Senior AP Specialist

Who Are We?

Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 35 million developers and 500,000 organizations, including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman is helping developers and professionals across the globe build the API-first world by simplifying each step of the API lifecycle and streamlining collaboration—enabling users to create better APIs, faster.

The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has an office in Bangalore, where it was founded. Postman is privately held, with funding from Battery Ventures, BOND, Coatue, CRV, Insight Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at postman.com or connect with Postman on X via @getpostman.

P.S: We highly recommend reading The "API-First World" graphic novel to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman.

The Opportunity

As Senior AP Specialist, you will ensure compliance with our travel and expense policy, manage our spend management platform, have proficiency with guided procurement and in various financial and accounting systems, and strive for operational excellence. You are also detail-oriented, can deliver results under deadlines, and work cross-functionally in a rapidly changing environment.

This position is an individual contributor role with high visibility to leadership, reporting to the AP and Spend Manager. This role will be hybrid, based out of San Francisco/Bay Area.

What You’ll Do

• Manage travel and expense reimbursements through our spend management platform for multiple subsidiaries, including the review and approval of reimbursements for compliance within policy. Maintain Travel platform and partnership for policy compliance and active payment program.
• Partner with AP Specialist to provide exceptional vendor support including onboarding vendor management, invoice processing and monthly/quarterly financial reporting.
• Manage our corporate card program and ensure compliance with our policy
• Assist the Payroll Manager during the payroll cycle, month-end close, and audit as it relates to reimbursements that need to be processed and foreign currency translation
• Partner with the A/P Accountant to assist with spend management-related activities, including budget to actual review, purchase order compliance, and vendor management
• Assist with ad-hoc system and process improvement focused on spend management
• Combine GAAP accounting knowledge, operational experience, and critical thinking to problem-solve
• Develop, support, and help maintain strong internal control policies and procedures as we continue to operationalize our overall close and reporting process

About You

• 7+ years of accounting and/or spend management experience
• Team player with excellent verbal and written communication skills and exemplary attendance.
• Detail-oriented with excellent analytical and prioritization skills
• Ability to work independently and balance multiple responsibilities simultaneously

Preferred Skills:

• BA/BS degree
• Experience in the SAAS industry or high-growth technology company
• Experience at both private and public companies
• NetSuite experience

The reasonably estimated base salary for this role ranges from $97,000 to $131,000, plus a competitive equity package. Actual compensation is based on the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience.

What Else?

In addition to Postman's pay-on-performance philosophy, and a flexible schedule working with a fun, collaborative team, Postman offers a comprehensive set of benefits, including full medical coverage, flexible PTO, wellness reimbursement, and a monthly lunch stipend. Along with that, our wellness programs will help you stay in the best of your physical and mental health. If you have little ones in your family, the creche allowance can help in supporting your work-life balance. Our frequent and fascinating team-building events will keep you connected, while our donation-matching program can support the causes you care about. We’re building a long-term company with an inclusive culture where everyone can be the best version of themselves. 

At Postman, we embrace a hybrid work model. For all roles based out of San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, Bangalore, Noida, Hyderabad, and New York, employees are expected to come into the office 3-days a week. We were thoughtful in our approach which is based on balancing flexibility and collaboration and grounded in feedback from our workforce, leadership team, and peers. The benefits of our hybrid office model will be shared knowledge, brainstorming sessions, communication, and building trust in-person that cannot be replicated via zoom.

Our Values

At Postman, we create with the same curiosity that we see in our users. We value transparency and honest communication about not only successes, but also failures. In our work, we focus on specific goals that add up to a larger vision. Our inclusive work culture ensures that everyone is valued equally as important pieces of our final product. We are dedicated to delivering the best products we can.

Equal opportunity

Postman is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. Postman does not accept unsolicited headhunter and agency resumes. Postman will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with Postman.