Staff Accountant - AP
Heico
Santa Barbara, CA · Posted October 26, 2026
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About the job
Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. is currently recruiting for the position of Staff Accountant. The Staff Accountant's primary responsibilities include month end closing with journal entries and reconciliations, accounts payable, credit card processing and payment, A/P Banking including Wires and ACH, supporting payroll, and supporting the Controller in Audit requests and special projects as needed.
Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. (SBIR) is a very successful, fast-paced subsidiary of HEICO Corporation, (NYSE: HEI, HEI.A). For more than 50 years, HEICO has thrived by serving segments of the aerospace, defense, and electronics industries by providing innovative and cost-saving products and services. Forbes Magazine has ranked HEICO as one of the 200 "Best Small Companies" and 200 "Hot Shot Stocks".
Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. designs and manufactures the most technologically advanced Infrared (IR) and Electro-Optical (E-O) test instrumentation. SBIR's broad line of innovative products support testing of military and commercial sensor systems for world-wide use in laboratory, production, depot and field test applications. SBIR's high-energy, dynamic culture focuses our Team Members' on providing quality products and services to our customers. We provide highly integrated, well-engineered, cost effective hardware and software solutions to the E-O community. In doing so, SBIR has become the preferred supplier to major domestic and international manufacturers of commercial and military E-O sensors and systems.
$30.14/hr. - $36.58/hr.
Responsibilities:
Month-End
Prepare journal entries for Director of Finance’s review & input into accounting system
Prepare sub-ledger to general ledger reconciliations for Director of Finance’s review
Upload Month-end Reconciliations to FloQast
Accounts Payable
Establish and maintain the AP procedures
3-way match of packing slips, ensure all certification are included, invoices, and purchase orders
Retrieve proper approval of invoices if needed
Interact with Receiving/Purchasing/QA to resolve issues
Support Purchasing by completing Vendor Credit Applications
Enter and code invoices into accounting system
Generate payable checks
Mail checks and file paid invoices
Interact with vendors and research questions
Generate wires for approval by Controller/CFO and Corporate (if needed)
EDD reporting of Independent Contractors
Request / Review Vendor W-9’s
Prepare year end 1099s
Commission
Manage Commission payments to Representatives including
Reviewing Contract Terms for Reps
Tracking Payment of Customer Invoices
Setting up Wire transaction for payment
Banking Payables
Print out and Review Daily Banking Activity
Record all Out Going payment activity including
Wires
ACH
Sales Tax Payments
Credit Card Payments
Track Outstanding Checks over 30 days and notify vendor
Company Credit Card Processing
Reconcile statements with receipts/Purchase Orders
Process in Visual
Issue ACH payment via Wells Fargo
Manage credit cards – open/close for new/terminated team members, or fraud suspicion
Interact with Wells Fargo when suspicion of Fraud is involved
Intercompany/Intersegment
Reconcile monthly intercompany balances with Heico
Prepare monthly JE for intercompany transactions with Heico and other subsidiaries
Record monthly accruals suggested by Heico
Accounts Receivable
Maintain internal W-9’s for the three companies
Act as A/R backup
Archive Files
Manage archived files in storage
Act as Liaison to pull documentation per Team Member requests
Audit and special projects as needed.