Accounts Payable/Receivable Specialist
Impulse Space
Accounting & Finance
USD 75k-100k / year + Equity
Posted on Apr 24, 2025
As an AP/AR Specialist at Impulse, you will create processes and procedures to maintain the vendor history and process payments to vendors according to rules established. This role will report directly to the Financial Analyst. The role will also require familiarity with internal controls and processes over Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable.
- Department
- Finance
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- Redondo Beach
- Workplace type
- Onsite
- Compensation
- $75,000 - $100,000 / year
- Reporting To
Responsibilities
- Ensure all invoices and payments are processed accurately and timely using the ERP system
- Creating invoices for customers based on various ASC 606 principles
- Maintaining both Vendor and Customer data bases In ERP System
- Address all inquiries directed towards Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions in a timely fashion
- Creating Policies and Procedures surrounding AP and AR function and vendor maintenance
- Working with Financial Analyst to develop and establish rules to preserve cash flow
- To generate accurate accruals at month-end and monitor actuals received against it
- Assist in Month-end and develop process related to ensure quick AP Close
- Knowledge of Indirect taxes, for eg. Sales Tax
- Filing of Indirect tax Returns and Annual filings such as 1099
- Complete new vendor packets, ensuring proper supporting information is compiled
- Communicate with vendors and customers to resolve any AP or AR related inquiries or discrepancies
- Maintain a process to ensure the integrity and accuracy of AP and AR data by preparing monthly reconciliations
- Ensuring consistent and accurate GL coding
- Handle Account Payable and Accounts Receivable month-end journal entries and Accounts
- Participate in and contribute to the financial audit process including preparation of audit schedules related to Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
- Partner with third-party tax service provider to ensure timely reconciliation and review of quarterly and year-end tax filings
- Understanding of internal controls over initiation, authorization, processing, recording, and reporting of AP transactions
- Complete ad hoc projects
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
- 3+ years Accounts Payable or Accounts Receivable experience
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information appropriately
- Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word and Excel)
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Experience with SAP & other ERP systems will be a plus
- 3+ years' of demonstrated AP/AR experience working with an aerospace or start-up environment
- Ability to work independently with a strong sense of urgency
- Organized with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- Excellent time management skills and ability to multi-task and prioritize
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to effectively communicate with all levels of staff and management
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Additional Information:
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
About Impulse Space
Impulse Space, the in-space transportation company founded by Tom Mueller, is opening access beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO) with its fleet of in-space transportation vehicles. The high-energy Helios vehicle unlocks orbits beyond LEO with its powerful Deneb engine, dropping off payloads in MEO, GEO, heliocentric, lunar, and other planetary orbits. The flight-proven Mira vehicle uses a nontoxic, high-impulse chemical propulsion system to offer orbital transport, constellation deployment, and precision reentry services to customers throughout LEO. Led by a team that delivered the most reliable rockets in history, Impulse provides economical and efficient in-space transportation by reliably and rapidly getting customers where they want to go.
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