Omilia
Senior Expense Accountant
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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
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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:
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- 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
Omilia Note
- Contribute actively and effectively as an integrated team member
- Act as an Omilia ambassador in all interactions
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Long-term employment with the working days vacation
- Development in professional growth (courses, training, etc)
- Being part of successful cutting-edge technology products that are making a global impact in the service industry
- Proficient and fun-to-work-with colleagues
- Apple gear
Omilia is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We believe that embracing diversity in all its forms enriches our workplace and drives our collective success. We are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed, valued, and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives without regard to factors such as race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, heredity, disability, age, or veteran status, all eligible candidates will be given consideration for employment.
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