Accounts Payable Specialist
Tampa, FL Temporary $23.00 - $27.00/hr Onsite

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Process high-volume vendor and subcontractor invoices, ensuring accurate coding to jobs, cost codes, and GL accounts.
  • Review and match purchase orders, contracts, work orders, packing slips, and receipts before processing for payment.
  • Manage AIA billing documentation, including reviewing pay applications, verifying continuation sheets, tracking retainage, and coordinating with project managers for approvals.
  • Verify subcontractor compliance: W-9s, COIs, lien waivers, contracts, and vendor onboarding documentation.
  • Track and process progress payments, retainage, and pay-when-paid requirements, ensuring adherence to project timelines and contract terms.
  • Maintain AP aging, reconcile vendor statements, and resolve discrepancies or missing documentation.
  • Prepare weekly check runs, ACH payments, and credit card reconciliations.
  • Communicate with project managers and field teams to verify costs, resolve invoice issues, and ensure accurate job-level reporting.
  • Assist with month-end close, including AP accruals, job cost reports, and supporting schedules.
  • Maintain organized digital and physical AP records to support audits, draws, and compliance reviews.
  • Support continuous improvements in AP workflows and internal controls.

Qualifications

Required:

  • 2-4 years of Accounts Payable experience, preferably in construction, trades, or project-based industries.
  • Experience processing AIA documentation, pay applications, continuation sheets, and retainage.
  • Knowledge of lien waivers, COIs, subcontractor compliance, and construction billing workflows.
  • Proficiency with accounting/ERP systems (Sage 300, Viewpoint, Procore, QuickBooks, etc.).
  • Strong Excel skills and ability to manage high-volume, detail-oriented tasks.
  • Strong communication and follow-through, especially with field and project teams.

Preferred:

  • Experience with multi-site or multi-entity construction environments.
  • Familiarity with AIA G702/G703, progress billing, and project cost tracking.
  • Understanding of state lien laws and pay-application compliance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance.

Job Reference: JN -032026-417740