Accounts Payable Specialist

Accounts Payable Specialist

Location: Houston, TX Pay: $24$28/hour Employment Type: Contract or Contract-to-Hire

About the Opportunity

A Houston-based organization is seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Analyst/Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Specialist to support a modern, systems-driven AP environment. This role is not centered around basic invoice data entry it requires an AP professional who understands the entire procure-to-pay lifecycle and can independently troubleshoot and resolve exceptions.

This position supports a high-volume, multi-department environment that relies on automated workflows, purchase orders, and cross-functional coordination to ensure timely and accurate vendor payments.

What This Role Truly Focuses On

This role is for AP professionals who:

• Understand how invoices flow from requisition ? PO ? receipt ? payment
• Know who to contact and how to resolve issues when something breaks
• Can navigate P2P systems and resolve exceptions without hand-holding

Key Responsibilities

• Manage invoices throughout the full procure-to-pay (P2P) process
• Perform 2-way and 3-way matching within P2P and ERP systems
• Investigate and resolve invoice exceptions, including: pricing discrepancies, incorrect or missing purchase orders, quantity mismatches, wrong legal entity or location coding, incorrect vendor setup or contact errors, approval workflow breakdowns
• Partner with purchasing/procurement teams, receiving/operations, requestors and budget owners, vendors responding to disputed invoices
• Navigate and document issue resolution within AP and P2P systems
• Monitor invoice statuses to prevent aging, duplicates, or payment delays
• Support AP close activities, reporting, and audit requests
• Recommend improvements to AP and P2P workflows when gaps are identified

Systems & Tools (Experience With One or More Required)

• Coupa (strongly preferred)
• OR other Procure-to-Pay platforms such as: SAP Ariba, Oracle iProcurement / Fusion P2P, Workday Financials, Basware, Jaggaer
• ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Dynamics, etc.)
• Microsoft Excel (lookups, pivots, reconciliation support)

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in full-cycle accounts payable or P2P environments
• Demonstrated experience resolving invoice and PO exceptions
• Strong understanding of AP controls and procurement workflows
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, exception-driven environment
• Clear communication skills comfortable following issues through to resolution
• Experience in manufacturing, energy, construction, or large multi-entity organizations is a plus