Accounts Payable Analyst

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative products that meet the needs of underserved patients. As an industry leader in providing unique, accessible, and high-quality medications, Azurity leverages its integrated capabilities and vast partner network to continually expand its broad commercial product portfolio and robust late-stage pipeline. The company’s patient-centric products span the cardiovascular, neurology, endocrinology, gastro-intestinal, institutional, and orphan markets, and have benefited millions of patients. For more information, visit www.azurity.com.

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an inclusive workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Azurity's success is attributable to our incredibly talented, dedicated team that focuses on benefiting the lives of patients by bringing the best science and commitment to quality into everything that we do. We seek highly motivated individuals with the dedication, integrity, and creative spirit needed to thrive in our organization.

Brief team/department description:

The Azurity Accounting Team is searching for an Accounts Payable Analyst to join the team as we build out best-in-class finance processes and ensure quality information is available for decision making. This person needs to be a go-getter who can take ownership of their areas. AP Accountant needs to build relationships with Commercial, Legal and HR to ensure information is flowing from the business to Accounting and then to FP&A. When issues arise, this person should be ambitious, ready to dig in to determine root cause and the path forward.

Principle Responsibilities:

The Accounts Payable Analyst responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Process both PO and Non-PO invoices in Microsoft D365 with extensive knowledge of processing invoices from global countries.
• Understand the full life cycle of the Accounts Payable process.
• Ensure that process targets for AP queues and SLAs are met on time.
• Resolve invoice discrepancies by collaborating with vendors and buyers.
• Communicate the accounts payable process clearly and provide input to ensure a high quality of service.
• Monitor entries and processes for compliance with accounting rules and audit controls.
• Reconcile vendor statements and investigate and correct discrepancies.
• Manage the travel and expense process and handle query management, with Concur experience.
• Utilize analytical and problem-solving skills to improve processes.
• Review and update SOP documents regularly or as required.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Accounts Payable process.
• Detail oriented with strong teaming and interpersonal skills
• Payment processing experience preferred
• Focus on quality and good analytical skills
• Knowledge of general accounting principles, regulatory standards, and compliance requirements.
• Pharmaceutical industry experience is a plus
• Strong PC skills including proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) and financial accounting systems

Physical & Mental Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to sit for long periods of time
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; talk and/or hear
• May occasionally climb stairs and/or ride elevators
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Employee must be able to manipulate keyboard, operate a telephone and hand-held devices
• Other miscellaneous job duties as required