Accounts Payable Technician II

Summary

Build a strong foundation in accounting while playing a key role in keeping our financial operations accurate, timely, and moving forward. As an Accounts Payable Technician II, you’ll work closely with internal teams to process invoices, resolve discrepancies, and ensure vendors are paid correctly and on time in a fast-paced environment. This role offers hands‑on experience, visibility across the business, and the opportunity to strengthen your analytical and problem‑solving skills.

If you’re detail‑oriented and take pride in getting the numbers right, you’ll find real impact and growth here.

• 3000 C St, Ste 301, Anchorage, AK 99503

• Review invoices for accuracy and completeness.
• Ensure timely and accurate entry of payable invoices, adhering to departmental procedures.
• Ensure timely vendor payments and support efficient payment processing.
• Utilize CHIP (Chenega Item Processing application) proficiently to accomplish assigned tasks.
• Research and resolve billing discrepancies and respond to subsidiary inquiries.
• Maintain positive relationships with Chenega subsidiaries.
• Work with internal departments to gather, review, and interpret financial data related to payables.
• Support financial audits by providing requested documentation.
• Participate in monthly and year‑end closing processes.
• May assist with weekly employee expense reports by examining reports for accuracy, completeness, adherence to company policies, and cross‑checking receipts, invoices, and supporting documentation.
• Perform other clerical duties related to Accounts Payable as needed.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum two (2) year certificate from college or technical school
• Basic bookkeeping and accounting knowledge required
• Experience working with accounting processing software
• Experience with internet browser, Excel, Outlook, and any word processing software
• Superb time management skills and detail orientation
• Successfully pass background and drug screening

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with accounting processing software (Costpoint)

• Collecting and research data.
• Uses intuition and experience to complement data.
• Attention to detail and accuracy required.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information skillfully; develops alternative solutions.
• Works well in group problem solving situations; uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.
• Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; varies writing style to meet needs; presents numerical data effectively; able to read and interpret written information.
• Focuses on resolving conflict, maintains confidentiality; listens to others without interrupting; keeps emotions under control; remains open to co‑workers’ ideas.
• Assesses personal strengths and weaknesses; pursues training and development opportunities; strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; shares expertise with others.
• Responds to requests for service and assistance in a manner that supports customer satisfaction.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the public.

(The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee may use repeated motions that include the arms, wrists, hands and/or fingers. The employee is occasionally required to walk, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

• The employee will normally work in a temperature‑controlled office environment, with frequent exposure to electronic office equipment.
• During visits to areas of operations, they may be exposed to extreme cold or hot weather conditions. Is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and loud noise.