Senior Accounts Payable Specialist

Senior Accounts Payable Specialist

The Sr. Accounts Payable Specialist in the Corporate Accounts Payable Department is responsible for assisting with the accurate and efficient payment of approximately 5500 invoices weekly through various methods. This position is responsible for the accurate and timely completion of weekly payment runs, special handling requests, the review of voucher error reports, timely resolution of errors, the reporting of errors, opportunities, and areas of concern to the AP Supervisor or Manager.

Responsibilities include reviewing daily voucher build and or error reports, running, reviewing and actioning the daily unposted, unverified and header staging reports, following up with AP Supervisor and or locations as needed to insure prompt payments, verifying and posting department upload files in People Soft Financials 9.2, timely processing, completion & reconciliation of pay cycles as per schedule via check, ACH for US & CAN, pulling & providing back up for payments as requested, documenting required evidence & ensuring compliance with pay cycle related SOX controls, managing the Corporate AP Mailbox;

distributing emails/inquiries to the appropriate AP Specialist & following up to insure they have been properly actioned and resolved, assisting with month end close processes and procedures, reconciling supplier returned checks and providing support to Treasury for deposit, responding to internal & external customer & vendor inquiries in a timely & professional manner, contributing to the documentation & maintenance of departmental processes and procedures, assisting with and leading the training of new AP Specialists, addressing, resolving & escalating any identified errors with the AP Supervisor, providing general assistance/guidance to peers (as may be needed) in the absence of the Supervisor, researching and resolving aged AP vouchers and outstanding checks, researching check payment suppliers and working to convert to ACH payment method, supporting of ERP testing processes, backup support for AP Customer Refund preparation, and additional duties as assigned by supervisor.

Experience:

10+ years of relevant professional experience. People Soft Financial applications experience preferred. Accuracy and strong attention to detail. Organizational skills. Good verbal and written communication skills. Ability to multitask. MS Office (Excel & Word) skills required.

Education:

High school diploma or equivalent required / some college preferred. College Degree a plus.

Primary

Location:

United States-Massachusetts

Work Locations: 532 - Procure To Pay 68 Jonspin Road Wilmington 01887

Organization: 011 - Wilmington MA

Job:
Finance

Employee Status:
Regular

Shift: 1st Shift

Schedule:

Full-time