Manager, Accounts Payable

 

About Epirus 

Epirus is a high-growth technology company dedicated to overcoming the asymmetric challenges inherent to the future of national security. Epirus' flagship product, Leonidas, is a software-defined system built using intelligent power management techniques which allow power-hungry systems to do more with less.  

 

Job Summary: 

This is an exciting role in a growing company. In this role you will work closely with a talented accounting team to develop and manage all aspects of Accounts Payable. This role will report to the CFO.  

 

 Responsibilities: 

• Manage all aspects of Accounts Payable, ensuring invoices and payments are processed accurately and on time 
• Broad knowledge of the procure to pay process including best practices 
• Enforce AP procedures including three-way matching on all vendor payments 
• Management and verification of employee expense reports 
• Processing employee expense reimbursement reports 
• Prepare and review journal entries and reconciliations for AP and payroll 
• Document all accounts payable processes and maintain documentation for business continuity 
• Evaluate and adapt current accounts payable processes to meet the growing needs of the organization and create long term strategies for continuous improvement 
• Assist the Accounting team with month-end close processes 
• Manage travel and expense policy and ensure employee compliance 
• Other duties may be assigned as appropriate 

 

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field  
• 4+ years of experience with payroll and accounts payable 
• Experience in ERP implementation and maintenance (Epicor) 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) 
• US Citizen and/or Permanent Resident (future security clearance may be required) 

 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Good written, oral communication and analytical skills 
• A self-starter capable of collaborating across all levels of the organization 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment 

 

Additional Duties:  

• Supervise and mentor accounts payable team members and other roles added in the future 
• Understand the full AP cycle to quickly identify the source of bottlenecks, problems and drive issues to resolution including impact and risk assessments, status reporting, and more 
• Produce, review & analyze reporting that is essential to measuring performance related to invoice processing 
• Produce, review & analyze control reports to access accurate data entry 
• Make strategic decisions to add & shift resources within processing teams in order to maintain low processing queues 
• Ensure all invoice processing activities essential to month end close are completed within specified deadlines 
• Assist in month end close and year end audit requests assigned to the AP team 

 

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:  

• To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.