Accounts Payable Specialist

<div class="content-intro"><p>At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers. Using an incremental, hardware-rich and low-cost approach, Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station. Haven Demo’s 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Next, Haven-1 is expected to become the world’s first commercial space station when it launches, followed by additional Haven modules to enable permanent human presence by 2030. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.</p></div><p>Vast is looking for a(n) <strong>Accounts Payable Specialist</strong>, reporting to the<strong> Accounts Payable Manager, </strong>to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.&nbsp;</p> <p>In this role, you will be responsible for processing a high volume of invoices, managing vendor relationships, ensuring accurate and timely payments, and contributing to process improvements and automation initiatives. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key part in building and optimizing financial operations within a fast-paced, dynamic environment.</p> <p>This will be a <strong>full-time</strong>, <strong>non-exempt </strong>position located in our <strong>Long Beach </strong>location.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities:&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li>Process high-volume of vendor invoices 500+ per month</li> <li>Takes ownership of vendor accounts, ensuring timely payments</li> <li>Communicates clearly with the AP Manager regarding vendor onboarding, payment schedules, and PO creation issues</li> <li>Match invoices to purchase orders and receipts and the resolution of any discrepancies</li> <li>Ensure all invoices have proper backup, coding, and approvals before processing</li> <li>Assist with vendor payments and international payments</li> <li>Manage vendor onboarding process including setting-up credit terms, up-to-date W9 forms and other necessary information</li> <li>Reconcile vendor statements, research, and correct discrepancies</li> <li>Contribute to automation and process improvement projects</li> <li>&nbsp;Establish and maintain electronic repository f