Accounts Payable Specialist

Energy Innovation Corp; Mankato (MN); Hybrid; USD 51,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Sears is hiring a junior Accounts Payable Specialist in a hybrid role based in Mankato, MN. The position offers a salary range of $51,000 to $74,000 per year, with coaching and benefits and a flexible schedule.

You will own the junior ledger, manage intercompany transactions, and support forecasting and close processes to improve financial accuracy and speed.

Qualifications

• 1+ year of experience behind estimates or forecasting.
• Demonstrated ACA expertise in a fast-moving finance environment.
• Solid understanding of finance best practices and industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Handle intercompany transactions and eliminations during consolidation.
• Audit travel and entertainment spend and control costs.
• Run the hybrid close for a junior ledger you fully own.
• Test pricing models before they reach the board.
• Provide ad-hoc analysis for the CFO under tight deadlines.
• Catch misclassified entries months before auditors would notice.

Skills

Accounts payable

Intercompany transactions

Consolidation

Forecasting

ACA expertise

Stress management

Job description

Help Sears close the books faster and forecast with confidence as our newest junior Accounts Payable Specialist. Set against the usual finance listings, this hybrid role at Sears stands out for one reason — it pays $51,000 - $74,000 and trusts you.

Key Responsibilities

• Handle intercompany transactions and eliminations during consolidation
• Audit travel and entertainment spend without becoming the bad guy
• Run the hybrid close for a junior ledger you fully own
• Pressure-test pricing models before they reach the Sears board
• Field the ruthlessly-focused ad-hoc analysis the CFO needs before Monday
• Catch the misclassified entry three months before the auditor would

What You'll Bring

• At least 1 years of standing behind your own estimates
• A knack for Stress Management that colleagues quietly come to rely on
• A Mankato grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly
• Equal parts Stress Management depth and ACA curiosity
• Solid understanding of finance best practices and industry standards
• Demonstrated ACA expertise in a fast-moving finance environment
• A point of view, held loosely and defended well

At Sears, our mission is to make finance simpler, faster, and more accessible for everyone in Mankato, MN and beyond. Trust is the default setting at Sears; you have to actively spend it to lose it.

The offer is plainspoken: $51,000 - $74,000, coaching that grows you, benefits that cover you, and a schedule that flexes with Mankato.

The hybrid seat is open right now, refreshed and ready for resumes.