Staff Accountant, Accounts Payable

Job Description

The Staff Accountant for Accounts Payable will be responsible for independently performing vendor reconciliations on a weekly and monthly basis as well as perform Accounts Payable analysis including invoice processing as needed and reconciling to general ledger activity. This position will prepare, submit, and reconcile check and electronic payment runs not supported by the offshore partner. This role will work under the direction of the Manager of Disbursements and Accounts Payable and raises issues to higher level accountants or managers who review work for accuracy.  Knowledge and/or Experience with SAP preferred but not required.

Job Duties

• Prepare, submit, and reconcile both check and electronic payment runs.  
• Liaison with the offshore business partner providing support and resolutions on invoice processing situations and issues.
• Provide support and direction to Olympus Business groups/persons on invoice processing through the Invoice Portal as well as directly into the Accounts Payable system.
• Prepares various vendor account analyses by reviewing invoices/transactions within the vendor account to ensure accurate activity within the account to address and resolve GR/IR and other issues.  
• Prepare various reporting required regularly by internal and external auditors.  
• Provides transaction backup and responds to questions from external and internal auditors as required on various audit analyses.   
• Unclaimed Property and Ad-hoc reporting, analysis, and resolution.  
• Assist the Business Groups with Accounts Payable system research.   
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

Job Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Degree in accounting or finance preferred or equivalent relevant work experience in accounting or finance required.  
• Previous Accounting experience preferred, but not required with a BS in Accounting or Finance.
• Experience in financial analysis in a finance, accounting and/or business setting preferred.
• Knowledge of financial business modeling, forecasting and analytics for decision support

Preferred:

• Experience in using SAP preferred.
• Strong command of English language, written and verbal required.
• Strong working knowledge Excel required.
• Excel proficiency.
• Basic Word proficiency.