Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pavlov Media is dedicated to enhancing internet experiences through advanced fiber technology. They are seeking a Senior Accountant responsible for auditing, processing, and reconciling telecommunications vendor invoices, while also overseeing the company's payment processing SaaS platform and ensuring compliance with internal controls.
Responsibilities
- Review, audit, validate, and process monthly invoices from telecommunications vendors, including:
- Verify billing accuracy against contracts, purchase orders, circuit inventories, pricing schedules, and service agreements
- Investigate and resolve invoice discrepancies, billing disputes, credits, and adjustments with vendors and internal stakeholders
- Identify billing anomalies, duplicate charges, incorrect rates, and other cost recovery opportunities
- Ensure proper coding and allocation of telecom expenses to the general ledger and cost centers
- Maintain supporting documentation and audit trails for all invoice approvals and adjustments
- Serve as the Accounting owner for telecom and network-related COGS accounting
- Prepare month-end accruals, reconciliations, journal entries, and supporting schedules related to carrier and network expenses
- Analyze monthly COGS variances and provide explanations to management
- Partner with Procurement, Network Operations, and Finance leadership to ensure accurate expense recognition and forecasting
- Support financial statement preparation and close processes related to network operating costs
- Act as the primary Finance administrator and business owner for the company's invoice payment processing platform
- Manage user provisioning, de-provisioning, security roles, and system access reviews
- Ensure compliance with internal controls, audit requirements, and segregation-of-duty standards
- Maintain system governance documentation, approval workflows, and control procedures
- Partner with internal and external auditors to support audit requests and compliance reviews
- Coordinate system configuration changes, upgrades, testing, and issue resolution with the SaaS provider
- Own the transfer of approved invoice data from the payment processing platform into Odoo ERP
- Ensure accurate mapping of accounts, vendors, cost centers, and coding structures between systems
- Identify opportunities to automate workflows and improve data quality
- Reconcile data between the SaaS platform, ERP system, and vendor invoices
- Develop and maintain procedures supporting integration accuracy and operational efficiency
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships with telecommunications carriers, vendors, and service providers
- Serve as the key finance contact for invoice and payment-related inquiries
- Collaborate with Procurement, Network Operations, Information Technology, and accounting teams to resolve billing and operational issues
- Participate in vendor reviews and support contract implementation and service transitions
- Maintain compliance with company policies, accounting standards, and internal control requirements
- Support internal and external audits by providing documentation, reconciliations, and process narratives
- Recommend and implement process improvements that strengthen financial controls and operational efficiency
- Assist in developing policies and procedures related to telecom expense management and payment processing
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or related field
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience
- Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, accrual accounting, account reconciliations, and month-end close processes
- Experience auditing and processing high volumes of vendor invoices
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, and data analysis
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and vendor management abilities
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Telecommunications, ISP, carrier, broadband, or network services industry experience
- Experience auditing carrier invoices including bandwidth, transport, fiber, and colocation charges
- Experience administering invoice automation, AP workflow, or payment processing SaaS platforms
- Experience with user access management, internal controls, and audit compliance
- Experience with ERP systems, preferably Odoo
- Knowledge of SOX-style control environments and segregation-of-duty concepts
- CPA, CMA, or progress toward certification preferred
Benefits
- 15 company paid holidays
- 3 weeks PTO
- Medical, Dental, Vision starting day one
- 401K with company match
- Health and Flexible Savings Account
- Life and AD&D, Spousal Life, Child Life Insurance Plans
- Educational and professional reimbursement
- Short- and long-term disability benefits
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