Accounts Payable Specialist

Sysco Corp.; Hawaii; On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Sysco (old) is seeking an Accounts Payable Clerk to verify entries, reconcile processed work, and maintain accurate balances across systems. The role emphasizes precise data entry, attention to detail, and timely processing of invoices and expense reports.

Responsibilities include paying vendors, managing discounts, resolving discrepancies, processing employee expenses, and ensuring confidential handling of financial information while continuously improving the payment workflow.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proven working experience as accounts payable clerk.
• Strong attention to detail and organization.
• Good data entry and general math skills.
• Proficient in PC applications and vendor management.

Responsibilities

• Charge expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoices and recording entries.
• Pay vendors: monitor discounts, verify federal id numbers, prepare checks, resolve discrepancies.
• Process employee expense reports and advances; prepare checks.
• Protect confidentiality and continuously improve payment processes.
• Reconcile processed work by verifying entries against balances.
• Process customer credits.

Skills

Vendor relationships

Data entry

Attention to detail

Organization

Accounting

General math skills

PC proficiency

Time management

Invoice processing

Cash handling

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

This role reconciles processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances. Charges expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports and recording entries.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Charges expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports; recording entries.
• 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, as well as issuing stop-payments or purchase order amendments.
• Pays employees by receiving and verifying expense reports and requests for advances; preparing checks.
• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential and continuously improve the payment process.
• Reconciles processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
• Process customer credits.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience

• Proven working experience as accounts payable clerk.

Professional Skills

• Tracking Budget Expenses.
• Attention to Detail.
• Thoroughness.
• Organization.
• Analyzing information.
• Accounting.
• Vendor Relationships.
• PC Proficiency.
• Data Entry Skills.
• General Math Skills.

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by associates within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.