Our Story
Founded in 2008, Hightower is a wealth management firm that provides investment, financial and retirement planning services to individuals, foundations and family offices, as well as 401(k) consulting and cash management services to corporations. Hightower’s capital solutions, operational support services, size and scale empower its vibrant community of independent-minded wealth advisors to grow their businesses and help their clients achieve their vision of “well-th. rebalanced.” Based in Chicago with advisors across the U.S., we operate as a registered investment advisor (RIA).
Your Future Team
The Accounts Payable team consists of two Sr. AP Analyst, and an Analyst who work together to handle daily invoice & expense processing, corporate card administrative tasks, rent payments, 1099 processing, and servicing to both our Advisor and Corporate communities. The team is overseen by an AP manager, who ensures the completion of BAU activities, handles escalations, and leads process improvement projects.
What You’ll Do
Our team processes over 1,800 invoices and 500 expense reports monthly. Several exciting enhancements are on the AP roadmap in the coming years, inclusive of migrating to a new General Ledger system, updating our Concur processes, and rolling out new travel and entertainment processes.
- Assign invoices to proper approvers
- Ensuring invoices submitted into Concur are captured
- Ensure vendor payments are being processed correctly
- Process 60+ rent payments monthly
- Compile and file 1099 MISC, NEC, and INT forms annually
- Support set-up and maintenance of employees and vendors within Concur
- Help ensure tech and telco payments are paid. This includes reviewing reports and signing into systems to pull down invoices.
- Download and retrieve auto-pay invoices for proper accounting
- Service advisor businesses' questions/resolving issues as it relates to AP
- Create monthly T&E usage reports for executive review
- Compile quarterly AP metrics based on indicators that are tracked
- Be a Concur administrator and resolve issues when needed
- Administer Concur Expense, Invoice, and PO training to new employees
- Manually cut checks when needed
- Manage the positive payload process
- Scanning and logging rebate checks
- Support in any additional AP activity
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Accounting, Finance, BA)
- Administrative knowledge of Concur (Expense & Invoice modules)
- 3+ years of experience within an Accounts Payable function
- Help document SOPs and procedures
- Proficient in Microsoft suite, including Excel (can maintain complex spreadsheets)
- Great Plains and Oracle AP module experience
- Understanding of expense-related accounting entries
What We Offer
- Coverage on the first day of employment for medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid parental leave (16 weeks for primary caregiver and 8 weeks for secondary caregiver)
- Mother’s lounge onsite
- Flexible PTO plan
- Hybrid model work schedule (50% in office)
- Free brand-new gym in the Chicago office
- 401k matching plan
- HSA employer contributions
- Student loan assistance
- Pet insurance
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: Hightower is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship, veteran status, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer-related), gender identity or expression, genetic information including sickle cell or hemoglobin C trait, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local law.
You are a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident or possess other unrestricted U.S. work authorization and will not require sponsorship for U.S. work authorization now or anytime in the future.