Finance Specialist – Accounts Payable
LawVu
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Philippines
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About the role
- Own the finance mailbox and action or assign all incoming communications with the finance team
- Accurately source, process, code, and maintain all invoices and receipts to ensure timely and compliant record keeping across multiple entities, and payment to vendors
- Monitor outstanding payables, ensuring all obligations are tracked, reconciled, and followed through to completion
- Maintain organised and auditable records of invoices, approvals, and payment workflows
- Work closely with both internal and external stakeholders to resolve discrepancies, secure approvals, and uphold financial controls/processes
- Identify and prevent risks such as duplicate payments, overpayments, incorrect beneficiary details, and non‑compliant invoices
- Support continuous improvement of AP processes, helping to ensure all AP practices align with policy, compliance requirements, and strengthens financial accuracy, efficiency, and scalability
- Maintain the group financial fixed asset register and reconcile this with the IT equipment register maintained by our Business Operations team
- Own the balance sheet reconciliations for AP related balances to ensure any errors/obscurities are picked up and resolved quickly
Requirements
- Have 2+ years of experience in accounts payable or a similar finance/bookkeeping role
- Have a strong desire to own and continue in this role for the long term
- Demonstrate strong accuracy, attention to detail, and a commitment to maintaining organised, auditable financial records
- Are confident working with finance systems or ERP tools, and comfortable learning new platforms
- Communicate clearly and professionally with internal teams and external vendors
- Thrive in a collaborative environment and enjoy improving processes and workflows
- Are proactive, reliable, and able to manage competing priorities in a fast‑moving environment
- Bonus points if you have:
- ○ Familiarity with Xero, Dext, Navan Travel, Rippling Spend Management
- ○ A foundational accounting knowledge, including understanding of the chart of accounts, financial statements and the preparation of manual journals
- ○ Experience in SaaS, high‑growth companies, or working with global vendors and multi‑currency environments
Benefits
- Contribution towards health insurance cover
- Wellness allowance to use on whatever enables you to bring your whole self to work - gym membership, massage, childcare.. the list goes on!
- Extended paid parental leave
- Extra paid day off on your birthday
- Thirteenth month pay (paid on your work anniversary each year in lieu of employee share option plan)
- Home office allowance set up for remote employees
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
accounts payableinvoice processingfinancial record keepingbalance sheet reconciliationfinancial statement preparationmanual journal preparationrisk identificationcompliance managementattention to detailaccuracy
Soft Skills
communicationcollaborationproactivityreliabilitytime managementproblem-solvingprocess improvementattention to detailcommitmentadaptability