TN Visa Accounts Payable Manager Jobs
Accounts Payable Manager roles qualify for TN visa sponsorship under the USMCA Accountant category, requiring a Canadian or Mexican professional to hold a relevant accounting or finance degree. Canadian citizens can apply at the border or port of entry with no cap or lottery, making this one of the more direct paths to U.S. employment in finance operations.
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We're seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Accountant, Capital Programs to support large, heavy-civil infrastructure programs, including highways, roads, bridges, transit (both rail and bus), international airports, and water/wastewater projects delivered through both traditional and alternative methods. Your primary focus will be accounts payable for a major transit capital program, where accurate contractor and consultant payments, clean grant reimbursements, and audit-ready records keep construction moving and funding flowing. You'll work directly with the chief financial officer and finance staff across the full accounts payable cycle and support month-end and year-end close, 1099 and sales and use tax reporting, and reporting to funding agencies.
This is a long-term, full-time, hybrid position (3 days per week on-site, with willingness to report up to 5 days per week as required), in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
Responsibilities
may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Review contractor and consultant invoices and progress payment applications against contract terms, schedules of values, and supporting documentation before disbursement.
- Process progress payments, retention withholding and release, and change order payments, and track prompt payment deadlines to closure.
- Verify that expenditures are properly coded, authorized, allowable, and documented to contract terms and state and federal grant requirements.
- Process complex vendor invoices, employee expense reports, and payroll documents, and resolve voucher exceptions with multiple departments.
- Prepare cash receipt vouchers and month-end and year-end journal entries for accruals, corrections, and adjustments, analyze accrual accounts against budget, and reconcile accounts for periodic close.
- Prepare financial statements, general and subsidiary ledgers, and supporting schedules, maintain expenditure and budgetary control accounts, and post property tax, inventory, and debt service fund entries.
- Reconcile bank statements, petty cash accounts, and daily cash handling reports, and report variances in cash collections to management.
- Reconcile and prepare 1099 adjustments before issuance, and prepare and file quarterly sales and use tax returns.
- Prepare work papers, reimbursement support, and financial reports for federal, state, and local funding agencies, including reporting on grant-funded expenditures and monthly and quarterly performance reports.
- Maintain capital-funded payment files and fixed asset system input so records are complete and audit-ready.
- Analyze financial management system reports for accuracy, make correcting entries, and recommend procedure improvements.
- Interpret and apply agency policies and government regulations, provide technical support to project and department staff, and resolve accounting questions with vendors and outside agencies.
Attributes
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills.
- Collaborative mindset that fosters teamwork, trust, and positive relationships.
- Natural curiosity, problem-solving abilities, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
- Strong attention to detail and sound independent judgment when applying accounting standards, internal controls, and regulations.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 2+ years of increasingly responsible professional accounting experience.
- Experience processing accounts payable, including complex vendor invoices, employee expense reports, and voucher exceptions, and verifying proper authorization and documentation for disbursements.
- Experience preparing journal entries, financial reports, and statements, and analyzing, posting, balancing, and reconciling accounts for month-end and year-end close.
- Experience reviewing, interpreting, and verifying the accuracy of complex financial reports, ledgers, records, and contract documents.
- Knowledge of the principles, practices, and terminology of general, commercial, fund, and governmental accounting.
- Knowledge of budgeting principles and the laws and regulations governing public fiscal operations.
- Knowledge of payroll processing and wage and benefit plan concepts.
- Experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) or financial management systems for processing and analyzing accounting data (e.g., Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, etc.).
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365 (e.g., Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in accounting or finance.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) (Association of Government Accountants), or Certified Accounts Payable Professional (CAPP) (Institute of Finance and Management).
- Experience processing contractor and consultant payments on capital construction programs, including progress payments, retention, and change orders.
- Experience with large (> $500M), complex, heavy-civil infrastructure projects that include highways, roads, bridges, transit (including rail and bus), and/or airport projects.
- Experience processing and reporting on FTA or other federal and state grant-funded capital expenditures.
- Accounting experience with a governmental or public agency.
- Familiarity with Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) standards.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle Cloud Analytics, or other dashboard KPI reporting software.
Compensation Details
Expected Salary: $89k-$125k/year ($43-$60/hour). Luster provides the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might offer for this position based on the successful candidate's level and years of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, education, certifications, licenses, geographic location, etc. Luster reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on circumstances not related to any status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
Just LOOK at the Benefits We Offer!
- Unlimited flexible time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible spending accounts (healthcare and dependent or elder care)
- Long-term disability insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment
- 401(k) plan with guaranteed employer contribution
- Formal career planning and development program
- $2,500 annually toward professional development
- Wellness program with monthly wellness stipend
- Company cell phone or cell phone plan reimbursement
- Free personalized meal planning and nutrition support with a registered dietitian
- Free personal financial planning services
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discounts
- Employee referral bonus
Specific plan details and coverage for each benefit noted above will be provided upon offer.
Luster is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to criminal history, race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.
All positions may be subject to a background check and drug test once a conditional offer of employment is made for any convictions directly related to its duties and responsibilities, in accordance with all applicable local, state, and/or federal regulations.
This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.
Luster does not accept unsolicited resumes from any third-party. In the absence of a signed agreement, Luster will not consider or agree to payment of any kind. Any unsolicited resumes presented to Luster personnel, including those submitted to Luster hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Luster.
Please email hiring@luster.com for accommodations necessary to complete the application process.
About the Position
We're seeking an experienced Accounts Payable Accountant, Capital Programs to support large, heavy-civil infrastructure programs, including highways, roads, bridges, transit (both rail and bus), international airports, and water/wastewater projects delivered through both traditional and alternative methods. Your primary focus will be accounts payable for a major transit capital program, where accurate contractor and consultant payments, clean grant reimbursements, and audit-ready records keep construction moving and funding flowing. You'll work directly with the chief financial officer and finance staff across the full accounts payable cycle and support month-end and year-end close, 1099 and sales and use tax reporting, and reporting to funding agencies.
This is a long-term, full-time, hybrid position (3 days per week on-site, with willingness to report up to 5 days per week as required), in the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
Responsibilities
may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Review contractor and consultant invoices and progress payment applications against contract terms, schedules of values, and supporting documentation before disbursement.
- Process progress payments, retention withholding and release, and change order payments, and track prompt payment deadlines to closure.
- Verify that expenditures are properly coded, authorized, allowable, and documented to contract terms and state and federal grant requirements.
- Process complex vendor invoices, employee expense reports, and payroll documents, and resolve voucher exceptions with multiple departments.
- Prepare cash receipt vouchers and month-end and year-end journal entries for accruals, corrections, and adjustments, analyze accrual accounts against budget, and reconcile accounts for periodic close.
- Prepare financial statements, general and subsidiary ledgers, and supporting schedules, maintain expenditure and budgetary control accounts, and post property tax, inventory, and debt service fund entries.
- Reconcile bank statements, petty cash accounts, and daily cash handling reports, and report variances in cash collections to management.
- Reconcile and prepare 1099 adjustments before issuance, and prepare and file quarterly sales and use tax returns.
- Prepare work papers, reimbursement support, and financial reports for federal, state, and local funding agencies, including reporting on grant-funded expenditures and monthly and quarterly performance reports.
- Maintain capital-funded payment files and fixed asset system input so records are complete and audit-ready.
- Analyze financial management system reports for accuracy, make correcting entries, and recommend procedure improvements.
- Interpret and apply agency policies and government regulations, provide technical support to project and department staff, and resolve accounting questions with vendors and outside agencies.
Attributes
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills.
- Collaborative mindset that fosters teamwork, trust, and positive relationships.
- Natural curiosity, problem-solving abilities, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
- Strong attention to detail and sound independent judgment when applying accounting standards, internal controls, and regulations.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 2+ years of increasingly responsible professional accounting experience.
- Experience processing accounts payable, including complex vendor invoices, employee expense reports, and voucher exceptions, and verifying proper authorization and documentation for disbursements.
- Experience preparing journal entries, financial reports, and statements, and analyzing, posting, balancing, and reconciling accounts for month-end and year-end close.
- Experience reviewing, interpreting, and verifying the accuracy of complex financial reports, ledgers, records, and contract documents.
- Knowledge of the principles, practices, and terminology of general, commercial, fund, and governmental accounting.
- Knowledge of budgeting principles and the laws and regulations governing public fiscal operations.
- Knowledge of payroll processing and wage and benefit plan concepts.
- Experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) or financial management systems for processing and analyzing accounting data (e.g., Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, etc.).
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite/Office 365 (e.g., Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in accounting or finance.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) (Association of Government Accountants), or Certified Accounts Payable Professional (CAPP) (Institute of Finance and Management).
- Experience processing contractor and consultant payments on capital construction programs, including progress payments, retention, and change orders.
- Experience with large (> $500M), complex, heavy-civil infrastructure projects that include highways, roads, bridges, transit (including rail and bus), and/or airport projects.
- Experience processing and reporting on FTA or other federal and state grant-funded capital expenditures.
- Accounting experience with a governmental or public agency.
- Familiarity with Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) standards.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle Cloud Analytics, or other dashboard KPI reporting software.
Compensation Details
Expected Salary: $89k-$125k/year ($43-$60/hour). Luster provides the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might offer for this position based on the successful candidate's level and years of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, education, certifications, licenses, geographic location, etc. Luster reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on circumstances not related to any status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
Just LOOK at the Benefits We Offer!
- Unlimited flexible time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible spending accounts (healthcare and dependent or elder care)
- Long-term disability insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment
- 401(k) plan with guaranteed employer contribution
- Formal career planning and development program
- $2,500 annually toward professional development
- Wellness program with monthly wellness stipend
- Company cell phone or cell phone plan reimbursement
- Free personalized meal planning and nutrition support with a registered dietitian
- Free personal financial planning services
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discounts
- Employee referral bonus
Specific plan details and coverage for each benefit noted above will be provided upon offer.
Luster is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to criminal history, race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. This employer participates in E-Verify. The employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee's I-9 to confirm work authorization.
All positions may be subject to a background check and drug test once a conditional offer of employment is made for any convictions directly related to its duties and responsibilities, in accordance with all applicable local, state, and/or federal regulations.
This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for the position.
Luster does not accept unsolicited resumes from any third-party. In the absence of a signed agreement, Luster will not consider or agree to payment of any kind. Any unsolicited resumes presented to Luster personnel, including those submitted to Luster hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Luster.
Please email hiring@luster.com for accommodations necessary to complete the application process.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding TN Visa Sponsorship as an Accounts Payable Manager
Verify your degree meets accounting standards
TN visa classification for Accounts Payable Managers depends on holding a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a closely related field. A degree in business administration alone may not satisfy USCIS scrutiny, so confirm your transcript reflects a recognized accounting concentration before applying.
Target employers with AP department scale
Mid-size to large companies with dedicated accounts payable teams are far more likely to sponsor TN status than small businesses where AP is handled by a generalist. Search for roles advertising ERP system experience, team leadership, or month-end close responsibility as signals of a structured AP function.
Request a detailed offer letter before filing
Your TN documentation lives or dies on the employer's offer letter. It must specify your title as Accounts Payable Manager, confirm the role requires accounting expertise, and state that you hold the qualifying degree. A vague or HR-templated letter is a common reason CBP officers request additional documentation.
Clarify your visa pathway by nationality early
Mexican professionals face a 5,500-per-year TN allocation, so timing your application outside peak periods and confirming your employer understands consular processing at a U.S. embassy in Mexico matters. Canadian citizens can apply directly at a land port of entry or pre-clearance site without a prior visa appointment.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsoring employers
Not every Accounts Payable Manager posting is open to TN candidates. Use Migrate Mate to filter for employers actively offering TN visa sponsorship, so you spend your time on roles where the hiring team already understands the process and has agreed to support your status.
Prepare for role scope questions at the border
CBP officers sometimes question whether an AP Manager role requires an accountant's specialized knowledge or is primarily supervisory. Bring documentation showing you'll perform hands-on accounting functions, such as reconciliations, accrual entries, or audit support, not only manage a team.
Accounts Payable Manager TN Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Accounts Payable Manager role qualify for TN visa status?
Yes, provided the role is classified under the Accountant category in the USMCA TN occupation list. The position must require and you must hold a qualifying degree in accounting, finance, or a related field. Roles framed as purely operational or administrative rather than accounting-specific may face closer scrutiny at adjudication.
How does TN visa sponsorship compare to H-1B for this role?
TN has no lottery and no annual cap for Canadian citizens, so you can start working as soon as your application is approved, sometimes the same day at a port of entry. H-1B visa requires surviving a random lottery with roughly a 25% selection rate and waiting up to a year to begin work. For Accounts Payable Managers who qualify under USMCA, TN is a faster and more predictable path.
What documents does my employer need to provide for my TN application?
Your employer must supply a signed offer letter on company letterhead that states your title, describes the accounting duties of the role, confirms a qualifying degree is required, and identifies you by name. Some employers also include an organizational chart or job description to demonstrate the role's professional accounting scope, which strengthens the application package.
Where can I find Accounts Payable Manager jobs that offer TN visa sponsorship?
Most general job postings don't specify TN visa eligibility, which makes filtering difficult. Migrate Mate lets you search specifically for roles at employers with recent visa filings for professional positions, so you can focus on companies experienced with visa sponsorship rather than negotiating support from scratch.
Can I switch employers while working as an Accounts Payable Manager on TN status?
Yes, but TN status is employer-specific. You must obtain a new TN approval before starting with a new employer. Canadian citizens can do this at a port of entry without leaving the country in advance. Mexican professionals must apply at a U.S. consulate in Mexico. There is no portability provision like the one available to H-1B holders under AC21.