Accounts Payable Specialist

About Us

Scorpion is the leading provider of technology and services helping local businesses thrive. We do this by helping customers understand local market dynamics, make the most of their marketing, and deliver experiences their customers will love. We offer tools to know what’s going on with marketing, competitors, and customers. We offer a unique blend of AI support and teams of real human people with local expertise committed to customer success. At Scorpion, we are ready to do whatever it takes to help our clients reach their goals. Our technology and personalized tools bring everything together to help local businesses easily understand their unique business, market, and customer needs. We put SEO, Reviews, Advertising, Email Marketing, Chat and Messaging, Social Media, Website, Lead Management, Appointment Scheduling, and more to work for local businesses. We’re a technology-led service with a human touch.

About the Role

As an Accounts Payable Specialist, you will serve as a  contributor on the Account Payable (A/P) team with ownership over key processes, vendor strategy, and continuous improvement initiatives. This role goes beyond transaction processing. You will ensure operational excellence, strengthen internal controls, and partner cross-functionally to improve financial accuracy and efficiency across the organization.

You will act as a subject matter expert for accounts payable, provide guidance to team members, and proactively identify opportunities to optimize systems, workflows, and reporting. This role works closely with the Controller and Accounting team to support month-end close, audits, rebate calculations, and strategic initiatives including acquisitions and system implementations.

What Your Success Will Look Like

• Own end-to-end A/P processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with internal controls
• Serve as primary point of contact for complex vendor relationships and escalations
• Lead vendor data management, invoice coding accuracy, and discrepancy resolution
• Partner cross-functionally with department leaders to improve expense workflows and reimbursement processes
• Drive month-end close responsibilities, including reconciliations, accrual support, and detailed workbook preparation
• Prepare and review journal entries and reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and completeness
  Collaborate with the Controller on monthly rebate calculations for partnered agencies and customers, validating assumptions and ensuring financial accuracy
• Maintain and optimize T&E, A/P automation, and Procurement software systems; identify and implement process improvements
  Support annual audit preparation by owning documentation and responding to auditor inquiries
• Lead or significantly contribute to special projects such as system implementations, acquisition integrations, process redesign, and internal control enhancements
• Provide guidance and promote best practices and continuous improvement

Who You Are And What You Bring

• Education
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Advertising, Business, Communications, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience
  • 2+ years of accounts payable and accounting experience
  • Experience owning A/P processes end-to-end, not just supporting them
  • Experience with A/P automation, procurement, or ERP systems (NetSuite, Sage, etc. preferred)

• Skills
  • Strong analytical mindset with the ability to investigate and resolve complex discrepancies
  • Exceptional organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities
  • Clear and confident communication skills with the ability to partner across departments
  • Understanding of GAAP fundamentals and internal control principles
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookups, reconciliation modeling) and Google Workspace
  • Demonstrated ability to identify inefficiencies and implement process improvements

Our Scorpion Values

• Winning Mindset:  When our clients win, we win.
• Genuine Care:  We only succeed when we are truly invested in our clients and each other.
• Unmatched Results:  We deliver more than expected–and then some–driving the best results and impacting lives.
• Constant Improvement:  We believe there is always a better way. We learn we ask “What if?” we build and then do it again.
• Unbeatable Teamwork:  We come from different backgrounds but have the same vision. We only get there by doing it together, as a team.