Accounts Payable Specialist II

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Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) is a leading global provider of essential minerals focused on safely delivering where and when it matters to help solve nature’s challenges for customers and communities. The company’s salt products help keep roadways safe during winter weather and are used in numerous other consumer, industrial, chemical and agricultural applications. Its plant nutrition products help improve the quality and yield of crops while supporting sustainable agriculture. Compass Minerals operates 11 production and packaging facilities with more than 1,800 employees throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Visit compassminerals.com for more information about the company and its products.

This position can located in Overland Park, KS or Ogden, UT.

Summary

The person in this position is a member of the Corporate Accounts Payable Team. This role will be primarily responsible for processing vendor payments, as well as working with Treasury and Accounting on posting/reconciling bank statements. This role will also provide assistance with invoice processing for remote sites with Compass Minerals. Additionally, this role will assist with corporate accounts payable functions, including answering internal and external questions and ensuring the service level agreement for Accounts Payable activities have been met.

Essential Job Functions include, but are not limited to the following:

(Management reserves the right to add or modify the duties and responsibilities at any time.)

- Process vendor payment run, including ad hoc payments, ensuring that payments are completed through all systems timely and accurately.

- Work with vendors and internal teams to convert vendors to electronic payments.

- Ensure all vendor payment runs comply with internal controls and approval requirements.

- Validate approval authority and process all vouchers and invoices for payment within the specified time frame, ensuring compliance with company policies.

- Knowledge of processing PO based invoices and following up on outstanding receipts and approvals.

- Collaborate with internal stakeholders and vendors to resolve payment and processing issues, providing analytical support to identify root causes and implement solutions.

- Process new vendor setup requests and modification requests, ensuring accuracy and completeness of vendor data.

- Act as audit support, preparing detailed reports and analyses to assist with internal and external audits, and participate in special projects as necessary.

- Perform other related duties as required, leveraging analytical skills to improve processes and support decision-making.

- Working vendor inquiries mailbox, ensuring internal and external questions related to Accounts Payable are addressed timely and accurately.

- Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Required Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.

- 2 years related payables experience in a corporate environment or equivalent combination of education and experience.

- Multi-currency experience a plus (USD & CAD).

- Attention to detail

- High volume invoice processing, matching invoices to Purchase Orders

- Ability to multi-task while maintaining a high level of customer service

- Coupa accounts payables system experience preferred

- Customer Service experience is preferred

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

- While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Compass Minerals is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are firmly committed to making all employment-related decisions without regard to race, ancestry, ethnicity, color, religious creed or belief, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy and breastfeeding), age, military or veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by law. Learn more about equal employment opportunity laws at dol.gov. Feb 2026