Accounts Payable Accountant

The Gorilla Glue Company is seeking a detail-oriented, process-driven Accounts Payable Accountant to join our Accounting & Finance team. In this role, you will own the full accounts payable cycle within a fast-paced manufacturing environment while supporting core general ledger and financial close activities. The ideal candidate brings hands-on, manufacturing accounts payable experience, a continuous-improvement mindset, and genuine enthusiasm for leveraging automation and AI-enabled tools. As our invoice and transaction volume grows, we want to scale through technology — turning routine, high-volume AP work into streamlined, technology-enabled workflows rather than simply adding headcount. This is an opportunity to help modernize how our accounting function operates. ## Key Responsibilities - **Full accounts payable cycle —** perform daily accounting operations, including but not limited to participating in the full accounts payable cycle: invoice receipt, coding, matching, approval routing, and payment processing. - **Hands-on manufacturing AP —** process PO and non-PO invoices in a manufacturing environment, including three-way match, raw materials, freight, and vendor management, ensuring timely and accurate handling of high invoice volumes. - **General Ledger operations —** perform daily General Ledger activities and maintain the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger. - **Journal entries & reconciliations —** prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules. - **Financial close —** assist with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial close processes. - **Data analysis —** analyze accounts payable data to identify discrepancies, root causes, and process-improvement opportunities. - **Process improvement & automation —** support and help drive process improvement and automation initiatives within accounting functions — evaluating and implementing tools such as invoice-capture/OCR, workflow automation, and AI-enabled solutions to increase efficiency and scale with volume. - **Audit support —** support internal and external audits by preparing requested documentation and schedules. - **Compliance —** ensure compliance with GAAP, company accounting policies, and internal controls. - **Cross-functional partnership —** partner with cross-functional teams including operations, procurement, and finance. ## Required Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. - 3+ years of hands-on accounting experience with a strong focus on accounts payable. - Hands-on Accounts Payable experience in a manufacturing environment (PO/three-way match, inventory and raw materials, freight, high invoice volume). - Working knowledge of GAAP and standard accounting principles. - Experience preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting the month-end close. - Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience working within an ERP system. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with a high attention to detail and accuracy. ## Preferred Qualifications - Experience with AP automation platforms (invoice capture / OCR, approval-workflow tools) and/or ERP automation. - Exposure to AI-enabled or intelligent-automation tools used to streamline finance and accounting processes. - Experience supporting process-improvement, continuous-improvement (Lean / Six Sigma), or system-implementation initiatives. - Experience with cost accounting and/or fixed assets in a manufacturing setting. - CPA, CPA candidate, or measurable progress toward certification. ## Key Competencies - **Automation & improvement mindset —** constantly looking for smarter, more scalable ways to work and eager to adopt automation and AI to enhance the AP function. - **Volume readiness —** ability to manage high transaction volumes with accuracy and consistency under deadlines. - **Collaboration —** strong written and verbal communication and cross-functional partnership skills. - **Owne…