Accounts Payable Analyst

Location: Full-time onsite work, 5 days per week, in Victor, NY, United States. Not eligible for relocation assistance.

Starting base pay: $54,601–$72,801 per year, with possible cost-of-living adjustments and additional compensation and benefits.

Company

CooperVision, a CooperCompanies business unit, manufactures contact lenses and develops products addressing vision challenges including astigmatism, presbyopia, and childhood myopia.

What you will do

• Research and resolve complex Accounts Payable issues, including three-way match exceptions, price and quantity variances, workflow holds, open purchase orders, and aging GR/IR items.
• Handle escalated vendor inquiries and coordinate with Receiving, requestors, and internal or external partners on payment timing and resolution plans.
• Prepare monthly KPI reports, dashboards, cash-forecasting inputs, reconciliations, schedules, variance explanations, and ad hoc operational analyses.
• Own AP SOPs and process documentation; coordinate training, onboarding, job aids, and knowledge transfer.
• Develop subject-matter expertise in Oracle and Microsoft D365 AP processes, controls, and data structures while troubleshooting root causes and preventive actions.
• Identify workflow, invoice processing, payment, reporting, and vendor-process improvements, including automation initiatives aligned with GBS best practices and SOX compliance.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree in accounting or a business-related field.
• At least 5 years of Accounts Payable experience, preferably in a Global Business Services environment.
• Experience with ERP systems; Oracle or Microsoft D365 preferred.
• Strong understanding of Procure-to-Pay processes, workflows, best practices, Accounts Payable, and general accounting concepts.
• Proficiency in Excel, including lookups, pivot tables, and filters, as well as data analytics tools.
• Strong written and oral communication, vendor-centric collaboration, analytical thinking, business acumen, and ability to work with high-volume data and complex reports.
• Organized, reliable, proactive, adaptable, results-oriented, and able to work with minimal supervision while maintaining a sense of urgency.
• Problem-solving skills with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Must be permanently authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer-sponsored work authorization, including H1B, STEM OPT extensions, or TN.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• Accounts Payable experience in a Global Business Services environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a collaborative, vendor-focused environment guided by values of dedication, innovation, friendliness, partnership, and doing the right thing.
• Participate in process optimization, automation, system enhancements, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Additional compensation and benefits may be available.
• Equal employment opportunity is provided regardless of legally protected characteristics.