Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Aypa Power, a Blackstone portfolio company, is a leading developer of utility-scale energy storage projects. They are seeking an Accounts Payable Accountant to support vendor onboarding, process purchase orders and invoices, and manage financial compliance within the renewable energy sector.
Responsibilities
- Support vendor onboarding, ensuring requisite documentation is in order
- Process purchase orders and vendor invoices, ensuring proper coding of expenses across entities, projects, cost categories, and USD/Canadian Dollar currencies
- Manage purchase order/invoice approval process
- Administer employee expense reimbursements
- Initiate settlement payments via ACH, wire, or by check; support settlements through lender disbursement requests or transaction flows of funds
- Address employee and vendor queries
- Support month-end processing and accrual accounting, account analysis, reconciliations, and reporting
- Support annual financial statement audit requests
- Support Form-1099 reporting
- Support implementation of a Purchase Order system and integration with invoice processing and accounting ERP
- Evaluate and initiate process and system improvements
- Analyzes financial data to improve processes and develop financial reports
- Provides guidance on financial compliance and policy interpretation
- Prepare ad hoc analyses and perform other duties as required or assigned
Skills
- Minimum of 3 years of progressive accounting experience in project-based operations, construction, or capital asset-intensive business
- Associate/Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or related field
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills in a high-visibility role
- Must be competent in Microsoft Excel advanced features and capabilities
- Must be detail-oriented, show initiative, and be highly organized working in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment
- Working-level knowledge of 1099 requirements and processes
- Experience with advanced ERP systems and processing requirements
- Experience with automated bank payment systems
- Experience with Sage Intacct, particularly multi-entity consolidation and multi-currency processing
- Experience with Stampli invoice approval workflow system
- Familiarity with Coupa procurement system
- Experience with Expensify or similar expense management platforms
- Knowledge of FloQast or other controls management tools
- Experience with automated bank payment systems and ACH/wire processing
- Familiarity with multi-project expense coding and cost allocation
- Knowledge of the renewable energy or utility sector
- Experience with process automation and RPA tools
Benefits
- An annual bonus will be awarded based on individual performance and the overall success of the business.
- Aypa offers an attractive benefits package with excellent health care/dental/vision, 401k matching, unlimited vacation, paid parental leave, and other health/wellness benefits.
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