Temporary Senior Accounts Payable Specialist
Required skills
- accounts payable
- analytical
- independent
- invoice processing
- exception resolution
- payment runs
- vendor onboarding
- W-9
- W-8
- 1099 reporting
Nice to have
- Carta AP
- process improvement
- automation
- AI tools
Role summary
Forbes is seeking an experienced Senior Accounts Payable Specialist for a temporary, hybrid role. This hands-on position involves managing daily AP operations, processing invoices, resolving complex exceptions, and supporting month-end close. The ideal candidate will have 5-7+ years of AP experience, strong accounting fundamentals, advanced Excel skills, and proficiency with ERP and expense systems like Concur. Responsibilities include vendor management, payment processing, and identifying process improvements. This role requires strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, sound judgment, and excellent communication skills. The position is a three-month assignment with potential for extension, offering an hourly rate of $40.00 - $43.00.
Forbes is an iconic global media brand that has symbolized success for over a century. Fueled by journalism that informs and inspires, Forbes spotlights the doers and doings shaping industries, achieving success and making an impact on the world. Forbes connects and convenes the most influential communities ranging from billionaires, business leaders and rising entrepreneurs to creators and innovators. The Forbes brand reaches more than 140 million people monthly worldwide through its trusted journalism, signature ForbesLive events and 49 licensed local editions in 81 countries.
Forbes is seeking an experienced, analytical, and highly independent Senior Accounts Payable Specialist for a temporary assignment to serve as a key operational partner to the AP Director. This hands-on role takes ownership of day-to-day accounts payable activities, anticipates issues, resolves complex exceptions, and helps ensure that invoices, approvals, payments, and reporting move accurately and on schedule. The ideal candidate combines strong accounting fundamentals with sound judgment, initiative, and the ability to understand how AP activity affects the broader business. This is not a people-management role.
This is a three month assignment with the potential to extend. Preference will be given to candidates in the New York/New Jersey tri-state area.
Responsibilities:
The ideal candidate:
The hourly rate for this role is $40.00 - $43.00
Forbes has estimated the compensation range set forth above in good faith. The compensation range is what we believe we will offer, and ultimately pay, a successful candidate. In determining this range, we consider the experience, level of education (if applicable to the role), knowledge, skills, and abilities required to be had by a successful candidate as well as the budget and the company’s pay rates, generally. This said, we may have to make changes to our compensation estimates and job descriptions from time to time and we expressly reserve the right to do so. Should we make any such changes, this advertisement will be revised to reflect such revisions. We encourage you to occasionally re-visit this advertisement to ensure that you are abreast of any changes. Thank you for your interest in joining Forbes!
#LI-RL1
This role may evolve over time. While this job description outlines the primary responsibilities, additional duties may be assigned as business needs change. Forbes aims to offer employees the flexibility they need in order to be successful. Some positions may require candidates to be based in a specific location for consideration while some roles may be fully remote (within the U.S.) if it aligns with the needs of the position. This position is only open to candidates residing in California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, & Washington. Due to business operations and compliance requirements, we are unable to consider applicants based outside these states at this time.
Forbes is an equal opportunity employer.
Staff and Applicant Privacy NoticeNotice of E-Verify Participation
Similar roles
- Executive Producer, Branded Content VideoForbes · Jersey, NJ · Hybrid
- Temporary Social Media EditorForbes · Remote · Remote
- Accounts Payable SpecialistJoni and Friends · Agoura Hills, CA · Hybrid
- Accounts Payable SpecialistBARTLETT PARK DISTRICT APPLE ORCHARD GOLF COURSE · Bartlett, IL · Onsite
Accounts Payable SpecialistEmpath Health · North Druid Hills, GA · Hybrid
Accounts Payable SpecialistCenters for Dialysis Care · Shaker Heights, OH · Onsite
