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Accounts Payable Specialist jobs: 652 open roles

Open accounts payable specialist jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $57,500 a year.

The market for accounts payable specialist work

Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Finance function this title sits in. Outlook, pay and AI-use figures are for the government category “Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks”, the closest occupation to this title.

Verified open accounts payable specialist jobs
652

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$57,500

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Employment outlook
Projected to shrink 6% from 2025 to 2035.

Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035.

National median pay, all levels
$50,670

Source: BLS OEWS, 2025.

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Openings a year nationally, growth plus replacement
144,100

Source: BLS Employment Projections.

AI use at work
Among bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks.

Source: Anthropic Economic Index.

Finance openings that ask for AI skills
3%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Finance openings that are remote
4%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. excel11%
  2. 2. audit11%
  3. 3. accounts payable10%
  4. 4. accounts receivable8%
  5. 5. forecasting6%
  6. 6. budgeting5%
  7. 7. risk management5%
  8. 8. gaap4%

AI skills worth building for this work

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work
  2. 2. Gen-AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude)
  3. 3. Prompt design
  4. 4. AI coding assistants
  5. 5. AI workflow automation
  6. 6. Automation platforms (Zapier, n8n, Power Automate)

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Where accounts payable specialist experience can go next

Career moves the skills carry over to, closest fit first. Time is how long a move usually takes.

  • Financial planning and analysis

    Close fit · A few months

    FP&A moves you from recording the numbers to forecasting them, the part of finance AI is least likely to replace.

    Carries over: Financial statements, Close process, Excel

  • Revenue and sales operations

    Adjacent · A few months

    Revenue operations needs people who trust the numbers; finance backgrounds stand out.

    Carries over: Revenue recognition, Forecasting, Data discipline

  • Procurement and vendor management

    Adjacent · A few months

    Procurement is spend control; you already know where the money goes.

    Carries over: Spend analysis, Contracts and approvals, Vendor payments

  • Business analysis

    Adjacent · A few months

    Business systems analysts who understand finance processes are hard to find.

    Carries over: Analysis, Systems (ERP), Process

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Accounts Payable Specialist salary

The middle half of accounts payable specialist listings that state pay run from $52,000 to $67,500. See the full accounts payable specialist salary breakdown.

Finance jobs in the rankings

Rankings about finance jobs

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Where accounts payable specialist jobs are

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Accounts Payable Specialist jobs by city and state

Employers hiring accounts payable specialists

  • Robert Half 40
  • Creative Financial Staffing 38
  • LHH 19
  • RethinkFirst 10
  • Minutehouse 8
  • Kforce 6
  • LHH Recruitment Solutions 5
  • Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology 5
  • Vaco 4
  • Abacus Group 4

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