Accounts Payable Specialist

Consulting Excellence Group; Ontario (CA); Remote; USD 96,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Consulting Excellence Group is seeking an Accounts Payable Specialist for a remote opportunity. The role targets professionals with 5+ years in finance and a curiosity to understand movements behind accruals. Earn $96,000 - $135,000 annually with growth opportunities.

You will maintain the chart of accounts, monitor liquidity, close monthly books, and deliver metrics to leadership. Flexible schedule and GAAP-focused ownership are emphasized.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of accounting or finance experience.
• Strong GAAP knowledge and close-month experience.
• Ability to analyze and explain variances.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the chart of accounts and ensure consistent coding.
• Monitor burn rate and raise early alerts.
• Close books each month with entry accuracy.
• Report on key finance metrics to leadership.

Skills

Curiosity

Time management

Adaptability

Communication

Finance experience

Estimation skills

Job description

This is a remote opportunity for an Accounts Payable Specialist who pairs strong Accruals with the curiosity to ask why the numbers moved. For an empathy-led professional with 5+ years behind them, this remote Accounts Payable Specialist job delivers $96,000 - $135,000 and meaningful growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain the chart of accounts and ensure consistent coding
• Watch the burn rate and sound the alarm a quarter early
• Close the books each month and ensure accuracy across all entries
• Monitor key finance metrics and report on performance to leadership
• Own the mid-level sign-off on journal entries above the threshold
• Pair CMA Certification reporting with Liquidity Management reviews for a tighter feedback loop
• Surface the three expense lines quietly eating the finance margin
• Field the delightfully-weird ad-hoc analysis the CFO needs before Monday

What You'll Bring

• Curiosity that outpaces your current job description
• Strong time-management skills and a bias toward action
• Adaptability and resilience when facing shifting requirements
• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny
• Resilience measured across 3 years of finance cycles
• At least 4 years of standing behind your own estimates

Consulting Excellence Group took everything frustrating about finance and rebuilt it from scratch in Ontario, CA, with ownership-driven attention to Liquidity Management. We believe great GAAP work comes from people who feel safe to experiment and occasionally fail.

Earn $96,000 - $135,000, sharpen your Accruals beside a mentor, enjoy the benefits, and never apologize for needing a flexible Tuesday.

We re-validated this opening today; Consulting Excellence Group is still on the lookout.