Accounts Payable Analyst

WHO WE ARE

We are PEAK6, a leading investment firm, using technology to find a better way of doing things. The company’s first tech-based solution was developed in 1997 to optimize options trading, and over the past two decades, the same formula has been used across a range of industries, asset classes, and business stages to consistently deliver superior results. Today, PEAK6 seeks transformational opportunities to provide capital and strategic support to entrepreneurs and forward-thinking businesses. PEAK6’s core brands include PEAK6 Capital Management, PEAK6 Strategic Capital, Apex Fintech Solutions, FOCUS, We Insure, Evil Geniuses, Poker Power, Zogo, and Bruce Markets.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

PEAK6 was brought to life by the idea that success is driven by technology and a strong collaborative process. The passion for those ideas powers our firm still, 20 years later. As an AP Analyst at PEAK6, you’ll be integral to maintaining and improving the firm’s processes and procedures by collaborating with some of the sharpest minds in the investment and financial industries, to advance the firm’s position as an innovative leader in the industry.

As a member of the Finance Team at PEAK6, you’ll have a big impact on the firm by adding your financial and accounting experience to our organization and its employees, in a rapidly growing environment and team. While some areas will be the same each month we are looking for someone to bring their experience to our team and shake up the norm. Additionally, our diverse business streams affords you the unique opportunity to grow across a variety of verticals, engaging you in unique challenges, projects, and technologies.This role will support two growing business and drive improvement of all accounting and finance functions.

• Performing the accounts payable cycle to ensure timely payments of invoices to vendors, from receipt of invoices to finalizing payments.

• Entering invoices into the accounting system using assistance of OCR technology

• Gaining the proper business and financial statement knowledge to administer accurate coding of each invoice, including expense categorization, approval workflow and other applicable fields necessary for business reporting and analysis

• Matching invoices to approved purchase orders for payment and working with the Procurement Team to address any billing issues timely

• Reviewing and approving employee expense reports, including verification of mandatory documentation and expense coding accuracy

• Preparing batch ACH and check runs, as well as wire transfers

• Ensuring payment success and that all are properly accounted for at all times in the general ledger and AP module

• Communicating and collaborating effectively to ensure the accounts payable cycle continues by: Investigating and resolving issues associated with processing invoices, both internally with business stakeholders and externally with vendors

• Building effective partnerships across the larger Finance Team in order to understand changes, align on processes, recommend process improvements and learn new ways of completing tasks or projects

• Ensuring all accounts payable policies and procedures are adhered to, including vendor onboarding, travel and related expenses policies, and other departmental and firm

• Participating in monthly, quarterly, annual and ad hoc tasks and projects, including: Balance sheet reconciliations and pulling AP data to determine appropriate accruals, AP Reporting of volume and spend metrics, Assisting with IRS 1099 compliance and reporting, Gathering support for various financial and tax audit requests

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or other Business-related degree

• Experience in accounting or another business operations function

• Interest in learning our business from the ground up, through understanding its expenses

• Strong attention to detail

• High level of organizational skills

• Willingness to learn new processes and new systems,