Accounts Payable Specialist

Location: Bellevue,Washington,United States

TITLE:                Accounts Payable Specialist    

LOCATION:       Bellevue, WA, USA

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes.  TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, TerraPower has instituted an Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) in an effort to proactively recruit, hire, and promote women, minorities, disabled persons and veterans.

Accounts Payable Specialist

The Accounts Payable Specialist will be responsible for accurate, efficient and timely processing of invoices, payments and corporate card reconciliation.  The successful candidate will be knowledgeable with direct, indirect and unallowable expenses and will demonstrate extensive knowledge in GAAP, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and user experience in Concur and Oracle Fusion Cloud.

Responsibilities

•         Perform accounts payable tasks including tracking, recording, coding, routing invoices for approval

•         Review invoices received against PO/PR on file

•         Record invoices in Oracle, ensure proper coding of GL/department/project codes

•         Work closely with procurement and technical representatives to obtain required approvals

•         Able to identify unallowable costs according to government rules and/or contractual terms

•         Assist in the process for disbursements to vendors, subcontractors, subrecipients

•         Reconcile company owned credit cards monthly and post bill entries and payments in the financial system

•         Manage vendor relations, research and resolve variances or discrepancies in invoices

•         Support in advancing AP processes and procedures for better efficiency and accuracy 

•         Support general ledger accounting journal entry posting

•         Track invoices subject to sales or use tax, prepare use tax calculation worksheet, and record use tax accrual on a monthly basis

•         AP file maintenance

•         Prepare and process 1099 forms and file with the IRS

•         Applies general knowledge of accounting/government policies and procedures when responding to written and verbal inquiries from stakeholders

•         Support Audits to provide AP related documents including invoice and payment backups

•         Ad hoc projects in AP and other Finance functions

Key Qualifications and Skills

•         B.S. degree in Accounting or related field