Manager, Accounts Payable

About Epirus 

Epirus is a high-growth technology company dedicated to overcoming the asymmetric challenges inherent to the future of national security. Epirus' flagship product, Leonidas, is a software-defined system built using intelligent power management techniques which allow power-hungry systems to do more with less.  

Job Summary: 

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.  

Responsibilities: 

• 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  
• 4+ years of experience with payroll and accounts payable 
• Experience in ERP implementation and maintenance (Epicor) 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) 
• US Citizen and/or Permanent Resident (future security clearance may be required) 

Preferred Qualifications 

• 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 

Additional Duties:  

• Supervise and mentor accounts payable team members and other roles added in the future 
• 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.   

At Epirus, you’ll work with technical peers and great people—and get first crack at some of the defining technology challenges of our time. Here, “impossible” is just a challenge. We're a diverse, fast-growing team of change-makers fueling the future of energy with revolutionary solutions. Join us and rewrite the rules. 

For the state of California only, the range of starting pay for this role is:

$1 - $1 USD