Accounts Payable Specialist

Description

Our Portsmouth based client is seeking an ambitious and motivated accounts payable specialist to join their growing team. This is a great opportunity for recent graduates with a degree in accounting or finance to gain hands on experience in a dynamic environment. If you are seeking an opportunity that will utilize your degree or 2+ years of experience in accounts payable, we'd love to talk with you.

The accounts payable specialist will be responsible for the following on a daily/weekly/monthly basis.

Monitor expense invoices passing through the workflow approval process

- Review and reconcile errors on invoices not able to be scanned into a workflow

- Posts invoices into workflows as needed

- Performs the functions to set up new vendors

- Maintains all accounts payable reports, spreadsheets and corporate accounts payable files

- Assists AP Manager as necessary

- Assembles and processes overnight shipments

- Assists in monthly closings

- Prepares analysis of accounts as required

- Provides onsite assistance in the Portsmouth office

- Performs filing and coping

- Evaluates proper coding of invoices to general ledger expense accounts and updates to inventory records

- Monitors expense invoices passing through the workflow approval process

- Reviews and reconciles errors on invoices not able to be scanned into a workflow

- Posts invoices into workflows as needed

- Performs the functions to set up new vendors

- Communicates with and educates AR Global vendors on Accounts Payable related matters

- Maintains all accounts payable reports, spreadsheets and corporate accounts payable files

- Assists AP Manager as necessary

- Assembles and processes overnight shipments

- Assists in monthly closings

- Prepares analysis of accounts as required

- Provides onsite assistance in the Newport office

- Performs filing and coping

- Evaluates proper coding of invoices to general ledger expense accounts and updates to inventory records

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

- Minimum 1-2 years of experience

- Advanced Excel skills and strong familiarity with database management

- Attention to detail when preparing and reviewing files

- Ability to work in a fast paced environment

- MRI/AVID/FAS experience preferred but not required

Requirements Account Reconciliation, Accounts Payable (AP), Check Runs, Coding Invoices, Data Entry, Invoice Processing, Microsoft Excel, Oracle, Quick Books, SAP

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