Senior Specialist, Accounts Payable

University Financial Services is comprised of a diverse group of experts in multiple fields. Our passion is working together and collaborating with other departments to reduce the administrative burden on Faculty and Staff so they can focus on supporting the education of our students. We strive to be a trusted and innovative partner delivering exemplary administrative services in support of the DU community. University Financial Services is committed to maintaining a work environment that encourages knowledge of respect for and development of skills to effectively engage with individuals from diverse communities.

Position Summary

The Senior Accounts Payable Specialist ensures that payment requests are accurately processed and approved in compliance with university policy. This is a fulltime benefited position.

Essential Functions

• Ensure payments adhere to DU policies and procedures.
• Enter invoices to be paid.
• Review payment transactions for accuracy and compliance.
• Reconcile vendor statements.
• Process and release payments according to department schedule.
• Answer inquiries from internal departments and outside vendors regarding accounts payable and related matters.
• Assess and initiate approved wire transfer payments.
• Gather executive signatures for large payments exceeding specified thresholds.
• Serve as expert and/or team lead for Accounts Payable Specialist questions and escalations.
• Download check reconciliation files from bank portal on a strict cadence and run the process that incorporates those files into the ERP.
• Research errors in payment processing and determine best path to resolution.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Comfortable performing daily tasks that require careful attention to numbers and highly specific detailed procedures.
• Understanding of vendor payment workflows and practices
• Knowledge of university policies
• Understanding and knowledge of business processes and systems
• Comfortable using systems and technology including ERP systems P2P platforms and Microsoft Office products.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of higher education culture governance structures and mission
• Demonstrated focus on customer service and compliance.
• Experience managing multiple priorities in a fastpaced deadline driven environment

Competencies:

• Decision Making/Judgment: Recognizes problems and responds systematically gathers information sorts through complex issues seeks input from others addresses root cause of issues makes timely decisions and communicates decisions to others.
• Inclusiveness: Actively creates and supports an inclusive and equitable workplace by embedding diversity into all aspects of the workplace. This may include policies procedures training mission values goals office climate and culture interactions with colleagues and coworkers leadership practices programming hiring marketing evaluation promotion and other workplace dimensions.
• Integrity/Ethics: Follows through with commitments and communicates honestly while encouraging others to do so. Demonstrates integrity and ethics and acts in support of the Universitys best interest.
• Customer Focus: Builds customer confidence is committed to increasing customer satisfaction sets achievable customer expectations assumes responsibility for solving customer problems ensures commitments to customers are met solicits opinions and ideas from customers responds to internal customers.
• Teamwork/Engagement: Works collaboratively with others to achieve organizational goals. Displays enthusiasm about being part of the team. Treats others with respect. Supports the work of team members and personally contributes an appropriate share of the work to team projects.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 35 years of direct jobrelated experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors degree.
• 24 years of direct experience in an accounts payable role.
• Experience in higher education working environment.
• Experience with Banner Finance.
• Experience with Jaggaer P2P platform

Working Environment

• Standard office environment.
• Unexpected interruptions occur often and stress level is moderate to high.
• Noise level is quiet to moderate.

Physical Activities

• Ability to work in front of a computer for extended periods of time.
• Occasionally required to move about the office/campus.

Work Schedule
Monday Friday 8:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m.

Application Deadline
For consideration please submit your application materials by 4:00 p.m. (MST) July 1 2025.

Special Instructions
Candidates must apply online through to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

Salary Grade Number:
The salary grade for the position is 7.

Hourly Range:
The hourly range for the position is $24.00 $27.00

The University of Denver has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The University may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate departmental budget availability internal salary equity considerations and available market information but not based on a candidates sex or any other protected status.

Benefits:
The University of Denver offers excellent benefits including medical dental retirement paid time off tuition benefit and ECO pass. The University of Denver is a private institution that empowers students who want to make a difference. Learn more about the University of Denver.

Please include the following documents with your application:
1. Resume
2. Cover Letter

The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex (including sex stereotypes sex characteristics sexual orientation gender identity and gender expression) marital family or parental status pregnancy or related conditions national origin disability or status as a protected veteran. The University of Denver does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color national origin ancestry age religion creed disability sex (including sex stereotypes sex characteristics sexual orientation gender identity and gender expression) marital family and parental status pregnancy genetic information military enlistment or veteran status and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under federal state or local law regulation or ordinance in any of the Universitys educational programs and activities and in the employment (including application for employment) and admissions (including application for admission) context as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Americans with Disabilities Act; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Equal Pay Act; the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; the Colorado Protecting Opportunities and Workers Rights (POWR) Act; and any other federal state and local laws regulations or ordinances that prohibit discrimination harassment and/or retaliation. For more information please see the University of Denvers NonDiscriminationStatement.

All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check.