AP Specialist II- Mergers & Acquisitions

Upperline Health, Inc.; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Upperline Health in Nashville is seeking an Accounts Payable Specialist II to manage multi-entity payables, ensure timely payments, and uphold internal controls during rapid growth.

You will support M&A due diligence, vendor onboarding, and integration across acquired entities, maintaining strong vendor relationships and high accuracy in all postings.

This full-time, hybrid role offers growth opportunities within a dynamic, mission-driven healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of accounts payable experience in a fast-paced, multi-entity environment or during M&A activity.
• Experience with vendor onboarding/integration and multi-entity accounting processes is highly preferred.
• Familiarity with accounting system migrations during mergers or acquisitions is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support AP due diligence during M&A transactions, reviewing payables, vendor contracts, and payment histories.
• Maintain vendor tracker for real-time status updates to stakeholders.
• Assist in onboarding and mapping acquired vendor accounts into corporate systems.
• Answer vendor inquiries from legacy and acquired vendors to maintain relationships during transition.
• Reconcile AP entries and verify system balances across entities during integration.
• Assist monthly closings for newly integrated units.
• Maintain organized payable files for audits and compliance.

Skills

AP proficiency

Vendor management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Tools

Sage Intacct

Tipalti

Microsoft Office

Job description

Upperline Health is the nation’s largest provider group dedicated to lower extremity, wounds, and vascular care. Founded in 2017 with the ambitious goal of transforming specialty care, Upperline Health is a pioneer in bringing value-based care models into specialty care. Upperline delivers a more efficient path for patients to receive consistent and effective treatment for chronic illnesses.

Upperline Health providers coordinate patients’ care among a team of specialists - physicians, advanced practice providers, care navigators, pharmacists, dieticians, and social workers for integrated treatment that addresses patients’ immediate and long‑term health needs. We put patients at the center of value‑based care.

Triage is temporary.

Treatment is transformative.

This is a full‑time position, offering a hybrid work schedule: 3 pre‑set days per week in‑office at our Nashville headquarters, with Tuesday and Fridays eligible for remote work.

About the Accounts Payable Specialist II

Upperline Health is looking for an Accounts Payable Specialist II to compile and maintain accounts payable records for our organization. The Accounts Payable Specialist II will ensure payments are completed and expenses are controlled by receiving and processing payments and verifying and reconciling invoices according to established policies and procedures in an efficient, timely and accurate manner. Upperline is looking for strong performers who are self‑stators, problem solvers, have exceptional attention to detail, and who are eager to tackle problems and tasks, both big and small, and can adapt and thrive in a fast‑changing growth environment. As Upperline continues to grow rapidly throughout the U.S., there will be future career growth opportunities within the company.

What You’ll Do

• Support AP due diligence during M&A transactions, including reviewing target companies’ outstanding payables, vendor contracts, and payment histories to identify risks or liabilities
• Maintain vendor tracker with the intent of providing real time integration progress updates to stakeholders as requested
• Assist in the transition and mapping of acquired vendor accounts into corporate accounting systems, ensuring accurate onboarding and minimal payment disruption
• Answer vendor inquiries from both legacy and newly acquired vendors, proactively engaging in open dialogue to maintain strong relationships through the transition
• Reconcile processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances across multiple entities during and after integration
• Maintain AP reports, spreadsheets, and files for all acquired entities, supporting consolidated reporting requirements
• Assists in monthly closings across newly integrated business units
• Complete administrative tasks to ensure appropriate documentation and organization of payable files for acquired companies, supporting audit and compliance needs
• Protect the organization’s value by keeping deal‑related and vendor information confidential
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications of the Accounts Payable Specialist II

• 3+ years of accounts payable experience preferred, ideally within a fast‑paced, multi‑entity, or M&A-active organization
• Prior exposure to M&A due diligence, vendor onboarding/integration, or multi‑entity accounts payable environments highly preferred
• Previous experience or exposure to accounting system conversions, vendor migrations, or multi‑entity accounting environments during mergers or acquisitions - Sage Intacct and/or Tipalti is a plus
• Self‑starter with demonstrated problem solving, decision‑making, and analytical skills, with the ability to operate effectively amid organizational change and shifting priorities during transactions
• Strong customer service orientation and effective communicator, able to build rapport with newly acquired vendors and internal stakeholders during periods of transition
• Values exceptional attention to detail, high degree of accuracy, and confidentiality, particularly when handling sensitive deal‑related and vendor information
• Effective verbal, listening and written communication skills
• Results driven by excellent organizational and time management skills to manage accounts payable across multiple entities and effectively prioritize and multi‑task
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency and ability to meet deadlines, particularly during time‑sensitive integration and closing periods
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; comfort working with data across multiple accounting systems during consolidations is a plus

Job Type: Full Time

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