Position Details: Title: Sr. Analyst, Accounts PayableDepartment: AccountingReports to: Manager, Accounts PayableLocation: DearbornJob Classification: HybridFLSA Status: ExemptJob Band: ProfessionalJob Summary This role provides senior-level strategic and analytical leadership across Accounts Payable and Travel & Expense, with expanded ownership for enterprise insight, risk management, and cross-functional influence. The Senior Analyst independently drives automation, advanced analytics, and scalable operations across invoice processing, vendor behavior, working capital, and expense management. Working closely with Accounts Payable, Travel & Expense, Accounting, FP&A, and Procurement, the role translates complex data into executive-ready insights, strengthens internal controls, supports accurate month-end close and forecasting, and contributes meaningfully to finance transformation initiatives.
Associate Responsibilities - Independently identify, prioritize, and lead AP and T&E automation initiatives, including technology enhancements and touchless invoice expansion.
- Assist with implementation and ongoing support of AP and T&E systems, tools, and workflows.
- Own advanced AP analytics to identify trends across invoice volume, exception rates, payment timing, duplicate payments, and vendor behavior, translating insights into recommended actions.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on AP controls, proactively identifying control breakdowns or unusual transaction patterns and driving fact-based remediation recommendations.
- Develop, monitor, and interpret key AP performance metrics (e.g., invoice cycle time, % touchless invoices, discount capture) and present findings to leadership.
- Partner closely with Treasury to support working capital optimization initiatives, including payment term compliance, discount strategies, and cash forecasting inputs.
- Lead senior-level analytical review of AP balances, accruals, and flux explanations during month-end close with minimal oversight.
- Assess invoice cutoff accuracy and financial completeness risk, independently identifying issues and coordinating resolution.
- Translate AP and T&E trends into concise, executive-level narratives that inform forecasts, actuals, audits, and leadership decision-making.
- Support Procurement with advanced, data-driven insights related to vendor performance, invoice accuracy, and contract adherence.
- Leverage T&E spend data, dashboards, and reporting tools to detect anomalies, policy non-compliance, and emerging risk; recommend process or policy improvements.
- Serve as functional backup for AP payment processing and vendor setup activities, as well as backup support for the Travel & Expense Program Specialist including employee inquiries, issue resolution and expense auditing.
- Act as escalation point for complex vendor, payment, or system issues with material financial or reputational risk.
- Mentor AP and T&E Specialists and Analysts by setting analytical standards, reviewing complex work, and elevating team capability.
Required Education - Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Analytics, or related discipline or equivalent years of related experience.
Required Skills & Experience - Minimum of 6 years of experience in AP, FP&A, Accounting, or Finance Operations with ownership of complex analytical workstreams.
- Deep understanding of procure-to-pay and its impact on cash flow and working capital.
- Advanced Excel skills (Power Query, pivots, data analysis)
- ERP experience required (SAP S/4HANA or similar); ability to understand system design impacts on accounting and controls
- Experience with Microsoft Power Platform tools, including Power BI, Power Apps and Power Automate, to support and enhance automated solutions preferred
- Ability to manage competing priorities and support time-sensitive activities such as month-end and year-end close
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to operate independently, apply judgment, and influence outcomes without formal authority
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions - Typical office environment; office setting. Extended periods of time sitting, standing, typing on a computer is required.
- Willing to work some evenings or weekends if necessary
- This position has a Hybrid location: Associate will work on-site regularly as needed for work activities.
- Carhartt is a tobacco free workplace.
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All associates are required to understand and act in accordance with the Carhartt Core Values. Carhartt reserves the right to change, modify, suspend, interpret or cancel in whole or in any part, the job duties outlined above at any time and without advance notice to the employee.
