Accounts Payable Specialist

Fortive; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

Flexible schedule

Job summary

Fortive in New York, NY seeks an Accounts Payable Specialist to drive payroll, GAAP interpretation, and treasury optimization. You will bridge finance data with business leaders using Tableau and strong SQL skills, ensuring accurate reconciliations across entities and currencies.

Expect a hands-on role with cross‑team collaboration, auditable processes, and continuous improvement. The role emphasizes clarity, accuracy, and strategic partnership with the NY finance team.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in finance or accounting with GAAP exposure.
• Experience using SQL and Tableau for reporting.
• Ability to translate GAAP nuances for non-finance teams.
• Auditing exposure and cross‑functional collaboration.
• Curiosity to ask clarifying questions before decisions.

Responsibilities

• Carry the part-time payroll run from gross calc to filed tax deposit
• Translate GAAP nuance into guidance the New York team can apply
• Manage banking relationships and optimize treasury operations
• Build the finance P&L bridge that explains every dollar of swing
• Translate Tableau dashboards into plain language for non-finance leaders
• Turn a sprawling spreadsheet into a controlled, auditable workbook
• Own the Tableau-to-Critical Thinking handoff so reporting never stalls between teams
• Oversee accounts reconciliation across multiple entities and currencies

Skills

SQL

Tableau

Critical Thinking

Pattern recognition

Questioning mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Tableau

SQL

Internal Audit

External Audit

Job description

The Accounts Payable Specialist we are after in New York, NY reads a P&L the way others read headlines. Bring 5 years to this NY Accounts Payable Specialist job and Fortive answers with $110,000 - $146,000 and a runway that keeps unrolling.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry the part-time payroll run from gross calc to filed tax deposit
• Translate GAAP nuance into guidance the New York team can apply
• Manage banking relationships and optimize treasury operations
• Build the finance P&L bridge that explains every dollar of swing
• Translate Tableau dashboards into plain language for non-finance leaders
• Turn a sprawling spreadsheet into a controlled, auditable workbook
• Own the Tableau-to-Critical Thinking handoff so reporting never stalls between teams
• Oversee accounts reconciliation across multiple entities and currencies

What You'll Bring

• A knack for SQL that colleagues quietly come to rely on
• Equal parts Tableau depth and Critical Thinking curiosity
• Pattern recognition earned across many finance engagements
• A bias toward asking the dumb question before the expensive mistake
• 4+ years that left you with strong instincts and few ilus
• Hands-on proficiency with Tableau, ideally paired with Internal Audit
• Working knowledge of SQL alongside transferable External Audit chops

For over 3 years, Fortive has built employee-centric solutions that help teams in New York, NY get more done. We assume good intent first and ask clarifying questions second, which keeps the trust-the-team days drama-free.

We seal the offer with $110,000 - $146,000, mentorship, benefits, and flexibility, the four reasons NY talent picks Fortive first.

Updated today and reviewed daily, the finance role stays open.

Come find out why people stay at Fortive once they get here; the Accounts Payable Specialist door is open.