Accounts Payable Specialist

Description We are looking for an Accounts Payable Specialist to join a collaborative accounting team in Columbus, Ohio. This contract position with permanent potential is fully onsite and offers the opportunity to support multiple business divisions while managing a high-volume invoice workflow. The ideal candidate brings strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and a proactive approach to keeping approvals and payments on schedule.

Responsibilities:

- Manage the weekly processing of approximately 200 to 250 invoices, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely entry for payment.

- Coordinate invoice approvals by routing non-PO invoices to the appropriate stakeholders and advancing PO-backed invoices through the payment process.

- Respond to payment and invoice-related questions by researching discrepancies and providing clear follow-up to internal teams and vendors.

- Prepare documentation for the weekly check run and organize invoices for final review before payments are released.

- Maintain accurate account coding across invoices and support consistent adherence to accounts payable procedures.

- Assist with ACH-related payment activities and help ensure transactions are processed correctly within established timelines.

- Contribute to additional accounting tasks over time, including journal entry support, expense report processing, and account reconciliations.

- Work across the plastic, steel, and lawn and garden divisions to support day-to-day accounts payable operations effectively. Requirements - Previous experience in accounts payable with responsibility for invoice review, coding, and payment processing.

- Ability to manage a high-volume workload while maintaining strong accuracy and organization.

- Working knowledge of account coding, invoice processing, and weekly check run procedures.

- Experience researching invoice issues and following through to obtain needed approvals in a timely manner.

- Familiarity with ACH payments and general accounts payable controls.

- Exposure to account reconciliations and journal entry support is preferred.

- Experience with Sage 100 is a plus.

- Strong critical thinking skills, attention to detail, and willingness to learn in a fully onsite environment.

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