Entry-level accounts payable specialist jobs: what the job is, skills and open roles
Accounts payable pays the company's bills: checking invoices against orders, coding them to the right account and scheduling payment on time.
What a accounts payable specialist does
In the finance and accounting family of jobs. Roles that keep the books, check the numbers and pay the bills.
A typical day
- 1. Match invoices to purchase orders
- 2. Code and approve invoices
- 3. Run payment batches
- 4. Resolve vendor questions
- 5. Reconcile vendor statements
Do you need experience?
Entry-level accounts payable specialist jobs exist, but none are open on the career sites we track at this moment, so we cannot say how many ask for experience. Each posting states its own requirements, so read the requirements section before you decide a job is out of reach.
Open entry-level accounts payable specialist jobs
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Skills for accounts payable specialist jobs
The skills this job uses, most important first. Most can be learned or shown before the first day.
Skills to build or show
- 1. Attention to detail
- 2. Excel
- 3. ERP or accounting software
- 4. Three-way matching
- 5. Vendor communication
- 6. Deadlines
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The market for accounts payable specialist work
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- Open entry-level accounts payable specialist jobs
- 0
- Employment outlook, the closest government category
- Projected to shrink 6% from 2025 to 2035.
- AI use at work, the closest government category
- Among bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks.
Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.
See the detail →Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035.
Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
Outlook and AI-use figures are for the government category “Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks”, the closest match to this job.
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Questions about accounts payable specialist jobs
- What does a accounts payable specialist do?
- Accounts payable pays the company's bills: checking invoices against orders, coding them to the right account and scheduling payment on time. A typical day includes: match invoices to purchase orders; code and approve invoices; run payment batches; resolve vendor questions; reconcile vendor statements.
- Can I get an entry-level accounts payable specialist job with no experience?
- Entry-level accounts payable specialist jobs exist, but none are open on the career sites we track at this moment, so we cannot say how many ask for experience. Each posting states its own requirements, so read the requirements section before you decide a job is out of reach.
- What skills do you need to be a accounts payable specialist?
- The skills this job uses most are attention to detail, excel, ERP or accounting software, three-way matching, vendor communication, deadlines. Most can be learned before the first day through coursework, short courses, practice or a related job.
- Where can a accounts payable specialist job lead?
- People in this job commonly move to staff accountant, accounts receivable specialist, procurement assistant, financial analyst. The link between jobs is the shared skills; the path is not guaranteed and depends on the employer.
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