Accounts Payable Technician

When you work at Chugach Government Solutions (CGS), you join a proud legacy of supporting missions while sustaining culture.

The federal division of Chugach Alaska Corporation, CGS has been supporting critical missions as a government contractor for over 25 years. Our focus is to support facility maintenance, IT/technical services, construction and education. We are proud to have built, and continue to foster, an incredibly talented team spanning across the globe in hundreds of different fields – each team member proud to serve our country with first‑class business services, while also making a difference for our Chugach shareholders.

At CGS, empowering employees is a part of our core, and that focus is one of the ways we build and foster high‑performing teams. We empower our employees through competitive compensation and benefits package, professional growth opportunities, truthful communication, and more!

If you are looking for an opportunity to serve something bigger than yourself; if you want your day job to be one that creates meaningful value; if you are looking for an environment that highly values employees and respects individual differences – then Chugach Government Solutions may be the right fit for you!

This role is onsite, in Anchorage, Alaska.

The Accounts Payable Specialist is responsible for processing vendor invoices and payments in accordance with FAR guidelines, maintaining accurate financial records, and ensuring timely payment processing. This role communicates with vendors and site personnel to resolve discrepancies, manages weekly check runs, monitors invoice correspondence, and supports month-end closing deadlines while maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.

Essential

Job Duties:

• Processes and enters payables in compliance with FAR guidelines.
• Communicate with site personnel daily by phone or email identifying and resolving outstanding issues.
• Runs weekly check runs for assigned subsidiary.
• Mail out checks to vendors.
• Research and resolve outstanding checks and outstanding credits.
• Respond to inquiries from vendors and personnel.
• Meets deadlines for data entry, for specific closings.
• Checks accounting transactions to locate and resolve discrepancies.
• Operates computer for data entry, word processing and excel spreadsheets.
• Monitors vendor invoice e-mail box. Save invoices/statements to appropriate folders in SharePoint. Forward inquiry e-mails to responsible Tech and/or Lead.
• Uses tact and diplomacy in communication.
• Performs other related work as assigned.

Key Skills and Responsibilities:

• Extensive knowledge of administrative procedures, policies, and practices.
• Skilled in the use of common office machinery including copiers, postage machines, and computers.

Mandatory:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Two (2) years of accounts payable or related experience.
• Additional education may be substituted for one (1) year of the required experience.
• Proficient in the use of Excel at a beginner level.
• Flexibility to work overtime.

Preferred:

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in accounting.
• One (1) years’ experience in a Chugach accounting department.
• Lawson & Oracle experience.
• Knowledge and experience of government contracts.
• Experience using word processing software, preferably Microsoft Word

This position is primarily performed in an office setting using standard office equipment (desk, computer, phone, printer, copier, etc.). Work may require occasional weekend work, evening work and travel.

Work requires the ability to operate a computer and work in a standard office environment, effectively communicate information in verbal and written form, read and review…