Accounts Payable Clerk

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Job Title: Accounts Payable Clerk

Location: USA East Coast

Type: Permanent, full-time

About the role:

Join a dynamic finance team at the heart of a high-volume, fast-moving company As an Accounts Payable Clerk, you'll play a key role in keeping operations running smoothly across multiple departments, projects, and practices. This is a hands-on role where no two days are the same – you'll manage a wide range of invoices, navigate complex coding requirements, and gain exposure to a variety of financial processes. If you thrive in a detail-oriented, results-driven environment and enjoy being a critical part of a larger company, this role is for you.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a manual AP process, including coding invoices for different entities, departments, and policies.
• Handle high volumes of transactions with accuracy and professionalism.
• Work closely with project managers.
• Use tools like SAP, Ajira, and MS Excel to process and track payments.
• Support month-end reporting, including basic P&L, balance sheet, and expense review.

To be successful in the role, you will have:

• Solid previous experience in a similar AP role ideally in a commercial, high-volume environments.
• Confident and proactive – able to manage competing priorities and keep processes moving smoothly.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; able to collaborate with teams who may not be finance-focused while maintaining professionalism.
• Solid understanding of accounting basics, including expenses, P&L, balance sheets, and financial statements.
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and comfortable navigating manual processes with tools like SAP, Ajira, Excel, and MS Outlook.

Grow your career and expand your skills and knowledge. At BSI, we offer opportunities to work across industries and across the globe. You'll benefit from the different perspectives and experiences of your international colleagues, as well as ongoing training and development. We offer flexible working, as well as 20 days' annual leave, bank holidays, medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, 401(K) with company contribution, short-term and long-term disability, maternal leave, paid parental leave, paid bereavement leave, learning and development opportunities, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.

• Please note: BSI are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this vacancy

The salary for this position can range from $59,500 to $77,000 annually; actual compensation is based on various factors, including but not limited to, the candidate's competencies, level of experience, education, location, divisional budget and internal peer compensation comparisons.

Together, we are building an organisation that is ready to meet the challenges ahead. Grow your career as you help us shape what comes next.

We exist to have a positive impact. Our people influence international thinking and action on important issues. Our 86,000 customers are based in 193 countries across the globe.

Now we're taking on society's biggest challenges. We're developing standards and guidelines that will help our customers get to net zero, and we're defining the way new technologies such as AI impact all our lives.

We're focused on our future – and we're looking for people who want to grow with us as we take on the challenges of tomorrow. At BSI, you'll find a workplace where everyone can flourish and thrive, where innovation is encouraged and where learning is part of your everyday. You'll contribute to work that shapes industries and enhances lives – and you'll take pride in what you do.

We're looking for passionate people who want to make a difference in a purpose-led organisation. If that sounds like you, apply now. Together, we can help create a better society and a more sustainable world.

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The world needs fresh thinking and new perspectives to tackle its biggest challenges. It's why, at BSI, we're committed to creating a collaborative environment where everyone can contribute. Whatever your background, experience or outlook, here you can be your best self and do your best work.

If you have a disability or health condition, please let us know if you need any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.

About Us

BSI is a business improvement and standards company and for over a century BSI has been recognized for having a positive impact on organizations and society, building trust and enhancing lives.

Today BSI partners with more than 77,500 clients in 195 countries and engages with a 15,000 strong global community of experts, industry and consumer groups, organizations and governments.

Utilizing its extensive expertise in key industry sectors - including automotive, aerospace, built environment, food and retail, and healthcare - BSI delivers on its purpose by helping its clients fulfil theirs.

Living by our core values of Client-Centricity, Agility, and Collaboration, BSI provides organizations with the confidence to grow by partnering with them to tackle society's critical issues – from climate change to building trust in digital transformation and everything in between - to accelerate progress towards a better society and a sustainable world.

BSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.