Sr. Manager, Accounts Payable

About Epirus

Epirus is a high-growth technology company developing solid-state, software-defined directed energy systems that enable unprecedented counter-electronics effects and power management solutions to optimize power efficiency in defense and commercial applications. With a constant emphasis on innovation, we are redefining the future of power to bring tomorrow’s capabilities to life, today. And that’s just the beginning.

Job objective: This is an exciting role in a growing company. In this role you will work closely with a talented accounting team to develop and manage all aspects of Accounts Payable. This role will report to the CFO.  

 Duties: 

• Manage all aspects of Accounts Payable, ensuring invoices and payments are processed accurately and on time 
• Broad knowledge of the procure to pay process including best practices 
• Enforce AP procedures including three-way matching on all vendor payments 
• Management and verification of employee expense reports 
• Processing employee expense reimbursement reports 
• Prepare and review journal entries and reconciliations for AP and payroll 
• Document all accounts payable processes and maintain documentation for business continuity 
• Evaluate and adapt current accounts payable processes to meet the growing needs of the organization and create long term strategies for continuous improvement 
• Assist the Accounting team with month-end close processes 
• Manage travel and expense policy and ensure employee compliance 
• Other duties may be assigned as appropriate 

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field  
• 8+ years of experience with payroll and accounts payable 
• Experience in ERP implementation and maintenance (Epicor) 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) 
• Good written, oral communication and analytical skills 
• A self-starter capable of collaborating across all levels of the organization 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment 
• Supervise and mentor accounts payable team members and other roles added in the future 

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Understand the full AP cycle to quickly identify the source of bottlenecks, problems and drive issues to resolution including impact and risk assessments, status reporting, and more 
• Produce, review & analyze reporting that is essential to measuring performance related to invoice processing 
• Produce, review & analyze control reports to access accurate data entry 
• Make strategic decisions to add & shift resources within processing teams in order to maintain low processing queues 
• Ensure all invoice processing activities essential to month end close are completed within specified deadlines 
• Assist in month end close and year end audit requests assigned to the AP team 

ITAR REQUIREMENTS: 

• To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

People are the most important part of Epirus – and always come first. We don’t believe in the word impossible and are always asking “why not” as work to usher in a new paradigm of power efficiency. Our fast-growing team is agile, creative, and innovative. We support a culture of constant learning and sense of belonging among our team members and know that mentorship matters. We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and beyond. To deliver on our mission, we are always looking for problem solvers, changemakers and innovators to join our fast-growing team.