- Experience auditing vendor accounts and resolving payment discrepancies
- Experience reconciling credit card and expense accounts
- Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, filtering, sorting, and data analysis
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to independently research and resolve complex accounting issues
- Ability to identify trends, root causes, and process improvement opportunities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate professionally with vendors and internal stakeholders
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines
- Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment while maintaining confidentiality of financial information
- Experience with ERP or accounting software systems, preferably cieTrade
- Experience supporting month-end and year-end close activities
- Experience working with vendor billing portals and electronic invoicing platforms
- Experience in the recycling, transportation, logistics, manufacturing, or related industries
- Experience managing complex vendor accounts requiring ongoing reconciliations and financial analysis
- Experience participating in process improvement initiatives and accounting system implementations
Benefits
- Generous employe contribution to our health, dental, and vision insurance premiums
- 401(k)-retirement plan and match 100% of your first 4% of pay contribution to the plan; this matching contribution is 100% immediately vested
- Company sponsored short-term, long-term, and life coverage
- A multitude of supplemental and voluntary benefit programs
- Competitive PTO package that includes vacation time, sick time, 7 observed federal holidays, 3 floating holidays, and additional time off each year for volunteer efforts
- Fully remote working environment with virtual culture and teambuilding events to create and maintain a sense of belonging, connection, and inclusivity between our team members
- Coaching culture
- Professional development for employees within their roles and works to create opportunities for promotion to cultivate meaningful growth for Northstar employees
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- AD&D insurance
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
- Work from home
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