Position Overview:
The Accounts Payable Specialist will be responsible for managing a portfolio of vendors, ensuring timely and accurate processing of invoices, maintaining compliance with company policies and regulations, and continuously seeking opportunities for process improvements. This role requires a proactive and detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

 

Key Responsibilities:

Invoice Processing: Accurately review, verify, and vouch invoices for payment, ensuring proper documentation and approvals are in place. Batch Payments: Prepare and process batch payments, including checks, ACH transfers, and wire payments, while adhering to payment schedules. Compliance: Maintain strict adherence to company policies, legal standards, and regulatory requirements. Vendor Management: Establish and maintain positive relationships with vendors, addressing inquiries and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner. Dispute Resolution: Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to resolve invoice and payment-related issues professionally, while maintaining firm but fair boundaries. Reconciliation: Reconcile accounts payable transactions and assist in month-end closing activities. Documentation: Maintain organized and accurate records of all accounts payable activities for auditing and reporting purposes. Process Improvement: Continuously identify inefficiencies within the accounts payable process and recommend or implement improvements. Proactive Communication: Promptly escalate any issues or delays that may impact payment processing to relevant stakeholders. General Support: Assist with ad-hoc financial and administrative tasks as needed to support the accounting team.  

Qualifications and Requirements:

Experience: Proven experience in an accounts payable role, ideally within the industrial manufacturing and B2B sectors. Accounting Knowledge: Basic understanding of accounting principles and practices. Professionalism: Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to handle challenging conversations diplomatically and assertively. Detail-Oriented: High level of accuracy and attention to detail in all work. Problem-Solving: Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues effectively. Optimization Mindset: A proactive approach to identifying inefficiencies and driving process improvements. Work Ethic: Reliable, self-motivated, and capable of managing time effectively to meet deadlines. Technical Skills: Proficiency with accounting software (JD Edwards is a plus) and Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel. Communication: Clear and professional communication style, with a commitment to proactive issue resolution.  

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.

We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.

At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.

At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.