Position: Accounts Payable Specialist
Location: Cumberland, Rhode Island 02864
Term: 3 months (04/12/2021 to 07/16/2021)
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
- Review invoices for complete processing information and proper approval
- Research and verify correct vendor information and nonpayment prior to entry
- Process invoices against Purchase Orders
- Research and resolve reported EDI invoice error transmissions
- Maintain a daily count of incoming, processed and non processed invoices for reporting Generate daily compact journal of days entries for auditing purposes
- Coordinate data gathering for internal and external audits
- Update and maintain vendor master profiles and payment terms
- Process stop payments, void/reissues, ACH returns, and check images
- Assist internal departments and vendors with payment research and details
- Perform other duties as assigned by Management
Is this a good fit? (Requirements):
- Excellent decision making ability and independent reasoning skills
- Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written and strong interpersonal skills) with an ability to communicate professionally with staff, leadership
- Highly organized with excellent time management skills and a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to recognize and formulate change for areas of improvement in order to increase productivity and efficiency
- Displays a high degree of organizational agility to help the A/P department to react quickly and successfully to the development of new efficiencies, processes, and/or technologies or sudden shifts in overall market conditions
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize work
- Excellent ability to work with others internal to Accounts Payable and outside of Accounts Payable ·
- Experience working in multiple ERP systems, specifically SAP and Oracle
- Experience within a large, retail organization
- Clear understanding of Accounts Payable and Accounts Payable best practices
- 1+ years of Accounts Payable experience
- 1+ years of MS Office experience
- Verifiable High School Diploma or GED is required. Bachelors degree in finance, accounting or business is preferred.