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.

Treats expense policy compliance as a control, not just a checklist.

Escalates vendor risk early, before it affects payment timing.

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.

Comfortable pushing back on non-compliant spend, including from senior stakeholders.

Full professional fluency in English, written and spoken.

Valid work authorization for the location of hire required; Omilia is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this role.

Willingness to travel periodically for distributed team time.

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) to streamline reconciliations, payment processing and reporting.

Experience scaling AP/expense processes through high-growth periods (e.g., ERP migration, M&A integration, or multi-entity expansion) common in SaaS companies.

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