Senior Expense Accountant

Senior Expense Accountant

The Senior Expense Accountant owns AP close and vendor account management, including complex and high-value vendor relationships, reporting to the VP of Finance. This role also owns the corporate card program and expense policy compliance, and mentors the Expense Accountant, building a resilient, cross-trained expense accounting function.

Accountabilities

• Own AP month-end close and vendor account reconciliation, hitting a 5-business-day close target
• Manage complex and high-value vendor relationships, including payment terms negotiation and escalations
• Own the corporate card program (Payhawk) and expense policy compliance, including periodic T&E audits
• Drive AP and expense automation (e.g., OCR invoice capture, automated 3-way match, self-service reporting) to sustain close speed and accuracy as transaction volume scales
• Partner with FP&A and Procurement to drive spend visibility, budget accuracy, and continuous improvement of the source-to-pay process
• Review and mentor junior accountant(s), building a resilient, cross-trained expense accounting function

Key Responsibilities

• Review payment runs (ACH/wire) and approval workflows, ensuring 2-way/3-way match discipline and segregation of duties
• Identify opportunities to capture early-payment discounts and streamline vendor onboarding
• Drive automation and continuous improvement of the AP/expense workflow (invoice OCR, automated 3-way match, spend analytics and self-service reporting)
• Conduct periodic T&E audits to ensure expense policy compliance
• Partner with FP&A and Procurement on spend visibility, budget variance analysis, and source-to-pay improvements
• Negotiate payment terms with high-value vendors and resolve escalations
• Provide day-to-day review and coaching to the Expense Accountant

Requirements

Required: 5+ years in AP or expense accounting; experience with NetSuite and a modern expense/corporate card platform (e.g., Payhawk, Ramp, Brex, or Navan); comfortable operating in a multi-entity, multi-currency environment typical of a scaling global SaaS company; comfortable owning payment run governance, approval workflow design, and segregation of duties; prior experience reviewing or mentoring junior accounting staff; familiarity with SOX or equivalent internal-controls frameworks, and experience supporting SOC 2 or financial-statement audit requests related to AP, T&E, and vendor controls; full professional fluency in English, written and spoken.

Nice to have: Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CPA, CIMA or international equivalent); comfortable using AI tools (e.g. Claude) and automation platforms (e.g. n8n); experience scaling AP/expense processes through high-growth periods.

Benefits

Competitive compensation; long-term employment with working days vacation; development in professional growth (courses, training, etc); being part of successful cutting-edge technology products; proficient and fun-to-work-with colleagues; Apple gear.

Omilia is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.