Accounts Payable Analyst

Who We Are
Apex Fintech Solutions (AFS) powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by processing millions of transactions daily, to simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Our robust suite of fintech solutions enables us to support clients such as Stash, Betterment, SoFi, and Webull, and more than 20 million of our clients' customers.

Collectively, AFS creates an environment in which companies with the biggest ideas in fintech are empowered to change the world. As a global organization, we have offices in Austin, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Portland, Belfast, and Manila.

If you are seeking a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment where you'll have the opportunity to make an immediate impact, and you have the guts to change everything, this is the place for you.

AFS has received a number of prestigious industry awards, including:

• 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 Best Wealth Management Company - presented by Fintech Breakthrough Awards
• 2021 Most Innovative Companies - presented by Fast Company
• 2021 Best API & Best Trading Technology - presented by Global Fintech Awards

About This Role
PEAK6 was brought to life by the idea that success is driven by technology and a strong collaborative process. The passion for those ideas powers our firm still, 20 years later. As an
Accounts Payable Analyst
at PEAK6, you'll be integral to maintaining and improving the firm's processes and procedures by collaborating with some of the sharpest minds in the investment and financial industries, to advance the firm's position as an innovative leader in the industry.

As a member of the Finance Team at PEAK6, you'll have a big impact on the firm by adding your financial and accounting experience to our organization and its employees, in a rapidly growing environment and team. While some areas will be the same each month we are looking for someone to bring their experience to our team and shake up the norm. Additionally, our diverse business streams affords you the unique opportunity to grow across a variety of verticals, engaging you in unique challenges, projects, and technologies. This role will support two growing business and drive improvement of all accounting and finance functions.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Entering invoices into the accounting system using assistance of OCR technology
• Gaining the proper business and financial statement knowledge to administer accurate coding of each invoice, including expense categorization, approval workflow and other applicable fields necessary for business reporting and analysis
• Matching invoices to approved purchase orders for payment and working with the Procurement Team to address any billing issues timely
• Reviewing and approving employee expense reports, including verification of mandatory documentation and expense coding accuracy
• Preparing batch ACH and check runs, as well as wire transfers
• Ensuring payment success and that all are properly accounted for at all times in the general ledger and AP module
• Investigating and resolving issues associated with processing invoices, both internally with business stakeholders and externally with vendors
• Building effective partnerships across the larger Finance Team in order to understand changes, align on processes, recommend process improvements and learn new ways of completing tasks or projects
• Ensuring all accounts payable policies and procedures are adhered to, including vendor onboarding, travel and related expenses policies, and other departmental and firm
• Balance sheet reconciliations and pulling AP data to determine appropriate accruals
• AP Reporting of volume and spend metrics
• Assisting with IRS 1099 compliance and reporting
• Gathering support for various financial and tax audit requests

Education And/or Experience

• Bachelor degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field (or equivalent work experience) required
• 2+ years of prior work experience in accounting or another business operations function
• NetSuite experience is a plus

Required Skills/Abilities

• Interest in learning our business from the ground up, through understanding its expenses
• Strong attention to detail
• High level of organizational skills
• Willingness to learn new processes and new systems, while also contributing your ideas for ways of improving processes and workflows
• Strong aptitude toward getting the job done
• Heightened analytical ability or desire to enhance your analytical ability
• Perseverance to identify and solve problems with minimal oversight
• Ability to professionally interact and collaborate with all levels of personnel
• Capability of working in a fast-paced environment and handling multiple tasks within an established timeline

Work Environment

• This job operates in a remote environment.
• This job operates overnight, Manila local time (Monday - Friday US Central Time from 9 AM to 5 PM CT).

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Our Rewards
We offer a robust package of employee perks and benefits, including healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP), competitive PTO, 401k match, parental leave, and HSA contribution match. We also provide our employees with a paid subscription to the Calm app and offer generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits. At AFS, we offer a hybrid work schedule for most roles that allows employees to have the flexibility of working from home and one of our primary offices.

EEO Statement
Apex Fintech Solutions is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other protected characteristic. Our hiring practices ensure that all qualified applicants receive fair consideration without regard to these characteristics.

Disability Statement
Apex Fintech Solutions is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace for all candidates, including those with disabilities. We are dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please submit your request via the Candidate Accommodation Requests Form. We will work with you to provide the necessary accommodations to ensure your full participation in our hiring process.