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~The MetaFinanceAccounts Payable & Payroll Specialist

Accounts Payable & Payroll Specialist

This role manages the complete accounts payable and payroll cycle for AI-driven companies, processing vendor invoices, employee expenses, and compensation transactions while maintaining accuracy across multi-entity and multi-jurisdictional operations. Unlike pure transactional accounting roles, this position increasingly owns process automation and system optimization, leveraging AI tools and modern platforms to eliminate manual work and strengthen controls as the organization scales. The specialist typically sits within Finance teams at growth-stage AI companies, partnering closely with Procurement, HR, and Treasury to ensure timely payments, regulatory compliance, and audit readiness while serving as the primary support resource for vendors and employees.

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Accounts Payable ManagerSr. Payroll ManagerHead of Travel & ExpenseTravel & Expense Manager
Open Jobs20
Companies Hiring14
$ expectations --role accounts-payable-&-payroll-specialist

Measured across 20 of 20 open postings.

40%
expect AI in the role's own work
0% state it as a requirement
5%
work directly with customers
20%
manage people
Senior
most common level
35% of open postings
WHAT THEY ASK FOR, VERBATIM

“Serve as the ultimate point of continuous improvement with AI and other methodologies to ensure Scale's payroll processes are best in class.”

Scale AI · Payroll Specialist

“support driving the digitization and automation of our invoicing processes”

Helsing · Senior Accountant Accounts Payable

“Drive transformation initiatives that cut manual effort, improve cycle times, and strengthen controls, championing continuous improvement through automation, AI, and process redesign”

Databricks · International Accounts Payable Manager

“Find where AI can remove manual steps — invoice coding, matching, exception triage — and put it to work”

Legora · Accounts Payable Specialist
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Skills

What companies are looking for in this role.

$ skills --core

Process design and improvement

70%

Accounts payable and procure-to-pay

55%

Payroll operations and compliance

45%

Close and consolidation

45%

Data quality and governance

40%

Supplier and vendor management

30%

Benefits and payroll administration

20%

Internal controls and audit readiness

20%

Tax compliance and provision

15%

Enterprise business systems configuration

15%

Equity compensation administration

15%

Compliance program management

10%

SQL query development

10%
$ skills --emerging

AI workflow automation

20%

AI-enabled finance automation

20%

Compliance automation

10%
$ skills --soft

Detail and documentation rigor

55%

Change management

20%

Technical team leadership and mentoring

20%
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Technology

The tools and technologies that define this role.

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NetSuitemoderate
Workdaymoderate
ADPlow
Ramplow
Ripplinglow
SAPlow
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Excelmoderate
Cartalow
Google Sheetslow
$ tech --concept
ERPmoderate
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Open Jobs

20 open Accounts Payable & Payroll Specialist jobs across 14 companies.

Perplexity2w
Payroll Analyst
San Francisco·Finance
Scale AI3w
Payroll Specialist
San Francisco, CA·Finance
MongoDB3w
Senior Payroll Specialist LATAM
Cork, Ireland·Finance
Parloa3w
Working Student Finance/Accounting
Berlin Office·Finance
Helsing3w
Kreditorenbuchhalter (m/w/d)
Munich·Finance
Helsing3w
Senior Accountant Accounts Payable
Munich·Finance
Databricks4w
Senior Payroll Analyst
Singapore·Finance
Scale AI1mo
Global Payroll Analyst
Mexico City, MX·Finance
Databricks1mo
International Accounts Payable Manager
Bengaluru, India·Finance
Anthropic1mo
Director of Payroll, APAC
Singapore·Finance
Legora1mo
Accounts Payable Specialist
Stockholm HQ·Finance
Lovable1mo
Payroll Lead
Stockholm·Finance
Parloa1mo
Junior Accountant, Accounts Payable
Berlin Office·Finance
Decagon1mo
Payroll Manager
San Francisco·Finance
Crusoe2mo
Senior Manager, Accounts Payable
Denver, CO - US·Finance
EliseAI2mo
Accounts Payable Specialist
New York City·Finance
Databricks2mo
P2P Data & Automation Lead
San Francisco, California·Finance
Nscale2mo
Senior Accounts Payable Analyst – PTP
Houston·Finance
Databricks3mo
Senior Payroll Accountant
Bengaluru, India·Finance
CoreWeave3mo
Senior Accountant, Accounts Payable
Dallas, TX·Finance