Manager, Accounts Payable

Epirus; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Epirus in Torrance, CA, seeks an experienced Accounts Payable professional to join the accounting team reporting to the CFO. You will own all AP activities, ensure invoicing accuracy, three-way matching, expense processing, and month-end close support.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in Accounting, 4+ years in payroll and AP, ERP experience with Epicor, strong MS Office skills, and cross‑department collaboration in a fast‑paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field.
• 4+ years of experience with payroll and accounts payable.
• Experience in ERP implementation and maintenance (Epicor).
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• US Citizen and/or Permanent Resident (potential security clearance).

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of Accounts Payable, ensuring invoices and payments are processed accurately and on time.
• Enforce AP procedures including three-way matching on all vendor payments.
• Prepare and review journal entries and reconciliations for AP and payroll.
• Assist the Accounting team with month-end close processes.
• Manage travel and expense policy and ensure employee compliance.

Skills

Communication

Analytical skills

Team collaboration

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

Epicor

Job description

About Epirus

Epirus is a high-growth technology company dedicated to overcoming the asymmetric challenges inherent to the future of national security. Epirus' flagship product, Leonidas, is a software-defined system built using intelligent power management techniques which allow power-hungry systems to do more with less.

Job Summary

This is an exciting role in a growing company. In this role you will work closely with a talented accounting team to develop and manage all aspects of Accounts Payable. This role will report to the CFO.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of Accounts Payable, ensuring invoices and payments are processed accurately and on time
• Broad knowledge of the procure-to-pay process including best practices
• Enforce AP procedures including three-way matching on all vendor payments
• Management and verification of employee expense reports
• Processing employee expense reimbursement reports
• Prepare and review journal entries and reconciliations for AP and payroll
• Document all accounts payable processes and maintain documentation for business continuity
• Evaluate and adapt current accounts payable processes to meet the growing needs of the organization and create long term strategies for continuous improvement
• Assist the Accounting team with month-end close processes
• Manage travel and expense policy and ensure employee compliance
• Other duties may be assigned as appropriate

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field
• 4+ years of experience with payroll and accounts payable
• Experience in ERP implementation and maintenance (Epicor)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• US Citizen and/or Permanent Resident (future security clearance may be required)

Preferred Qualifications

• Good written, oral communication and analytical skills
• A self-starter capable of collaborating across all levels of the organization
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment

Additional Duties

• Supervise and mentor accounts payable team members and other roles added in the future
• Understand the full AP cycle to quickly identify the source of bottlenecks, problems and drive issues to resolution including impact and risk assessments, status reporting, and more
• Produce, review & analyze reporting that is essential to measuring performance related to invoice processing
• Produce, review & analyze control reports to assess accurate data entry
• Make strategic decisions to add and shift resources within processing teams in order to maintain low processing queues
• Ensure all invoice processing activities essential to month end close are completed within specified deadlines
• Assist in month end close and year end audit requests assigned to the AP team

ITAR REQUIREMENTS

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

At Epirus, you’ll work with technical peers and great people—and get first crack at some of the defining technology challenges of our time. Here, “impossible” is just a challenge. We are a diverse, fast-growing team of change-makers fueling the future of energy with revolutionary solutions. Join us and rewrite the rules.

As required by the Equal Pay Transparency Act, Epirus provides a reasonable range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location.

For the state of California only, the range of starting pay for this role is: $1 — $1 USD