Accounts Payable Specialist

Description: Wildcat Discoveries is looking for a highly motivated Accounts Payable Specialist to join our Finance team.
The AP Specialist will assist the team in processing all vendor invoices for payment, ensuring all items are received and properly authorized.
At Wildcat, the work environment is demanding, fast-paced, and incredibly exciting.
The ideal candidate should be ready to push their limits, as they join a world-class scientific team dedicated to developing and discovering advanced materials for lithium-ion batteries.
At Wildcat, the sky's the limit - with the right attitude, work ethic, and quality of work you can blaze your own trail.
About Us: Wildcat Discovery Technologies, based in San Diego, California, is a materials R&D company transitioning its focus from battery research and development to cathode material supply.
Our commitment lies in the discovery and development of advanced materials for lithium-ion batteries.
We follow three strategic paths: Collaborating on projects to enhance battery performance through material optimization.
Developing proprietary battery materials for next-generation electrodes and electrolytes.
Gearing up to launch a series of cathode active materials.
Wildcat collaborates with industry leaders around the world to develop promising new materials for rechargeable and primary battery technologies using our state-of-the-art high throughput platform (HTP) combinational chemistry.
Our team of industry-leading scientists synthesize and test thousands of battery materials ten times faster than conventional research.
We use this proprietary technology for strategic collaborations, systematic scale-up, and to achieve world-class cathode material supply.
We strive for innovation, excellence, and pushing the boundaries of battery technology.
Requirements: Responsibilities: Match purchase orders, packing slips, and invoices.
Enter invoices into QuickBooks for payment ensuring accurate coding.
Enter credit card receipts into QuickBooks.
Respond to vendor payment related inquiries.
Review and resolve payment discrepancies.
Identify discount opportunities for early payment.
Other accounting-related tasks as necessary.
Skills: Professional demeanor and customer service orientation.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Strong organizational skills and ability to resolve problems independently.
Results-oriented with a strong sense of urgency and drive for closure.
Ability to position, prioritize, and execute multiple competing demands and tasks concurrently.
Education and Training / Experience: Associate’s degree in Accounting or Accounting Certificate.
2+ years of relevant work experience.
Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Experience with early stage corporations preferred.
Employee Benefits: Generous vacation accrual with 8 day closure at the end of the year.
Full health insurance coverage with low employee out of pocket premiums.
401k with company paid match.
Annual bonus.
A company culture that values on positivity, meritocracy, collaboration, openness, and innovation.
Professional growth with exposure to a fast-developing energy storage industry.