Specialist, Accounts Payable - (26-FAB-300015-066

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The job duties and essential functions may be changed at the discretion of the General Manager.

Job Title:

Specialist, Accounts Payable

Job Code: PP0078

Supervises Directly:
No

New or Revised:
Revised

Regular or At-Will:
Regular

Date Last Revised: 6/24/2026

Exempt or Non-Exempt:
Non-Exempt

Union/ Non-Union:
Union

Department Name

Division:

Finance-Controller

Finance, Procurement and Compliance

Salary

Schedule:

District Service (DS)

Cost Center Code: 300015

Grade: DS11

Essential Position:
No

Reports To:

Manager, Accounts Payable

EEO Code:
Paraprofessionals

Work Format:
Hybrid

At DC Water, we provide more than 700,000 District of Columbia residents and 24.6 million annual visitors with essential water, wastewater, and stormwater services. DC Water also provides wholesale wastewater treatment services for 1.8 million people in Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland, and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia. We aspire to be known for superior service, ingenuity, and stewardship to advance the health and well-being of our diverse workforce and communities.

To achieve this vision, we commit to our shared mission every day—exceeding expectations by providing high quality water services in a safe, environmentally friendly, and efficient manner.

The Specialist, Accounts Payable is responsible for administrating and processing of all vendor transactions under the guidance and direction of the Manager, Accounts Payable. This includes administrating vendor relationships while ensuring a strong internal control environment.

• Reviews, evaluates and implements departmental process improvements within the AP team.

• Investigates, compiles, and provides information related to the accounts payable general ledger account detail to assure account classifications are accurate making classification corrections as needed.

• Reconcile accounts payable general ledger balance sheet account and determines appropriate accruals to be recognized for a period in addition to other miscellaneous accounts in the general ledger.

• Reviews, analyzes and reconciles reports discrepancies/problems, makes corrections, and provides detailed overview of the findings to management on a monthly basis.

• Ensures departmental/company policies are being followed relating to the accounts payable department, including review of appropriate authorization levels and documentation support.

• Extracts accounts payable information; compiles reports and assist with special projects for all levels of management.

• Performs and reconciles periodic check runs.

• Responsible for maintaining accounts with vendors in a current status in accordance with performance criteria by issuing payments based on vendor’s terms of payments and resolving all discrepancies that prevent timely payment. Maintain all relevant vendor master file information and accuracy.

• Administrate vendor relationship assuring accuracy of all relevant vendor information in the automated business system.

• Accountable for the accuracy of all vendor payments disbursed and the status of the vendor account.

• Researches and resolves discrepancies between vendor invoice and Purchase order and works with department directors and staff to resolve timely and accurately.

• Responsible for weekly review of AP check request batches to monitor timely return of approved check request invoices.

• Responsible for customer service, which includes helping vendors, authority directors and staff obtain information concerning the status of payments, check requests, and expense reports.

• Responsible for identifying 1099 vendors and monitoring accuracy of 1099 filing data.

• Interface with DC Water process owners to ensure policies…