Job description

Niantic is seeking an experienced and thorough Accounts Payable (AP) Specialist to join our finance team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in AP processes, exceptional interpersonal skills, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment. The AP Specialist will be responsible for overseeing the AP function, ensuring accurate and timely processing of invoices, handling vendor relationships, and supporting the Accounting close process.

Responsibilities

• Conduct operations of the Accounts Payable function, ensuring efficient workflow.
• Reconcile processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
• Enter vendor invoices into accounting software and ensure accurate coding.
• Handle vendor communication, requests, and documents, responding promptly and expertly.
• Schedule and process vendor payments.
• Maintain records and ensure document accuracy.
• Prepare journal entries and AP balance sheet reconciliation.
• Compile and organize support for audit requests.
• Communicate regularly with the Accounting team and other departments to resolve issues and improve processes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members and partners, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings.
• Required in-office 2 days on Monday and Tuesday.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in accounts payable or a related role.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, Navan, and NetSuite
• Eager to learn, resourceful.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced hybrid environment and handle stress appropriately and/or ability to tackle practical problems and be sufficiently adaptable to handle multifaceted situations with little advance notice.
• Experience working on cross-functional teams with ability to communicate optimally through written and verbal communications, including synchronous interactions with others.

The total compensation package for this position includes a new hire offer base hourly range of $37.64 - $41.83 + bonus + equity + benefits.

Join the Niantic Team!

Individual pay within this salary range is determined by work location and additional factors, including assessed job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can answer any questions about new hire total compensation during the hiring process. An overview of benefit offerings for your location can be found on the careers page.

Niantic's global-scale augmented reality platform and digital map powers spatial computing experiences in the real world. Incubated out of the Maps team at Google, Niantic first created Ingress and then Pokémon GO, a cultural phenomenon and hit game played by tens of millions of people each month. Niantic’s Lightship platform, which powers Pokémon GO, also supports the company's other games including Pikmin Bloom, Peridot and Monster Hunter Now. Developers use Niantic’s platform to build their own AR applications and experiences, either with the Lightship Platform or directly through the web with 8th Wall.

We believe that cultivating a workplace where our people are supported and included is essential to creating great products our community will love. Our mission emphasizes seeking and hiring diverse voices, including those who are traditionally underrepresented in the technology industry, and we consider this to be one of the most important values we hold close.

Niantic is a hybrid first company. We believe that in person interaction and collaboration fosters creativity, a sense of community, and is critical to our future success as a company. Our hybrid work schedules allow for a mix of remote and in-office work.

We're a hard-working, fun, and exciting group who value intellectual curiosity and a passion for problem-solving! We have growing offices located in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, Bellevue, Kansas, London, Tokyo, Hamburg, Hyderabad, and Zürich. #LI-HYBRID