Accounts Payable Specialist 1

Who We Are

The Farmer’s Dog is the fastest growing pet health service company in the US, and was born from a mission to change the landscape of pet health, providing dogs and their humans with honest, smart, and simple care – a fresh proposition in an industry riddled with manipulative and misleading marketing. We’re starting by radically improving the $100 billion pet food market, replacing bulk bags of highly-processed pellets with a personalized subscription service that sends healthy, freshly-made dog food, balanced by top veterinary nutritionists, directly to customers’ doors. Our ultimate goal is to create innovative, honest, and delightful experiences across all aspects of pet care, and we believe our direct-to-consumer business model, holistic approach to growth, and dynamic and forward-thinking culture uniquely position us to shepherd this backwards industry into the future. 

To date, The Farmer’s Dog has delivered hundreds of millions of meals nationwide and raised over $150M in funding to help us build a company as healthy as the dogs who are eating those meals. Join us as we continue to develop ways of bringing peace of mind to our customers, health to their companions, and much-needed change to the way people feed and care for their pets.

#LongLiveDogs

Where You'll Come In

The Accounts Payable Specialist 1 is directly responsible for processing and ensuring accurate and timely payment of all invoices for assigned vendors. You will play a pivotal role in handling communications with vendors, preparing documentation for external auditors, and assisting/owning parts of the month end close. You will also maintain, analyze and cross check cost reports for designated general ledger accounts. The Accounts Payable Specialist will report into the Accounts Payable Manager. 

How You'll Make An Impact

• Process vendor bills and expenses in a timely manner and enforce financial controls through approval routing.
• Partner with the Accounts Payable Team on both daily operations and contributing to the success of the business by achieving our OKRs
• Ensure the accuracy of accounts payable coding in partnership with our senior accountants.
• Closely collaborate with other departments to ensure timely approvals and payments, effectively communicating needs and timelines
• Assist with the implementation of our Business Spend Management platform, Coupa, including; SOP development, training and help with issue resolution.
• Perform statement reconciliations for vendors
• Communicate with vendors on missing invoices, billing adjustments, and payment status.
• Assist with vendor onboarding and the travel and expense processes 
• Support the month-end close reconciliations, annual audits, and annual 1099 filing

We're Excited About You Because

• You have a minimum 2 Years of accounts payable experience (preferably in the Consumer Goods industry)
• You have experience working in NetSuite, Excel, and Google Sheets (Coupa knowledge is a plus!)
• You're accountable, detail-oriented and a natural collaborator.
• You are customer-centric
• You are quick to react to new information and you apply strong intuition in decision-making, considering both short-term and long-term impacts
• You’re a proactive self-starter, constantly on the lookout for new opportunities and solutions
• You are naturally curious, never satisfied with the status quo, always questioning what exists and spotting opportunities to continuously improve 
• You have excellent problem-solving skills and can prioritize tasks effectively.

Office Guidelines

The office is open and available for all Monday through Friday. We ask all team members to be in office a minimum of 2 - 3 days a week to build a collaborative and invested environment to foster our unique in-person culture we are proud to have. This office policy is subject to change at company discretion.

Our DEI Philosophy:

Our company’s mission is rooted in deep, genuine care for dogs – and for the people who love them. As an organization we are full of individuals who are unique in many ways, but all united in a mission of providing true peace of mind to dog lovers everywhere. Fixing this industry and improving the lives of pets and their people will be a difficult, decades-long endeavor. We believe the best use of our time, energy, and resources as a collective team is to focus on this mission, and on supporting our team to do their best work and be their best selves. In support of this we’re committed to hiring and supporting a diverse workforce, and investing in internal structures, opportunities, hiring/promotions processes, and training that create and sustain an inclusive team. We striv