Accounts Payable Specialist

Description

We are immediately hiring an Accounts Payable Specialist with an established organization in Mineral Wells, who is experiencing exciting growth! This is a 3-4 month engagement with the potential for a permanent role in the new year. This position supports daily payables operations by ensuring invoice information is accurate, resolving discrepancies in a timely manner, and contributing to a smooth month-end close process.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, comfortable working with financial data, and able to collaborate across teams to keep accounts payable activities organized and current.

Responsibilities:

- Examine vendor invoices for completeness and accuracy before processing payments.

- Compare invoice details against purchase orders and supporting documentation to confirm proper matching.

- Investigate differences between purchasing records and billing documents, then coordinate follow-up to reach resolution.

- Generate and analyze accounts payable reports to identify exceptions, inconsistencies, and items requiring attention.

- Research outstanding issues and take appropriate action to correct records and maintain accurate financial data.

- Collect relevant documentation during month-end activities and prepare basic journal entries for entry into the accounting system.

- Support account reconciliation tasks by reviewing balances, verifying transactions, and helping clear discrepancies.

- Assist with scheduled payment processing, including check run preparation and related invoice coding activities.

Requirements - Experience working in accounts payable within a detail-focused business environment, preferably in manufacturing.

- Working knowledge of invoice processing, account coding, and purchase order matching.

- Ability to identify discrepancies in financial documents and resolve issues with accuracy and urgency.

- Familiarity with preparing support for check runs and maintaining organized payment records.

- Basic understanding of journal entries and month-end close procedures.

- Strong attention to detail with the ability to review reports and interpret transactional data.

- Proficiency with accounting systems and spreadsheet tools used for tracking and reconciliation.

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