Accounts Payable Specialist

Discover. A brighter future.

With us, you’ll do meaningful work from Day 1. Our collaborative culture is built on three core behaviors: We Play to Win, We Get Better Every Day & We Succeed Together. And we mean it — we want you to grow and make a difference at one of the world's leading digital banking and payments companies. We value what makes you unique so that you have an opportunity to shine.

Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

What You’ll Do

• Responsible for engaging with with business partners to understand transactions and activities. Ensures reports and transactional information is accurate for financial reporting, accounting records, inclusion in filings, and payments. Completes control activities in support of accurate books and records.

• Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

Concur Expense Audit

• Audit & approve expense reports on a daily basis, verifying accuracy, justification, and required documentation to ensure employee reimbursement requests are in compliance with company policies.

• Provide informal training as needed and offer continuous improvement ideas to system functionality.

• Ad Hoc projects as assigned or Concur Reporting as requested.

Vendor Setup & Update

• Non-Zip vendor creations in Oracle, including legal settlement vendor setups, merchant, and death benefit vendors that're not going through Zip flows.

• Monthly reviewing Legal settlement payments to complete Plaintiffs information, run Tin Matching, follow up with legal team for tin mismatching.

• Performing daily Supplier Update Audit Report

• Reviewing ACH Bank notification report weekly and submitting Vendor update request to correct banking information.

Vendor and Customer Service Relationships

• Answer employee questions related to expense reimbursement and invoice matters, including approval levels, documentation requirements and payment status.  

• Respond to Yammer or emails directly from the employee or supplier requesting information, maintain a professional attitude when interacting with internal and external customers in a manner that conforms to departmental standards. 

• Maintain a working knowledge of departmental and company accounting policies and procedures and be able to apply this knowledge to daily activities.

Sox / Audit / Compliance:  

• Understand all AP Sox Controls.  

• Execute daily responsibilities in accordance with these controls.  

• 3Assist Internal and External Audit departments in research as appropriate.

How You’ll Do It

• Ensures timely completion of transactional procurement to payment activities from requisition to disbursement. Gathers relevant supporting details from source reports and business partners. Identifies the root cause of issues and the appropriate resolutions.

• Manages the flow of transactions through various internal and external systems. Supports system testing efforts, trouble shooting, and requirements gathering activities. Ensures the accuracy and integrity of information entered into the procurement to payment systems. Ensures transactions are appropriately reflected.

• Identifies and implements control improvements and process efficiencies. Supports automations, cost reduction opportunities, system enhancements, and collaboration efforts.

• Provides support and education to internal customers on processes, policies, and controls. Participates in cross-functional teams to support the advancement of priorities in areas of responsibility, new business initiatives, and resolution of production events.

• Provides financial reporting, audits, and compliance to satisfy requests.

Qualifications You’ll Need
The Basics

• Bachelors Degree in Business Administration and Management, Accounting, Finance, or related

• 1+ years of experience in Business, Accounting, Finance, or related

• In Lieu of Education 4+ years of experience in Business, Accounting, Finance, or related

Physical and Cognitive Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform