# Accounts Payable Specialist / Staff Accountant for an Lithium Extraction Company

> OnlyExperts · Philippines (Remote) · Full-time · Posted 2024-10-30

**Workplace:** remote

## Description

**Accounts Payable Specialist/staff Accountant**

**About the client**

Our client is a lithium extraction company unlocking brine resources to provide essential raw

materials to the battery industry. The company was founded in 2016 by a team of engineers passionate about delivering innovations to the mining sector to minimize environmental impact and support the clean energy economy. They are committed to diversity and inclusion.

**Job Description**

Our client is looking for an Accounts Payable Accountant to join their team. This role will report to and support our Accounts Payable Supervisor and will be a key person in facilitating timely payments to our vendors. . The ideal candidate will have a passion for creating and streamlining processes, implementing controls, and have experience in working cross-functionally with all levels of management. This position can be fully remote.

Responsibilities

-   Perform and manage the Company’s accounts payable tasks working within the Coupa procure-to-pay process.
-   Verify/establish vendor accounts
-   Work directly with vendors to ensure new vendors are properly set up to facilitate timely and accurate payments
-   Ensure vendor W-9’s are on file, as needed
-   Maintain vendor relationships and resolve questions in a timely manner
-   Assist with the timely processing of annual 1099 statements
-   Work directly with Lilac engineers/purchasers/accounting staff to ensure proper assignment of project codes and general ledger coding
-   Maintain and update the Accounts Payable Policy and narrative to ensure that the A/P processing is in compliance with established internal controls
-   As needed, work with accounting management to prepare monthly account reconciliations of various G/L accounts.
-   Assist with monthly variance expense analysis.
-   Interact cross-functionally with department managers to understand spending activities

**Required Skills**

 BS in Finance/Accounting or equivalent experience

 Basic understanding of US GAAP

 Minimum 1-3 years of AP and/or General Ledger accounting

 Experience in month-end processes

 Excellent communication (verbal/written) and organizational skills

 Flexibility and willingness to pitch in with assorted tasks as they arise

 Proficient with MS Office including Excel and Word

 Ability to work US (pacific time zone) hours

**Preferred Skills**

 Coupa experience

 NetSuite procure-to-pay process

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