Accounts Payable Accountant

Description

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.

Qualifications

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.
• Ownership & integrity — accountable, dependable, and committed to accuracy and ethical standards.

Company Values

Adhere to The Gorilla Glue Company’s Core Values that ensure everyone works together to exceed expectations.

• Have fun, be passionate and show it!
• Act with integrity and respect in all relationships.
• Communicate openly & appreciate the effort of others.
• Embrace knowledge, growth and change.

Strive for excellence in what we do every day!