Accounts Payable Specialist, Financial Shared Service Center - AMS

TikTok; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 72,200 - 121,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) savings plan with company match

Paid parental leave

Paid holidays and sick days

Job summary

A major technology company in Los Angeles is seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Specialist to oversee vendor payment processes. The role involves reviewing payment requests, monitoring key performance metrics, and collaborating across departments to enhance payment processes. The ideal candidate should possess a bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, have at least 3 years of relevant experience, and demonstrate proficiency in Mandarin. The position offers a competitive salary range of $72,200 to $121,600 annually along with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Construction of a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance-related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in accounts payable or similar role.
• Ability to communicate effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Review payment requests and ensure consistency with contracts.
• Monitor AP metrics and collaborate to optimize processes.
• Provide training and respond to inquiries from internal teams.

Skills

Accounts Payable Management

Financial Analysis

Microsoft Office Suite

Interpersonal Skills

Mandarin Proficiency

Problem-Solving Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance-related field

Job description

Responsibilities

• Review the payment requests submitted to vendors or suppliers along with invoices or other relevant supporting documents, such as the financial terms stipulated in global contracts, and ensure that they are consistent with the outgoing payments.
• Demonstrate proficiency in the entire "procure-to-pay" or "vendor payment" process and respond to inquiries, handle escalations, and provide training to internal business teams regarding this procedure.
• Monitor the AP metrics report to achieve the team\'s objectives for daily operations, ensuring timeliness and compliance, and mitigating payment risks, such as reducing the payment rejection rate, avoiding delayed payments, and preventing duplicate payments.
• Collaborate across departments to optimize vendor payment processes and initiate improvements to the processes or systems.
• Offer support for ad-hoc Accounts Payable/Accounting matters or auditing requirements.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor\'s degree in accounting or finance-related field.
• At least 3 years of accounts payable experience.
• Strong proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite Software and relevant systems technology.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, good team spirit, and ability to collaborate with a diverse range of people and job functions.
• Principled, flexible, and resourceful with a positive customer service mentality.
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical, problem-solving and financial skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritize in a busy and dynamic environment with willingness to accept challenges.
• High to medium oral, written, reading and listening proficiency in Mandarin is required due to system use, financial documents and frequent communication with Chinese stakeholders and basic/low proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese is required due to market support for Brazil and Mexico and communication with international stakeholders in Latin America.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master\'s degree or higher in accounting or finance-related field.
• Professional accounts payable experience at a technology or Internet company.
• Relevant experience in a large multi-national or global company.

Job Information

• The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $72,200 - $121,600 annually.
• Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.
• Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).
• The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
• For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates: Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: 1) Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues; 2) Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and 3) Exercising sound judgment.