Accounts Payable Specialist

Accounts Payable Specialist

Are you looking for a high energy, strategic, and fast-paced position with an impactful and mission-driven company? Join Relias, the company changing lives throughout the world by helping healthcare organizations improve their clinical and financial outcomes! For 11,000+ health care and human service organizations, Relias helps clients deliver better clinical and financial outcomes by elevating the performance of teams. We help organizations across the continuum of care get better at maintaining compliance, developing staff and promoting consistent, high-quality care. Our platform employs assessments to reveal specific gaps in skills and addresses them with personalized and engaging learning, choosing from 7,000+ online courses that meet accrediting board, state and federal requirements. We are passionate about our products and our clients; what we deliver and the impact we have on the world is truly something you can be proud to represent. Join us and make a difference.

Job Description The Accounts Payable Specialist performs and verifies day-to-day accounts payable and travel and expense transactions with limited guidance, supporting accurate invoice processing, timely reimbursements and payments, and complete accounting records within established review and approval requirements. The role resolves routine discrepancies, performs reconciliations and control activities, supports 1099 and unclaimed-property administration, and partners with suppliers, employees, Accounting, and internal approvers. The Specialist protects confidential payment information and escalates complex, sensitive, or systemic issues.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Invoice Processing & Exception Resolution
• Payments & Disbursement Controls
• Travel, Expense, & Corporate Cards
• Reconciliations, Compliance, & Period-End
• Service & Continuous Improvement

Qualifications You've Got What It Takes If You Have:

• Knowledge of full-cycle accounts payable, invoice processing, payment methods, expense administration, supplier inquiries, and accounting documentation.
• Knowledge of approval, segregation-of-duties, fraud-prevention, payment-verification, confidentiality, and record-retention controls.
• Skill in researching discrepancies, resolving routine exceptions, performing reconciliations, and maintaining audit-ready support.
• Ability to review invoice coding, approvals, payment details, expense documentation, and aging information for accuracy and completeness.
• Ability to use approved AI and AI-enabled tools responsibly to improve productivity, support process improvement, and enhance the accuracy and efficiency of accounts payable activities, while validating outputs and protecting confidential information.
• Ability to manage recurring payment and close deadlines while communicating effectively with suppliers, employees, Accounting, and approvers.
• Proficiency with spreadsheet, ERP, procure-to-pay, expense, and payment tools relevant to the function.
• 2+ years of accounts payable, invoice or expense processing, payment operations, bookkeeping, or related accounting experience.
• Experience reviewing transactions, resolving discrepancies, maintaining documentation, and working within recurring payment or period-end deadlines.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, or a related field

Additional Information In Office Requirement: Relias values collaboration and wants to ensure that our team members have opportunities to work with their teams regularly for professional development opportunities. Our flexible hybrid work environment requires that you live in the state of North Carolina, within a commutable distance to our office (~1-hour commute). You would be expected to work in our Morrisville, NC Headquarters (close to the Raleigh/Durham airport) approximately 30 days/quarter.