H-1B Visa Accounts Payable Analyst Jobs
Accounts Payable Analyst roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship under the specialty occupation definition, requiring at least a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field. Employers in corporate finance, manufacturing, and healthcare regularly file LCAs for this title. The annual H-1B cap means timing your job search around the April lottery registration window matters.
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This position is responsible for supporting accounts payable and accounting functions by processing invoices accurately and timely, resolving invoice exceptions, supporting month-end close activities, and collaborating with internal business partners to maintain accurate financial records and ensure compliance with company policy.
Job Summary
The Accounts Payable Specialist performs all accounts payable functions including but not limited to invoice processing, reconciliation, reporting, and analytical duties. This role partners with internal business partners, and procurement vendors to ensure invoices are processed accurately, coded correctly, approved timely, and resolved in accordance with company policy. The position requires strong AP knowledge, analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, and the ability to research discrepancies, identify root causes, recommend corrective actions, and support month-end close activities.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- General Operations
- Assist with weekly KPI preparation and analyze results; quickly research anomalies for root cause identification and work with internal stakeholders to remediate or lessen variations to plan.
- Research customer payment deductions and determine recommendations for processing in coordination with management.
- Process and monitor invoices in the automated AP processing tool, ensuring accurate GL coding, cost center assignment, approval routing, sales/use tax treatment as applicable, and compliance with company policy.
- Collaborate with internal business partners to resolve PO and non-PO invoice exceptions, aged open invoices, vendor statement discrepancies, payment status issues, and all AP related questions.
- Analyze invoice trends, recurring AP errors, bottlenecks, and exception patterns; partner with procurement, vendors, and internal business partners to identify root causes, recommend process improvements, and reduce rework.
- Assist leadership, and internal business partners with ad hoc AP, reconciliation, reporting, and process improvement projects as requested.
- Culture Building
- Participates in company and department meetings.
- Participates on other teams as requested.
- Supports department leadership in actions and programs necessary for maintaining the desired company culture.
Performance Standards
- Timely, accurate, and compliant processing of vendor invoices in the automated AP system, including effective coordination with internal business partners to resolve invoice exceptions and payment issues.
- Perform 3-way match for goods and services purchased through Purchase Orders, research price and quantity variances, and coordinate resolution with purchasing, receiving, vendors, and internal business partners.
- Obtain proper authorization for non-PO purchases (expenses and other).
- Diligent research and documentation to support resolution of customer payment deductions.
- Strong analytical review of AP aging, vendor statements, recurring invoice issues, open invoices, and month-end accrual support.
- Demonstrated ability to investigate discrepancies, identify root causes, document findings, recommend corrective actions, and follow through to resolution.
- Assist in preparation of AP, financial, and operational reporting in partnership with corporate accounting.
What We Are Looking For:
Personal Characteristics
- Professional Demeanor
- Entrepreneurial drive and the desire to “build a business”.
- Passionate, outgoing, energetic, and results oriented personality.
- Overall confidence in one’s abilities and comfortable communicating the facts.
- Strong character and integrity - does the right thing even when no one is looking.
- Disciplined approach, no-excuses mindset, reliable and accountable for KPIs.
- Dependable team player with positive attitude.
- Determination/Grit - Pursuit of Excellence.
- Passion for organization, and attention to details.
- Personal values that mesh with Company values.
Demonstrated proficiency in the following areas:
- Takes direction well and works efficiently and quickly.
- Ability to work and thrive under time constraints and prioritize responsibilities.
- High attention to detail and ability to work safely in fast paced environment.
- Team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible, with the ability to build strong working relationships with internal business partners and cross-functional teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data, evaluate discrepancies, determine root cause, and recommend practical solutions.
- Advanced understanding of corporate accounts payable processes, including 3-way matching, vendor statement reconciliation, AP aging review, accrual support, coding accuracy, approval workflows, and internal controls.
Education & Experience:
- 3 to 5 years of corporate accounting and accounts payable experience, including invoice processing, reconciliations, exception handling, vendor issue resolution, and month-end close support.
- Associate Degree in Accounting / business or equivalent experience.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office 365, especially Excel for data analysis, reconciliations, pivot tables, lookups, filtering, and exception tracking.
- Previous experience using PeopleSoft, Medius or similar automated AP workflow tools, and Power BI or other reporting tools desirable.
- Intermediate to advanced level experience using most common office machines (copier, fax, printer, multi-line phone, etc.)
What Is In It For You:
Our company acknowledges talented people are attracted to companies that provide competitive pay, comprehensive benefits packages and outstanding advancement opportunities. For this reason, we offer a Comprehensive Benefits Plan that includes the following:
- 401K
- Medical/Dental/Vision Coverage
- Parental Leave
- Vacation, Sick Days and Holidays
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee and Dependent Life Insurance
- Voluntary Disability Insurance
- Other Voluntary Insurance Options
Sauer Brands, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Overall Goal of Position:
This position is responsible for supporting accounts payable and accounting functions by processing invoices accurately and timely, resolving invoice exceptions, supporting month-end close activities, and collaborating with internal business partners to maintain accurate financial records and ensure compliance with company policy.
Job Summary
The Accounts Payable Specialist performs all accounts payable functions including but not limited to invoice processing, reconciliation, reporting, and analytical duties. This role partners with internal business partners, and procurement vendors to ensure invoices are processed accurately, coded correctly, approved timely, and resolved in accordance with company policy. The position requires strong AP knowledge, analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, and the ability to research discrepancies, identify root causes, recommend corrective actions, and support month-end close activities.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- General Operations
- Assist with weekly KPI preparation and analyze results; quickly research anomalies for root cause identification and work with internal stakeholders to remediate or lessen variations to plan.
- Research customer payment deductions and determine recommendations for processing in coordination with management.
- Process and monitor invoices in the automated AP processing tool, ensuring accurate GL coding, cost center assignment, approval routing, sales/use tax treatment as applicable, and compliance with company policy.
- Collaborate with internal business partners to resolve PO and non-PO invoice exceptions, aged open invoices, vendor statement discrepancies, payment status issues, and all AP related questions.
- Analyze invoice trends, recurring AP errors, bottlenecks, and exception patterns; partner with procurement, vendors, and internal business partners to identify root causes, recommend process improvements, and reduce rework.
- Assist leadership, and internal business partners with ad hoc AP, reconciliation, reporting, and process improvement projects as requested.
- Culture Building
- Participates in company and department meetings.
- Participates on other teams as requested.
- Supports department leadership in actions and programs necessary for maintaining the desired company culture.
Performance Standards
- Timely, accurate, and compliant processing of vendor invoices in the automated AP system, including effective coordination with internal business partners to resolve invoice exceptions and payment issues.
- Perform 3-way match for goods and services purchased through Purchase Orders, research price and quantity variances, and coordinate resolution with purchasing, receiving, vendors, and internal business partners.
- Obtain proper authorization for non-PO purchases (expenses and other).
- Diligent research and documentation to support resolution of customer payment deductions.
- Strong analytical review of AP aging, vendor statements, recurring invoice issues, open invoices, and month-end accrual support.
- Demonstrated ability to investigate discrepancies, identify root causes, document findings, recommend corrective actions, and follow through to resolution.
- Assist in preparation of AP, financial, and operational reporting in partnership with corporate accounting.
What We Are Looking For:
Personal Characteristics
- Professional Demeanor
- Entrepreneurial drive and the desire to “build a business”.
- Passionate, outgoing, energetic, and results oriented personality.
- Overall confidence in one’s abilities and comfortable communicating the facts.
- Strong character and integrity - does the right thing even when no one is looking.
- Disciplined approach, no-excuses mindset, reliable and accountable for KPIs.
- Dependable team player with positive attitude.
- Determination/Grit - Pursuit of Excellence.
- Passion for organization, and attention to details.
- Personal values that mesh with Company values.
Demonstrated proficiency in the following areas:
- Takes direction well and works efficiently and quickly.
- Ability to work and thrive under time constraints and prioritize responsibilities.
- High attention to detail and ability to work safely in fast paced environment.
- Team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible, with the ability to build strong working relationships with internal business partners and cross-functional teams.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data, evaluate discrepancies, determine root cause, and recommend practical solutions.
- Advanced understanding of corporate accounts payable processes, including 3-way matching, vendor statement reconciliation, AP aging review, accrual support, coding accuracy, approval workflows, and internal controls.
Education & Experience:
- 3 to 5 years of corporate accounting and accounts payable experience, including invoice processing, reconciliations, exception handling, vendor issue resolution, and month-end close support.
- Associate Degree in Accounting / business or equivalent experience.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office 365, especially Excel for data analysis, reconciliations, pivot tables, lookups, filtering, and exception tracking.
- Previous experience using PeopleSoft, Medius or similar automated AP workflow tools, and Power BI or other reporting tools desirable.
- Intermediate to advanced level experience using most common office machines (copier, fax, printer, multi-line phone, etc.)
What Is In It For You:
Our company acknowledges talented people are attracted to companies that provide competitive pay, comprehensive benefits packages and outstanding advancement opportunities. For this reason, we offer a Comprehensive Benefits Plan that includes the following:
- 401K
- Medical/Dental/Vision Coverage
- Parental Leave
- Vacation, Sick Days and Holidays
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee and Dependent Life Insurance
- Voluntary Disability Insurance
- Other Voluntary Insurance Options
Sauer Brands, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as an Accounts Payable Analyst
Verify your degree field matches
USCIS scrutinizes specialty occupation claims for accounting roles. A degree in finance, accounting, or business administration supports your petition most cleanly. A general business degree without accounting coursework can trigger an RFE, so document relevant coursework explicitly.
Pull LCA filings by occupation code
Use Migrate Mate to filter employers by LCA filing history for Accounts Payable Analyst roles. This surfaces companies that have already cleared DOL prevailing-wage certification for this title, which means they understand the sponsorship process and aren't filing for the first time.
Check prevailing wages before negotiating
Run the OFLC Wage Search for your metro area using the SOC code for accountants and auditors. Your offered salary must meet the Level I or Level II threshold for your location. Knowing this before negotiations prevents offers that can't legally support an H-1B petition.
Target cap-exempt employers strategically
Universities, nonprofit research institutions, and government-affiliated entities are exempt from the H-1B annual cap. Accounts Payable Analyst openings at university finance departments or hospital systems let you start without waiting for the April lottery registration window.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before accepting offers
Your employer must be enrolled in E-Verify to sponsor an H-1B. Ask HR directly during the offer stage, not after signing. An unenrolled employer cannot file your I-129 petition, and retroactive enrollment adds weeks to an already tight timeline.
Time your application to bridge OPT and H-1B status
If you're transitioning from F-1 OPT, your employer must file your I-129 petition before your OPT expires to maintain cap-gap protection. Accounts Payable roles with late-spring hiring cycles can cut this window dangerously short if onboarding delays push the filing past the October 1 start date.
H-1B Visa Accounts Payable Analyst: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Accounts Payable Analyst role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, provided the position genuinely requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as accounting, finance, or business administration. USCIS evaluates the job duties, not just the title. If the employer's job description lists tasks like reconciling subledgers, managing vendor payment cycles, or producing accrual reports, those duties support a specialty occupation argument. Generic data-entry framing weakens the case, so the offer letter and LCA should reflect analytical responsibilities.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas most often for Accounts Payable Analyst positions?
Corporate finance teams in technology, healthcare, manufacturing, and professional services file LCAs for Accounts Payable Analyst roles with the highest frequency. Large hospital networks and publicly traded manufacturers often maintain dedicated AP departments that sponsor repeatedly for the same SOC code. You can browse employer filing history filtered by this occupation on Migrate Mate to identify companies with an established sponsorship track record for this specific title.
How does the prevailing wage requirement affect Accounts Payable Analyst H-1B petitions?
DOL requires your employer to certify on the LCA that your offered salary meets the prevailing wage for the occupation and geographic area. For AP Analyst roles, this is calculated using the accountants and auditors SOC code and your work location. You can look up the applicable threshold using the OFLC Wage Search before entering salary negotiations to confirm the offer can legally support a petition.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new employer if I switch Accounts Payable Analyst jobs?
Yes. Under H-1B portability rules, you can start working for a new employer once they file an I-129 transfer petition, without waiting for approval, as long as you've maintained valid status. For AP roles, the new employer must file a fresh LCA certified to their location and wage level. The 60-day grace period after leaving your current employer gives you time to secure a new offer, but the new petition must be filed before that window closes.
Does an Accounts Payable Analyst position typically require PERM labor certification for a green card?
Most Accounts Payable Analyst green card sponsorships proceed through EB-2 or EB-3 employment-based categories, which do require PERM. Your employer must conduct a supervised recruitment process through DOL and demonstrate no qualified U.S. workers were available. Because AP Analyst roles are not considered shortage occupations, Schedule A exemptions don't apply, and full PERM processing is standard. Start green card conversations early since PERM adds 12 to 24 months before I-140 filing.