Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

As a member of our greater Finance team, you will be faced with new challenges that will continuously leave you looking for ways to add value to the team and business units. We are seeking to hire an organized and detail-oriented Senior Accounts Payable Lead with a proven track record of succeeding in a fast-paced global organization. In this role, you will be responsible for the monitoring of the accounts payable function across our EMEA and APAC operations as well as supervision of our GIFT City AP team members. This position will work collaboratively and communicate with other members of the global Accounts Payable team and be faced with new challenges that will continuously leave you looking for ways to help and support the team and firm.

What You’ll Do:

• Monitor invoices and vendors on a daily basis to ensure timely receipt, processing, and payment of vendor balances
• Supervise other team members and ensure daily and weekly tasks are completed according to global standards and processes
• Participate in month-end closing activities
• Periodic review and reporting of the Accounts Payable team metrics, seeking ways to improve team’s performance
• Manage key business vendors, including researching, resolving, and communicating discrepancies or outstanding balances
• Coordinate the escalation process for urgent payment requests
• Ensure timely, accurate completion of ad hoc projects as assigned by the A/P Manager or Controller
• Provide accounts payable backup to other AP Specialists as needed
• Other duties as assigned or needed

Skills you'll need:

• Must be familiar working in a high volume environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Detail-oriented, organized, and excellent documentation skills
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment and deliver on deadlines
• Flexible, conscientious, and easily adaptable to constant change
• Professional demeanor and ability to use discretion when working with confidential material
• Collaborative and able to build and sustain relationships with colleagues in a global organization
• A bachelor's degree in accounting or related field is required and at least 5 years of previous relevant work experience, including direct supervision of others.
• Proficient in MS Excel, including experience with lookup functions, pivot tables, and other formulas
• Comfortable working across multiple systems; experience with Netsuite and SAP Concur, preferred
• Reliable and predictable availability