Accounts Payable Specialist

Distribution Management; Saint Charles (MO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Distribution Management, headquartered in Missouri, seeks an Accounts Payable professional to manage invoice recording, vendor reconciliations, and payment processing. You will support cash management, ensure timely payments to secure discounts, and maintain strong vendor relationships.

The role involves month- and year-end close activities for A/P, ensuring proper documentation and filing. Candidates should have 2+ years in accounting and AP, with a focus on accuracy, confidentiality, and

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years’ accounting and accounts payable experience.
• Strong prioritization and organizational skills.
• Problem solving/Analysis.
• Flexibility.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Review, reconcile, and ensure vendor invoices are accurately recorded in the A/P system
• Assist with cash management by ensuring timely payments to take advantage of discount opportunities
• Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions/discrepancies
• Serve as a key stakeholder in maintaining positive working relationships with vendors, responding to inquiries, and resolving open balances
• Assist with month- and year-end close for A/P related tasks
• Ensure payments have appropriate support, prepare checks to be mailed, and file payment/support as needed
• Special projects as needed

Skills

Accounts payable experience

Prioritization

Organizational skills

Problem solving/Analysis

Flexibility

Confidentiality

Job description

• Review, reconcile, and ensure vendor invoices are accurately recorded in the A/P system
• Assist with cash management by ensuring timely payments to take advantage of discount opportunities
• Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and relatedtransactions/discrepancies
• Serve as a key stakeholder in maintaining positive working relationships with vendors, responding to inquiries, and resolving open balances.
• Assist with month- and year-end close for A/P related tasks
• Ensure payments have appropriate support, prepare checks to be mailed, and file payment/support as needed
• Special projects as needed

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years’ accounting and accounts payable experience
• Strong prioritization and organizational skills
• Problem solving/Analysis
• Flexibility
• Ability to maintain confidentiality

About Distribution Management

Headquartered in the Missouri Research Park in St. Charles, MO, Distribution Management is a national technology, fulfillment, and distribution provider specializing in automated order handling, managed supply services, wholesale services, and ecommerce fulfillment. DM can reach 99% of the U.S. within one to two days and some international destinations within three days from its five strategically located distribution centers. DM’s order accuracy rate of 99.9% is reflective of its focus on operational excellence, efficiencies that have resulted from significant investment in technology and a dedicated IT development staff specializing in integration, automation, and real-time reporting. To learn more,