Job Description

Baton is seeking a highly motivated, intellectually curious and resourceful individual to join the Payment Authorization team in Baton’s new B2B invoice payments network.  Inside Baton, the verification of invoices for validity and accuracy for payment authorization is a key component of the overall risk management function.  The Payment Authorization Analyst is responsible for executing the verification process, with manual verification initially, expanding to online verification, and eventually assisting in the development of data-driven/rules-based automated verification processes.  The Payment Authorization Analyst will partner with fellow team members and the Payment Authorization Leader to continually drive improvement and efficiency in the invoice verification process.  The scalability and efficiency of the overall process is a key element in enabling Baton’s aggressive growth plans. 

The Payment Authorization Analyst will be an important component in the development and growth of Baton – an industry-changing startup that supports the growth and prosperity of small businesses.     

As the Payment Authorization Analyst, you will:

• Execute the full invoice verification process in a timely and accurate manner to confirm the validity and accuracy of each invoice presented by Baton’s customers. 
• Complete verifications by phone or email correspondence or through online connection with various accounts payable and/or procurement systems.
• Provide process feedback to and partner with the Payment Authorization Leader to drive continual improvements in the efficiency and accuracy of the invoice verification process.
• Adhere to established metrics for the Payment Authorization Team and ensure all policies and procedures are followed.  
• Conduct accurate and precise data entry and verification.
• Track all invoice verification activities within the Baton back-office system and execute follow-up processes and tasks as needed.
• Manage vendor relations and build effective partnerships
• Investigate and resolve invoice verification issues internally and with Baton’s customers and their buyers, as appropriate.
• Assist in ad hoc projects, reporting, and research as needed. 
• Additional duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications

Required

• A BA/BS degree (preferably in accounting, finance or business-related field).
• Strong customer interaction skills and experience.
• The ability to work simultaneously in multiple software systems.
• The ability to effectively influence and communicate cross-functionally.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• An accurate, precise and self-initiated working style.
• Creative problem-solving abilities.
• The ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• The ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from management, fellow colleagues, our customers and their buyers.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to develop and maintain an organized structure.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and ability to learn new software systems.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic environment where adaptability is imperative.

Preferred

• 1-3 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities listed. 
• 1+ years of work experience within Accounts Payable / Accounts Receivable or other accounting/finance related function(s).

Additional Information

Baton believes in small business!  

Our mission is simple – level the playing field for small businesses by innovating a financial service to expand their ‘selling power’.

As most people know, small businesses are the fuel behind the U.S. economy.  They employ over half of our country’s private workforce.  They are the largest creator of net new jobs nationwide.  Most importantly, for our future, they are the innovators – the creators of new ideas and products that change our lives!

Yet small business owners face challenges many of us will never know.   For instance, did you realize that small businesses, in aggregate, are the largest single lender for big businesses?  Stunning, but true.  How?  A mindboggling amount of accounts receivable (AR), multiple trillions, flows through the balance sheets of U.S. small businesses every year.   This represents the short-term credit extended by small businesses to their business and government customers.  

Every day small businesses selling B2B act as a bank to their customers.  They deliver goods or services on invoice terms (i.e., Net 30, 60, 90 or even 120 days).  They wait to be paid and wait, wait and wait some more.  They take on the risk of their customers’ late payment or non-payment.  Even though they are the lifeblood of our economy, AR stifles their ability to grow and prosper.  Until now!

Baton is revolutionizing financial services for small businesses who sell to other businesses or government on invoice terms.  Our innovative B2B Merchant Service is designed to deliver the same benefits small businesses selling B2C (business to consumer) enjoy today through traditional credit card merchant services.  Working with our Member Banks, Baton moves AR balances and their associated risk from the balance sheet of small businesses to the balance sheet of banks – expanding the selling power of small businesses!

We believe enabling small businesses to do business ‘better’ will drive growth and prosperity.  Our BATON Merchant Service was developed with 4 core beliefs:  

1. Small businesses should get paid when goods and services are delivered.
2. Small businesses should not have to finance their customers’ purchases.
3. Small businesses should not bear the risk of their customers' late-payment or non-payment.
4. Business and government customers should continue to get the invoice terms they love, want and need.  After all, accounts payable are an important part of their capital position.