Position Overview:
API is seeking a Senior Accountant - Treasury to serve as the day-to-day accounting and operational lead for commercial card and virtual card activity. This role will coordinate batch processing, settlement and transaction reconciliations, exception resolution, close support, rebate analysis, provider reporting, and control execution.
What You'll Do
Essential Functions: (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)
• Lead daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliation of card deployments, authorizations, settlements, provider statements, supplier payment records, and general ledger activity.
• Review batch files and system interfaces for completeness, duplicates, rejected records, status changes, currency differences, and unmatched transactions.
• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations, rebate schedules, and supporting close workpapers.
• Manage open-card and exception aging, assign follow-up actions, document root causes, and escalate material or recurring issues.
• Coordinate with WEX, Conferma, Sabre, banks, suppliers, Operations, Technology, and Accounting to resolve payment and data issues.
• Review funding requirements and available balances and communicate upcoming needs to Treasury and management.
• Perform analytical review of card spend, rebates, transaction volumes, foreign currency effects, declines, and operational trends.
• Support dispute, fraud, chargeback, refund, cancellation, and supplier non-acceptance workflows with complete documentation.
• Maintain and improve SOPs, reconciliations, control checklists, trackers, and audit-ready evidence.
• Test system changes, new card products, reporting fields, international configurations, and process automation.
• Train Card Operations Accountants and review selected work for accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Provide status reporting and recommendations to management, including risks, dependencies, and proposed solutions.
What You'll Bring
Required Skills, Education and Experience
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Four or more years of accounting, treasury, card operations, banking, payments, or related experience.
• Strong reconciliation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of US GAAP, journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large transaction files.
• Ability to manage deadlines, investigate exceptions independently, and communicate clearly with internal and external stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with Oracle NetSuite or another ERP.
• Experience with Conferma/Sabre, Visa/Mastercard/Amex commercial products, or comparable payment platforms.
• Experience in travel, hospitality, airline, treasury, fintech, or B2B supplier payments.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work
Full-time, Monday through Friday, during normal core business hours, with additional hours as business needs require. Work arrangement and location are subject to API policy and final leadership approval.
Supervisory Responsibility
May provide day-to-day work direction, training, and review support to Staff Accountant - Treasury. Formal supervisory responsibility is subject to final organization design.
Compensation
The good faith annual salary range for this position is $90,000 - $100,000 USD.
Compensation is determined based on several factors, including the candidate's experience, qualifications, and skill set, geographic location, as well as internal alignment and external benchmarks
Other Duties
Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time according to business needs.
The performance of additional responsibilities if you are designated as a Data Protection Champion (DPC), Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO) or Information Assurance Accounting Officer (IAAO).
Work Environment
This position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
Physical Demands
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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
