Senior Accounts Payable Specialist

Description

Title:  Senior Accounts Payable Specialist

Status:  Full-Time / Non- Exempt

Working side by side with our CFO, Controller, and CEO to make a positive difference in the accounting and finance function. Collaborating with all departments, this individual will be responsible for providing support to the period-end accounting, financial reporting, payroll, compliance, and risk management. 

What You’ll Be Doing

· Obtain new vendor information for input and maintain current information on established vendors.

· Completes payments and controls expenses by receiving, processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices.

· Reconciles processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.

· Charges expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports, recording entries. 

· Obtains proper approvals from management before issuing payment.

· Pays vendors by monitoring discount opportunities; verifying federal id numbers; scheduling and preparing checks; resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation; insuring credit is received for outstanding memos: purchase order amendments.

· Pays employees by receiving and verifying expense reports and requests for advances, preparing checks.

· Prepares annual 1099 forms.

· Maintains accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.

· Verifies vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements.

· Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.

· Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities.

· Accomplishes accounting and organization mission by completing related results as needed.

What a Successful Senior Accounts Payable Specialist Brings to the Table

• Proficient in Excel, Word, Power Point and Outlook.

• Experience with accounting software packages including report writing and GL maintenance is a plus.

• Outstanding oral and written communication skills.

• Excellent customer service and overall understanding of accounting systems.

• Accurate data entry and strong attention to detail are required.

• A results-oriented professional style and the ability to effectively multitask and work within deadlines.

• Confidentiality: Regularly exposed to and participates in highly confidential meetings dealing with proprietary information and sensitive situations.

• U.S citizenship and the ability to pass a background investigation.

Credentials

• Associates Degree in Accounting or Finance (Preferred).

• Two to three years of related accounting experience.

• Restaurant industry accounting experience (Preferred).

What We Offer

· Room for Growth and Development.

· Full Array of Benefits- from healthcare to dental, vision, STD, LTD, and many more!

· Holiday Pay.

· Paid Time Off.