Accounts Payable Audit Specialist - Contact 3-6 Months

Job Description

Job Description

AP Audit Specialist (Contract)

Location: Tulsa, OK (100% Onsite)

Duration: 3-6 Month Contract (Potential for Extension)

Pay Rate: $30+/hour DOE

Job Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented AP Audit Specialist to support a critical accounts payable cleanup and audit initiative. This role will focus on reviewing AP processes, identifying discrepancies, researching payment issues, reconciling aging balances, and ensuring sales tax compliance. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, comfortable working independently, and possesses strong problem-solving skills with advanced Excel capabilities.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced AP professional who enjoys digging into complex issues, improving processes, and driving accuracy within the accounting function.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive audits of accounts payable transactions and vendor records.
• Research and resolve duplicate payments, overpayments, and payment discrepancies.
• Reconcile aged AP balances and help clear outstanding backlog items.
• Review sales tax setup and transactions to ensure compliance and accuracy.
• Investigate variances and identify root causes of AP discrepancies.
• Analyze large data sets using Excel to identify trends, exceptions, and errors.
• Validate vendor master data and recommend corrective actions where needed.
• Collaborate with accounting and finance teams to implement process improvements.
• Document findings and provide recommendations to strengthen AP controls and procedures.
• Assist with special projects and other audit-related initiatives as needed.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Accounts Payable, AP Audit, AP Analysis, or related accounting experience.
• Strong experience researching and resolving complex AP issues.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, filtering, and data analysis.
• Experience with Great Plains (Microsoft Dynamics GP) required.
• Strong understanding of sales tax regulations and AP compliance.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Excellent analytical, investigative, and critical-thinking skills.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational abilities.
• Ability to identify process gaps and recommend improvements.

Preferred Background

• Experience leading AP cleanup projects or audit initiatives.
• Experience reconciling large AP aging reports.
• Background in manufacturing, energy, distribution, or high-volume AP environments.
• Accounting coursework or degree preferred but not required.

Why This Role?

This project-focused opportunity offers the chance to make an immediate impact by improving AP accuracy, reducing financial risk, and helping move the AP function forward through process improvements and detailed financial analysis.