Accounts Payable Clerk

This is a Salem Housing Authority position, which is a separate employer from the City of Salem.

The Salem Housing Authority is seeking a detail-oriented and motivated individual to join our team as an Accounts Payable Clerk. This position plays a key role in supporting our finance operations by performing a variety of basic accounting and customer service duties. The ideal candidate will have a general knowledge of bookkeeping, accounting principles, and standard procedures. We invite you to make an impact and join our team.

This position performs primarily under the direction of a lead accountant as well as a section supervisor and will not be responsible for the supervision of others.

Salem Housing Authority (SHA) is a growing, innovative, and mission focused independent government Agency. We are committed to growing the capabilities of our people, where you can work with diverse individuals, explore new ways of thinking, and expand your capabilities. We pride ourselves on providing a great work-life balance.

The Accounts Payable Clerk will be responsibilities to support the accounts payable process, including receiving invoices, reviewing documentation for completeness and accuracy, and ensuring proper coding for timely payments. Additionally, this position will provide backup support for the Accounts Receivable process as needed.

This role requires strong attention to detail, the ability to work with financial data accurately, and the initiative to gather necessary information to ensure proper coding and processing of transactions. If you're looking to build your accounting experience while supporting an organization that makes a meaningful impact in the community, we encourage you to apply.

• Perform a variety of customer service and administrative support duties involving in-person and over-the-phone communications, accounts payable, receivable, collections and other accounting services or transactions.
• Review and validate documents, such as proofreading for mathematical or content accuracy.
• Reviewing and/or working with ledgers and other financial records relating to charges and payments.
• Identify/resolve discrepancies in customer accounts, accounts receivable or accounts payable and resolve at a level commensurate with job duties.
• Provide reports information concerning financial activities.
• Determine if sufficient information is present to record the transaction into the accounting system(s).
• Balance like documents for entry into financial systems, account records, register, or other ledgers and journals.
• Provide professional customer service and prepare correspondence accurate and timely.
• Read and understand documents for billing and payment terms, and account designations.
• Review and verify invoices and check requests; ensuring proper back up and authorization has been submitted and resolve invoice discrepancies.
• Operate calculating and other office machines and equipment.
• Activity involving exertion, including lift up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects with or without accommodation.
• Perform tasks that may require the incumbent to balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, use manual dexterity, perform repetitive motions, grasp, and feel with or without accommodation.
• Perform activities such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; expansive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection). Work environment will include inside office.
• Perform other accounting assistant's duties or sections as…