Senior Accounts Payable Specialist

Clio is more than just a tech company-we are a global leader that is transforming the legal experience for all by bettering the lives of legal professionals while increasing access to justice.

Summary:

• AP Leadership: lead, and coach the accounts payable team including 2 offshore clerks.
• Policy Development: Develop, implement, and maintain systems, procedures, and policies to ensure adherence to company values and guiding principles.
• Reporting and Problem Resolution: Ensure timely preparation and distribution of payable reports. Perform vendor analysis, expense review, and ad-hoc reporting. Provide problem resolution at both a strategic and functional level.
• Travel and Expense Program Support: Support the travel and expense program, ensuring compliance with financial policies. Promote accurate and timely processing and reconciliation of expenses.
• AP Software Implementation: Assist in the implementation of P2P with Coupa, including integration and improvement initiatives. Ensure proper policies and controls are in place during system and process implementations to ensure seamless procurement of payment operations.
• Payment Oversight: Assist in examining payments to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Vendor Management & Compliance Oversight: Manage vendor compliance and establish vendor onboarding processes. Maintain positive vendor relationships. Mitigate risks and ensure contract adherence. Collaborate with the legal team. Generate vendor performance reports and analyze data for improvements.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive improvement efforts by implementing process improvements, technology-driven solutions, and automation. Collaborate with business systems to optimize financial systems and procure-to-pay operations.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with business partners across various departments to understand their AP management needs. Ensure a streamlined P2P process, including procurement requests, invoice approval, and payment.
• Month-End Close: Prepare and analyze month-end closing activities, including monthly PO/invoice accrual processes and reconciliations to the general ledger. Partner with the Accounting team as necessary to support month-end close.
• Invoice Escalations and Communication: Lead and review all invoice escalations and expedited requests. Lead external department communication for AP

What you will find here:

Compensation is one of the main components of Clio's Total Rewards Program. We have developed a series of programs and processes to ensure we are creating fair and competitive pay practices that form the foundation of our human and high-performing culture.

Some highlights of our Total Rewards program include:

• Competitive, equitable salary with top-tier health benefits, dental, and vision insurance
• Hybrid work environment, with expectation for local Clions (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Dublin) to be in office minimum 2 days per week on our Anchor Days.
• Flexible time off policy, with an encouraged 20 days off per year.
• $2000 annual counseling benefit
• RRSP matching and RESP contribution
• Clioversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3, 5, 7, and 10 years

The full salary range* for this role is $78,700 to $92,600 to $106,500 CAD.Please note there are a separate set of salary bands for other regions based on local currency.

*We aim to hire all candidates between the minimum and the midpoint of the full salary range. We reserve the midpoint to the maximum of the salary band for internal employees who demonstrate sustained high performance and impact at Clio. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on individual experience and skillset of the candidate. Please note there are a separate set of salary bands for other regions based on local currency.

Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging and Equity (DIBE) & Accessibility

Our team shows up as their authentic selves, and are united by our mission. We are dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion. We pride ourselves in building and fostering an environment where our teams feel included, valued, and enabled to do the best work of their careers, wherever they choose to log in from. We believe that different perspectives, skills, backgrounds, and experiences result in higher-performing teams and better innovation. We are committed to equal employment and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Clio provides accessibility accommodations during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Learn more about our culture at clio.com/careers