Accounts Payable Clerk

Milwaukee Succeeds; Milwaukee, Northern (WI, KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Supplemental health

Supplemental life

401(k) with match

Vacation

Sick leave

Personal time off

13 paid holidays

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Center for Veterans Issues, Inc. (CVI) in Milwaukee, WI, seeks an Accounts Payable Clerk to support housing, stability, and veteran services by processing invoices, payments, payroll, and related expenses with accuracy and compliance.

You will ensure timely vendor payments, reconcile statements, and maintain audit-ready records while collaborating with the payroll provider to resolve issues and uphold GAAP and grant requirements. CVI is an EEOC/AA/ADA employer.

Qualifications

• Experience with AP—vendor invoices, check requests, reimbursements, ACH payments, electronical transfers.
• Ability to match invoices to POs and supporting docs.
• Experience with payroll processing and timecard accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Review and process vendor invoices, check requests, reimbursements, ACH payments, and electronic transfers.
• Match invoices to purchase orders, contracts, approvals, and supporting documents.
• Monitor deadlines, reconcile statements, and resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain accurate, audit-ready financial records.
• Assist with journal entries, reconciliations, and month-/year-end close.
• Process biweekly payroll ensuring timecards are accurate.
• Collaborate with payroll provider on issues.
• Support audits and ensure GAAP and grant compliance.
• Protect confidentiality of financial and employee information.

Skills

Accounts payable

Payroll processing

GAAP compliance

Tools

Payroll provider

Financial records

Job description

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Make Every Dollar Count for Veterans

Join the Center for Veterans Issues, Inc. (CVI) and use your accounting expertise to support programs that provide housing, stability, and hope to Veterans. As our Accounts Payable Clerk, you will help protect the organization’s financial integrity by ensuring invoices, payments, payroll, reconciliations, and grant-related expenses are processed accurately, efficiently, and in compliance with funding requirements.

What You Will Do

• Review, verify, enter, and process vendor invoices, check requests, reimbursements, ACH payments, and electronic transfers
• Match invoices to purchase orders, contracts, approvals, and supporting documentation
• Monitor payment deadlines, reconcile vendor statements, and resolve discrepancies
• Maintain accurate, organized, and audit-ready financial records
• Assist with journal entries, bank reconciliations, financial reports, and month-end and year-end closing
• Review and submit biweekly payroll while ensuring timecards are complete and accurate
• Work with the payroll provider to resolve reporting and payroll-related issues
• Support audits and ensure compliance with GAAP, grant requirements, and OMB Uniform Guidance
• Protect the confidentiality of all financial and employee information

What Success Looks Like

• Invoices, check requests, and reimbursements are processed within five business days
• Monthly reconciliations are completed by the tenth of each month
• Financial data is entered with at least 99% accuracy
• Documentation is complete, organized, and audit-ready
• Grant and internal control requirements are consistently met
• Vendors and staff receive timely, professional support

We are an EEOC/AA/ADA employer.

• Medical
• dental
• vision
• life
• supplemental health
• supplemental life
• 401(k) with match
• vacation
• sick
• and personal time
• 13 paid ho;lidays
• employee assistance program