About Us
Founded in 1908, Merz is a successful, family-owned specialty healthcare company with a rich history. As a leading global aesthetics business, our award-winning portfolio of injectables, devices, and skincare products empowers healthcare professionals to enhance confidence through aesthetic medicine. Our purpose is to fuel confidence by helping people look better, feel better, and live better. We believe you do not have to choose between living life and making a living. Live your best life with Merz Aesthetics.
A Brief Overview
The Accounts Payable & Expense Specialist supports day-to-day Accounts Payable and employee expense operations by processing vendor invoices, reviewing and approving employee expense reports, resolving inquiries, and ensuring transactions are accurate, timely, and compliant with company policies. This role requires strong attention to detail, critical thinking, and flexibility to support both functions based on business needs.
What You Will Do
- Transaction Processing & Review
- Process vendor invoices accurately and timely.
- Review and approve employee expense reports for compliance with company policy.
- Verify documentation, coding, approvals, and supporting records.
- Resolve exceptions and follow up as needed.
- Issue Resolution & Support
- Respond to AP and expense-related inquiries from employees, managers, and vendors.
- Research and resolve payment, invoice, and expense report issues.
- Escalate complex or sensitive matters when appropriate.
- Maintain positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Queue Management & Operational Support
- Monitor AP and expense processing queues to support timely completion of work.
- Review shared mailboxes and respond to requests in a timely manner.
- Support payment processing, month-end activities, reporting, audits, and documentation requests.
- Follow up on outstanding items to help ensure transactions are completed accurately and efficiently.
- Continuous Improvement & Compliance
- Ensure work is completed in accordance with company policies and procedures.
- Identify recurring issues and recommend practical solutions.
- Support process improvements, system enhancements, and documentation updates.
- Maintain organized records and supporting documentation.
Minimum Requirements
- High School .GED
- 1-2 years Experience in Accounts Payable, expense management, and/or finance operations.
- Experience working with ERP, expense management, or procurement systems.
- Strong organizational, communication, and customer service skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree Business, Administration, Accounting, Fiannce or related field
- Experience with SAP, Concur, Ariba, or similar financial and expense management systems.
- Experience supporting month-end close activities, audits, or finance operations.
- Experience working in a high-volume processing environment with multiple competing priorities.
- Experience participating in system implementations, process improvements, automation initiatives, or the rollout of new technologies and AI-enabled tools.
Technical & Functional Skills
- Proficient in Accounts Payable and employee expense processes, including invoice processing, expense report review, and issue resolution.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify discrepancies, troubleshoot issues, and follow transactions through to completion.
- Experience with Microsoft Office applications; SAP, Concur, Ariba, or similar financial systems preferred.
- Demonstrates critical thinking and a proactive approach to resolving issues.
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Skills Required
- High School or GED
- 1-2 years experience in Accounts Payable, expense management, and/or finance operations
- Experience working with ERP, expense management, or procurement systems
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications
- Proficient in Accounts Payable and employee expense processes, including invoice processing and expense report review
- Strong organizational, communication, customer service skills, and attention to detail
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Administration, Accounting, Finance or related field
- Experience with SAP, Concur, Ariba, or similar financial and expense management systems
- Experience supporting month-end close activities, audits, or finance operations
- Experience in a high-volume processing environment with multiple competing priorities
- Experience with system implementations, process improvements, automation initiatives, or rollout of new technologies/AI-enabled tools
What We Do
Merz Aesthetics is a medical aesthetics business with a long history of empowering health care professionals, patients and employees to live every day with confidence. We aim to help people around the world look, feel and live like the best versions of themselves — however they define it. Clinically proven, its product portfolio includes injectables, devices and skin care treatments designed to meet each patient’s needs with high standards of safety and efficacy. Being family owned for more than 115 years, Merz Aesthetics is known for building unique connections with customers who feel like family. Merz Aesthetics’ global headquarters is in Raleigh, N.C., USA, with a commercial presence in 90 countries worldwide. It is also a part of Merz Group, which was founded in 1908 and is based in Frankfurt, Germany. Learn more at merzaesthetics.com.
