Employer: Protocol Labs
About Protocol Labs
Protocol Labs drives breakthroughs in computing to push humanity forward. Protocol Labs is a product-development lab, but behind the protocols and tools we build, behind the research and implementations, are passionate people, teammates and community members. Most teams in the Protocol Labs Network are fully distributed and work remotely around the world. Engineers, researchers, and operators work in the open to improve the internet — humanity’s most important technology — as we explore new advances at the intersection of many exciting fields (crypto, networks, distributed systems) and cultures (startups, research, open source, distributed work).
About the Financial Operations team
The Financial Operations team is growing as the AP volume has steadily increased month over month. Additionally, the amount of FIL payables continues to increase creating the need for a full-time position.
Key activities include: Daily management and processing of invoices and payments, manage T&E reimbursements and employee credit card program; respond to AP related inquiries; support monthly AP close and reporting process.
This is a high-growth role for a strong Accounts Payable Specialist and will have a sizable, immediate impact on Protocol Labs.
What you’ll be doing (i.e. job duties):
- Manage Accounts Payable process, including payment disbursement, 1099, AP Inquires and Aging. Ensure timely payment while managing competing priorities and adhering to deadlines.
- Manage employee expense reimbursement process and credit card program
- Review, analyze and respond to internal and external inquiries to resolve vendor payment and accounting issues.
- Optimize processes and workflows for efficiency, including complex integrations within various workflows like contracts, orders, invoices and payments and ability to help with ad hoc operational and analytical projects as they arise.
- Cultivate cross-team collaboration to continually automate and improve process efficiencies.
- Support work with external vendors and internal business partners to revolve inquiries.
- Responsible for monthly reporting including aging, balance sheet reconciliation and metrics
- AP point of contact for audit and ad hoc requests.
What we look for in you (i.e. job requirements):
- BS or BA in Business, Finance, Accounting or related field.
- 4+ years of relevant work experience in a similar size company.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Accurate and detailed oriented with strong organizational skills.
- Positive attitude, team player, and ability to quickly adapt to changes resulting from dynamic and growing business environments.
- Google Docs/ intermediate / google sheets/ skills.
Nice to haves:
- AP Experience with a US Company of similar size.
- Experience with business process improvements.
- Experience with cryptocurrency and foreign currency payments.
- Experience working in a SOX controlled environment.
What’s it like to work at Protocol Labs?
Protocol Labs mission is to improve humanity’s most important technology, the Internet. We build protocols, systems, and tools to improve how it works. Today, we are focused on how we store, locate, and move information. Our projects include IPFS, Filecoin, libp2p, and more.
As a distributed team, we hire anywhere in the world, and at various levels of experience (entry, senior, staff). We look for people with unique perspectives and diverse backgrounds.
We have a great benefits package, including parental leave, contributions to your retirement, competitive pay, and unlimited time off. For U.S.-based employees, we also provide platinum-level health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.
If you’re passionate about the future of computing and a more democratized internet, we want to talk to you.