Accounts Payable Specialist

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over
22,000 peoplein more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure,energyand natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities includeprogramme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estateservicesand investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premierprogramme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Turner & Townsend is seeking a self‑driven, detail‑oriented Senior Accounts Payable Specialist to support all accounts payable activities for a single major project site. This role requires advanced full‑cycle AP experience and the ability to operate independently while partnering closely with on-site project teams, vendors, and the central Finance function.

The Senior AP Specialist will oversee day-to-day AP operations for that project, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely financial processing in a dynamic environment. The candidate will demonstrate a deep understanding/working knowledge of full cycle accounts payable function. and will provide support to the project team as required, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely financial processing in a dynamic environment, and assistance with the development of ad hoc financial analyses.

Key Accountibilities

• Invoice Processing:
  Independently process and review complex vendor invoices, ensuring accurate matching to purchase orders, contracts, and project documentation.
• Expense Coding:
  Assign appropriate general ledger codes, cost centers, and project-specific accounting attributes with a high level of accuracy.
• Vendor Communication:
  Serve as a key point of contact for vendors, proactively resolving inquiries, discrepancies, and disputes.
• Payment Processing:
  Prepare and process payments to vendors, ensuring adherence to payment terms, internal controls, and company policies.
• Expense Reconciliation:
  Reconcile vendor statements and resolve complex discrepancies in a timely and thorough manner.
• Month-End Closing:
  Lead AP-related month-end activities for the project site, including reconciliations, accruals, and reporting.
• Compliance:
  Ensure compliance with company policies, client requirements, SOX regulations, and industry best practices.
• Support:
  Provide support to the project team and Finance department, including ad hoc financial analysis, reporting, and special projects.
• SOX Compliance:
  Perform duties with a high degree of accuracy and integrity while maintaining full adherence to SOX controls.
• Audit Support:
  Support internal, external, and compliance audits by preparing accurate documentation and timely responses.
• Process Improvement:
  Identify opportunities to improve AP and site workflows and recommend or support the implementation of process enhancements.
• Reporting:
  Provide accurate, high-quality information and analysis on a timely basis.
• Policy Adherence:
  Ensure client and Turner & Townsend standard procedures and policies are consistently applied.
• Confidentiality:
  Preserve the confidentiality of sensitive financial and project information.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or a related field preferred
• Minimum of three or more years of full‑cycle accounts payable experience, ideally in a project-based or construction environment.
• Experience with contemporary AP automation software.
• Proven ability to work independently in a deadline‑driven environment.
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Demonstrated analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills…