Accounts Payable Specialist - Temp to Perm

Kinder's; Walnut Creek (CA); On-site; USD 51,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Kinder’s is seeking an Accounts Payable Specialist to join our Walnut Creek team on a temporary-to-permanent track. You’ll manage invoices from receipt through payment, ensure accuracy and compliance, and support vendor relations in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of AP experience, strong Excel skills (pivot tables and LOOKUP), and experience with ERP systems (SAP a plus).

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Accounts Payable experience required.
• Experience working in high-volume, fast-paced environments.
• Experience with invoice processing, purchase order matching, vendor payments, reconciliations and month-end close activities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables and LOOKUPs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with ERP systems, SAP a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full accounts payable lifecycle from invoice receipt through payment, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely processing.
• Review, verify, code, and process invoices according to company policies and accounting standards.
• Match invoices to purchase orders, receipts and supporting documentation, ensuring proper GL coding.
• Prepare batch check runs, wire transfers, and ACH payments.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for vendors regarding invoice status, payment inquiries, discrepancies, shortages and account-related concerns.
• Build and maintain positive vendor relationships by ensuring accounts remain current and resolving payment issues promptly.
• Research, investigate, and resolve invoice, receiving, and payment discrepancies while coordinating with internal business partners.
• Reconcile vendor statements and account balances, ensuring outstanding issues are resolved in a timely manner.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities, accruals, reconciliations, audits, sales tax reporting, and 1099 compliance.

Job description

Accounts Payable Specialist - Temp to Perm

BUILT ON FLAVOR. FUELED BY PEOPLE.

What’s it like to work at Kinder’s? Well, there’s a lot of snacking and geeking out over what we all cooked over the weekend. Beyond that, there’s also plenty of hard work. Because we don’t just like flavor, we’re obsessed with it.

With over 100 products sold nationwide, we’re now a top-five brand in multiple flavor categories at Costco, Walmart, Whole Foods, and more. We’re not your typical CPG company. Privately held and founder-led, we like to think of ourselves as a pirate ship in a sea of cruise ships . Our crew is adventurous and fearless. We chart our own course and chase big ideas to make food unforgettable.

As we expand globally and approach $1 billion in revenue, we need more smart-and-scrappy, flavor-obsessed people to come aboard. If you’re looking for a place where you can see the real impact of your work... this is it!Every day, you’ll be part of a journey to add flavor to millions of meals and lives.

About the Role:

The Accounts Payable Specialist, reporting to the Accounts Payable Manager, supports the Accounting team through the execution of accounts payable activities, vendor account management, and cross-functional support within the AP function. You should be analytical and precise, but able to operate in ambiguity and adapt quickly in a fast-paced, evolving environment.

This role is classified as Temp to Perm.

What You’ll Do:

• Manage the full accounts payable lifecycle from invoice receipt through payment, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely processing.
• Review, verify, code, and process invoices according to company policies and accounting standards.
• Match invoices to purchase orders, receipts and supporting documentation, ensuring proper GL coding.
• Prepare batch check runs, wire transfers, and ACH payments.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for vendors regarding invoice status, payment inquiries, discrepancies, shortages and account-related concerns.
• Build and maintain positive vendor relationships by ensuring accounts remain current and resolving payment issues promptly.
• Research, investigate, and resolve invoice, receiving, pricing and payment discrepancies while coordinating with internal business partners.
• Reconcile vendor statements and account balances, ensuring outstanding issues are resolved in a timely manner.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities, accruals, reconciliations, audits, sales tax reporting, and 1099 compliance.

Skills + Experience:

• 5+ years of Accounts Payable experience required.
• Experience working in high-volume, fast-paced environments.
• Experience with invoice processing, purchase order matching, vendor payments, reconciliations and month-end close activities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables and LOOKUPs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with ERP systems, SAP a plus.

Pay Transparency

As a temporary employee, this role will pay $45 per hour with a 40 hour work week at our Walnut Creek HQ.

SEASONED FOR SUCCESS:

• No two days here are the same.
• We try to be good team members and good communicators, but we don’t live by hierarchy and structure – everyone is a difference maker here.
• We make a lot of decisions in the face of incomplete information – our team embraces ambiguity and tries to make good decisions fast rather than great decisions slow.
• We believe our job is to take smart risk, not to eliminate risk.
• We believe in growing our skills and becoming a better company with more managerial expertise, but we are an entrepreneurial company at heart.
• We aren’t trying to be average – we want to do exceptional things, and we are willing to work hard to achieve them.

BENEFITS THAT BRING MORE TO THE TABLE:

We offer a range of total rewards that may include paid time off, 401k, bonus / incentive eligibility, equity grants, competitive health benefits, and other family-friendly benefits, including parental leave. Kinder’s benefits vary based on eligibility and can be reviewed in more detail during the interview process.

OUR RECIPE FOR BALANCE:

We believe great culture starts with people. We’re a people-first company built on connection, collaboration, and balance. Most of our work happens in the office to spark creativity and community, but we also offer flexibility so team members have the autonomy to work outside the office when needed to support their work-life balance and personal commitments.

WHERE EVERY INGREDIENT MATTERS:

Kinder's is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, citizenship, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran status, as well as any other legally-protected characteristic. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need any accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, please reach out to us at [e-mail]