AP Specialist (Contract)

Liftoff is the leading growth acceleration platform for the mobile industry, helping advertisers, publishers, game developers and DSPs scale revenue growth with solutions to market and monetize mobile apps.

Liftoff’s solutions, including Accelerate, Direct, Influence, Monetize, Intelligence, and Vungle Exchange, support over 6,600 mobile businesses across 74 countries in sectors such as gaming, social, finance, ecommerce, and entertainment. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Redwood City, CA, Liftoff has a diverse, global presence.

About the role:

Liftoff is currently seeking an Accounts Payable Specialist Contractor that will actively contribute to the growth and development of our Accounts Payable and Finance functions. This position requires an understanding of cost coding to ensure that payments are accurate and timely. It also requires working with others to maintain solid vendor relationships and enhance our processes and technology use. This person must be self-motivated, focused, hard-working, and extremely organized.

The Accounts Payable Specialist will be part of the Finance Organization as a contractor and report directly to the Accounts Payable Manager. It’s an incredibly exciting time for our team, as Liftoff continues to tackle new challenges in a fast-paced, growing environment. Come join us and help grow our financial operations team!

Location:

The role is remote-first, if you are (1) able to work Pacific time zone hours and (2) willing to travel to the SF Bay Area for in-person meetings 1-2 weeks per quarter.

This is a 3-month contract, located in the Bay area or remote in California. We are a remote-first company with US hubs in Redwood City, Los Angeles, and NYC.

Responsibilities:

• Review and process vendor invoices in Bill.com with careful attention to detail; including subsidiary, amount, appropriate GL coding, and proper business approvals.
• Lead data governance and vendor clean-up efforts in Netsuite and upstream systems.
• Help manage cash balances by monitoring invoices and payment obligations/due dates.
• Manage partner payments and reporting, which include W-9 collections and reconciliations for tax and audit compliance.
• Manage communication with cross-functional teams in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regarding vendors, invoices, and cash disbursements.
• Review weekly payment listings to ensure accuracy of invoice information and initiate payments via ACH and wire transactions.
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies and internal controls including vendor management, invoice processing, cash management, and cash disbursements.
• Assist with year-end audit and regulatory efforts including financial statement audit requests and 1099 requests.
• Implement process improvements to enhance efficiency & drive scalability; vendor onboarding, invoice entry QA, payment/invoice approvals, bank payments out of CITI.

Requirements:

• Intermediate or advanced Excel skills required.
• Experience in Bill.com, Netsuite, and Tipalti is a plus.
• Must be able to thrive in a dynamic, innovative environment including ability to remain flexible, proactive, resourceful, and efficient while interacting with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to work collaboratively and skillfully with others within and outside of Finance teams
• Exemplary communication skills both on the phone and via email
• Must be detail oriented and deadline driven with robust organizational skills.
• 2 - 4 years of experience as an AP specialist or similar position
• Previous experience at a fast-growing startup is a plus

This is a contract position with an hourly rate of $30-$35/hr 

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Liftoff is committed to providing and maintaining a work environment where all employees and candidates are treated with dignity and respect and that is free of bias, prejudice, and harassment. Liftoff is further committed to providing an equal employment opportunity for all employees and candidates for employment free from discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex, gender (including sexual harassment, gender harassment, and harassment due to pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender nonconformity, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, ancestry (including association, affiliation, or participation with persons or activities related to national origin, English-proficiency or accent, or immigration status), physical or mental disability, medical condition(s), genetic information of an individual or family member of the individual, marital or domestic partner status, age, veteran or military status, family care status, requesting or taking pregnancy, parental or disability leave, requesting an accommodation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance. All such discrimination and harassment is unlawful and will not be tolerated. Liftoff maintains a continued commitment to equal employment opportunity and expects the full cooperation of all personnel.

Liftoff's Compensation Strategy

Liftoff's compensation strategy includes competitive market rate along with equity and benefits and perks that will give our employees what they need to do their best work. In order to ensure teams are compensated fairly for the work performed, we map out specific levels and take into consideration the cost of labor within each location. Liftoff provides employees a total compensation package of competitive market salaries, equity, health and wellness stipends, medical benefits associated with your country of residence. The base compensation will vary based on location, experience as well as level.

Agency and Third Party Recruiter Notice:

Liftoff does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or Recruiting Team. All candidates must be submitted via our Applicant Tracking System by approved Liftoff vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Recruiting Team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Liftoff Recruiting Team and such a candidate was submitted to the Liftoff Recruiting Team via our Applicant Tracking System.