Finance & Banking, Accounting Assistant, Accounting & Finance

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Job Description

Accounting is a core component of our business and key to our success as one of the world's largest steel producers. The Accounting organization ensures financial compliance, manages global financial results for external reporting, and provides financial statistics to U. S. Steel's executive team to aid in strategic business decisions. This position requires a specialist within the Accounts Payable Department, which is part of the Accounting organization.

JOB SUMMARY:

Contribute to the success of the Accounts Payable Department, by ensuring that invoices are processed, paid and accounted for in an efficient and cost-effective manner. This requires an understanding of the Accounts Payable end-to-end process with an emphasis on the Vendor Master File and Payment structure across several Oracle operating units.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Provide timely training/guidance/problem resolution for the Genpact staff as it relates to Accounts Payable. This includes payments, invoice processing, vendor setups and maintenance, vendor inquiries, escheats, and Standard Operating Procedures.

* Review new/update requests for ACH bank accounts forwarded from the Vendor Team using best practices as per an internal SOX control and communicate with external vendors regarding the ACH verification process, to prevent bank fraud.

* Utilize knowledge of complexities within the Vendor Master File to facilitate ticket requests forwarded by the Vendor Team, especially regarding vendor merges, ERS setups, non-PO EDI setups, approval exception SOX control, Supply Chain Finance setups, pay groups, and operating unit/legal entity/payment method combinations.

* Apply knowledge of the Supply Chain Finance program to review daily payments and resolve any discrepancies between the U. S. Steel system and the eCapital portal.

* Provide data as needed for special investigations or projects.

* Facilitate any Special rush items as they occur.

* Interact with external auditors to comply with SOX or regulatory issues.

* Interact with personnel from corporate headquarters, tax division, plant operations, procurement, technical support, and other areas within U. S. Steel.

* Ability to work through sensitive issues with complete confidentiality.

* Provide backup for coworker responsibilities including Credit Card Administration, Expense Reports, Suspect Review, 1099, Related Parties reporting, and Service Manager ticket requests.

EDUCATION,

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

* Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business with a concentration in accounting or finance.

* Three to five years of relevant Accounts Payable or accounting experience.

* High attention to detail and the ability to work within the Accounting Department to deliver results.

* Strong communication, writing, interpersonal, organizational skills and ability to interact with all levels of management, as well as external vendors.

* Ability to multi-task, prioritize and manage time.

* Ability to look at current processes and develop solutions to deliver better cost-effective outcomes. This would include the possible use of IT solutions to achieve industry leading benchmarks for Accounts Payable.

Company Overview

Since 1901, U. S. Steel has been a recognized leader in steel production. Today, as the first North American steel company to have declared a 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emissions goal, we remain as innovative as ever, leading transformation across our industry while continuing to make products for everyday life - from industries as far ranging as automotive, construction, containers and packaging, appliances, and energy.

We show pride in our communities with community partnerships, corporate charitable contributions, company-sponsored employee volunteer initiatives, leadership training, and much more. And of course, we have a steadfast commitment to safety first in our workplaces and respect for our employees, who are United by Steel.

We are honored to have earned accolades and awards from well-regarded organizations, including the following:

* Newsweek's Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2021, '22, '23

* Human Rights Campaign Foundation's Equality 100 Award 2020, '21,'22, '23

* Disability:

IN's Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion 2021, '22, '23

* Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies 2022, '23

* Military Times' Best for Vets:
Employers 2023

* Mansfield Certification for progressing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion in Legal Department: 2023

Conducting business with integrity and with the highest ethical values has underpinned U. S. Steel's success for over 100 years, and it remains critical to our company's success in the future. U. S. Steel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) according to job qualifications without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, genetics, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, disability status or status as a protected Veteran or any other…