Finance Assistant

About Ping Identity: 

At Ping Identity, we believe in making digital experiences both secure and seamless for all users, without compromise. We call this digital freedom. And it's not just something we provide our customers. It's something that inspires our company. People don't come here to join a culture that's built on digital freedom. They come to cultivate it. 

Our intelligent, cloud identity platform lets people shop, work, bank, and interact wherever and however they want. Without friction. Without fear. 

While protecting digital identities is at the core of our technology, protecting individual identities is at the core of our culture. We champion every identity. One of our core values, Respect Individuality, reminds us to celebrate differences so you are empowered to bring your authentic self to work. 

We're headquartered in Denver, Colorado and we have offices and employees around the globe. We serve the largest, most demanding enterprises worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 100. At Ping Identity, we're changing the way people and businesses think about cybersecurity, digital experiences, and identity and access management. 

Ping is continuing its significant global expansion, and we need a key member to join our UK Finance team to help prepare the organization and the Controllership function for scale. As a Finance Assistant, you'll be instrumental in ensuring the efficiency and accuracy of our core operational finance processes, providing a platform for continued success and personal growth.

If you are detail-oriented, love process improvement, and want to see your work directly support a massive growth trajectory, this is the place for you.

What You Will Do: Key Responsibilities

You will manage critical daily financial operations while contributing to system and process improvements across the UK and global operations.

Accounts Payable (AP) & Vendor Management

• Process Efficiency: Accurately enter and process Accounts Payable (AP) vendor invoices from our global operations.
• Payment & Control: Assist with the preparation of global payment runs and actively monitor the AP inbox to ensure timely processing and issue resolution.
• Risk Mitigation: Strictly maintain vendor onboarding controls and bank change validations to mitigate the risk of financial fraud.
• Dispute Resolution: Research and resolve discrepancies arising from vendor disputes, payment differences, and invoice reconciliations, ensuring high vendor satisfaction.
• Internal Service: Provide excellent customer service to internal company departments involved in the end-to-end AP process.

Travel & Expense (T&E) Administration

• Policy Compliance: Review and verify employee travel and business expenses, ensuring strict alignment with Ping's global Travel & Expense policy.
• Employee Experience: Assist with T&E queries, ensuring timely responses.

Accounting & Operational Excellence

• Complete weekly cash flow forecast covering planned AP and expense payments.
• Complete reconciliations of actual payments vs forecast on a weekly basis.
• Build future medium term AP and expense payments forecasts supporting company cash flow forecasting.

What You Bring: Qualifications
Essential Experience & Skills

• 3+ years of experience in an Accounts Payable (AP) or operational Procurement role, preferably within a global or multi-entity environment.
• Proven experience with employee expense policy verification and processing.
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• A collaborative personality with outstanding verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Experience

• Direct experience with major financial systems (e.g., Coupa, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite).
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, data manipulation).

Life at Ping:

We believe in and facilitate a flexible, collaborative work environment. We're growing quickly, but remain true to the innovative, can-do startup values that got us here. Most importantly, we keep hiring talented, smart, fun, and genuinely nice people because that's who we want to succeed with every day. 

Here are just a few of the things that make Ping special:

• A company culture that empowers you to do your best work.
• Employee Resource Groups that create a sense of belonging for everyone.
• Regular company and team bonding events.
• Competitive benefits and perks.
• Global volunteering and community initiatives

Our Benefits: 

• Generous PTO & Holiday Schedule 
• Parental Leave
• Progressive Healthcare Options
• Retirement Programs
• Opportunity for Education Reimbursement 
• Commuter Offset (Specific locations) 

Ping is the collective sum of all our individual experiences, backgrounds and influences and we pride ourselves in growing and learning together. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone's individuality is respected and everyone has an Identity. In recruiting for new colleagues, we welcome the unique contributions you can bring and encourage you to be your best self.

We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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