Accounts Payable Clerk

Accounts Payable Clerk

The Accounts Payable Clerk is responsible for compiling, classifying, posting, paying and reconciling all accounts payable records to assist the Chief Financial Officer and Controller in preparing accurate financial records.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Accounts payable duties as assigned focusing on company purchases and expenses which will include compiling, coding, posting, check writing and reconciling all records in an efficient manner.
• Completing expense analysis upon request.
• Operating Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook for reports and correspondence.
• Possessing excellent organizational skills, attentive to detail and accuracy, and ability to meet deadlines.
• Having good communication skills with vendors, customers and other staff.
• Daily housekeeping of work area.
• Reporting to CFO any cost saving opportunities.
• Securing facilities and equipment when closing.
• Providing a high level of customer service.
• Promoting and adhering to the company Core Values of honesty, integrity & teamwork.
• Adherence to safety policies.
• Adherence to cooperative credit policy.
• Works with other cooperative staff at other locations to ensure cooperative goals are met.
• Presenting a clean and professional appearance.
• Promptly and regularly report to work and work overtime hours as needed.
• Employee is required to perform all other duties as directed.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The qualifications, demands and environments described below are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or

Experience:

Must have a high school diploma. Must have a minimum of one year of office work experience. Should be proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel, possess computer technology skills and operate a 10-key calculator.

Language

Skills:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively with customers or employees of the cooperative.

Mathematical

Skills:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, volume, and weights.

Reasoning Ability:

The ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Able to deal with problems with several concrete variables in standard situations. Must be able to think quickly and perform a mental assessment of workplace hazards, take appropriate precautions, and choose appropriate PPE as dictated by need, regulation and labeling.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, read, talk and/or hear. The employee is regularly required to sit. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Employee must understand and implement all related safety policies, procedures and programs for prevention and protection while performing job duties in various work environments. The noise level in…