Accounts Payable Specialist

Premier Research is looking for a Accounts Payable Specialist to join our Financial Reporting and Controls team.

You will help biotech, medtech, and specialty pharma companies transform life-changing ideas and breakthrough science into new medicines, devices, and diagnostics. What we do is profoundly connected to saving and improving lives, and we recognize our team members are the most valuable asset in delivering success.

• We are here to help you grow, to give you the skills and opportunities to excel at work with the flexibility and balance your life requires.

• Your ideas influence the way we work, and your voice matters here.

• As an essential part of our team, you help us deliver the medical innovation that patients are desperate for.

Join us and build your future here.

• Process and review invoices across US and International entities with speed and accuracy

• Allocate invoices to the correct General Ledger accounts and keep data entry clean and timely

• Follow up with company personnel to obtain invoice approvals

• Research and resolve vendor and employee issues relating to invoice processing

• Reconcile accounts and manage expense report processing end to end

• Create and maintain spreadsheets and trackers that actually help the team make decisions, not just log data

• Spot process gaps, bottlenecks, or recurring issues, and brings solutions, not just problems

• Contribute to the ongoing OCR and automation rollout in Workday Financials, helping test, refine, and adopt new workflows

• Performs additional duties and assignments as requested

What we are searching for:  

• 2 to 3+ years of related Accounts Payable experience; applicable accounting or finance experience may substitute

• Working knowledge of Workday Financials required

• International Accounts Payable experience highly desired

• Strong analytical instincts; you notice patterns, discrepancies, and inefficiencies before they become problems

• Computer skills, particularly Microsoft Office and Excel; Power BI and/or automation experience (Power Automate, RPA, etc.) is a big plus

• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal skills

• Good organizational skills and ability to multitask

• High attention to detail and strong data entry

• A builder's mindset: someone who wants to help shape the future of AP here, not just maintain the status quo