Accounts Payable Specialist

Description

Come join us and grow your career with CTG! CTG has worked with this international, Fortune 500 end-client for over 15 years! Apply with CTG for this exciting opportunity! 

 

CTG's premier client has a contract assignment for an Accounts Payable Specialist

 

Type: Contract

Job Title: Accounts Payable Specialist

Location: Painted Post, NY

*Candidates must be able to commute and work onsite in Painted Post, NY*

Pay Rate: Based on experience

Work Hours: M-F 8am-5pm

Education: Finance or Accounting Degree (Bachelor preferred, Associate will be considered when accompanied by at least one year of relevant experience)

 

A successful candidate in this position will possess strong soft skills as well as

• Excel Proficiency, including pivot tables
• Customer service
• Problem-solving
• Team Collaboration
• SAP/Peoplesoft system knowledge will strongly set applicants apart from each other
• Good Attitude and open mind-set

 

Description

• Remain in strict adherence with Corning Incorporated’s stellar compliance of financial policies, processes and procedures
• Ensure the financial transactions within ERP’s occur daily and in accordance with policy
• Provide functional support to IT and Enterprise Application Support when necessary to solve production hindering situations related to invoice payments and entry
• Work with operations to process timely and accurate invoice payments and entry
• Maintain a relationship with key business partners
• Support and provide data for internal and external audits
• Implement process and accounting controls
• Prioritize ongoing tasks, project work, and other initiatives
• Apply technical accounting knowledge, Excel skills, and General Ledger skills to resolve problems, identify improvement opportunities
• Work in a team based environment and support department efficiency and standardization initiatives

 

Requirements:

• Perform Account Payable tasks, such as but not limited to: Audits, keying invoices, employee expenses, purchasing, checks, banking and payment tracing, system reconciliations
• Daily reporting on tasks and maintaining work communications with team members
• Tracking of processes and checklist items, performing tasks by specific daily deadlines

 

Required Qualifications

Education

• Finance or Accounting Degree (Bachelor preferred, Associate will be considered when accompanied by at least one year of relevant experience)
• A minor in either of these fields is considered
• Bachelors or someone working towards their bachelors with a clear completion date is considered
• Experience is great, new graduates anticipated for this type of role

Qualifications

• Critical thinker
• Demonstrated ability to process large amounts of data
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, projects and customers at the highest service levels
• Demonstrate good analytical skills, presentation skills and problem-solving capability
• Ability to analyze and interpret data and link to business implications
• Demonstrate ability to work effectively with people in different time zones/cultures
• MS Excel including the creation and use of Pivot Tables
• The use of MS Excel macro functions a plus but not required
• Customer service experience a plus but not required
• Basic knowledge of PeopleSoft or SAP systems a plus but not required

 

Additional Information

• No third party resumes will be accepted
• Drug testing and/or other employment-related inquiries may be conducted
• CTG will consider for employment-qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable local, state, and federal laws.
• All interested individuals MUST be able to work on a W2 Tax basis (no C2C or third party vendors)
• CTG is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer
• CTG is an E-Verify Company

 

To be considered for this opportunity, please apply directly through our website by clicking the link below or email your Word version resume and salary expectations to Emily.Drew@ctg.com.

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