The Accounts Payable Specialist will focus primarily on support of accounts payable activities. Specifically, this will involve successfully working with vendors and plants on a daily basis to research, resolve, and process accounts payable issues related to outstanding invoices.
Core Responsibilities:
- Proactively work with vendors, Purchasing, and Receiving representatives to resolve open accounts payable issues
- Process invoices in Oracle to ensure timely payment
- Advocate positive working relationships among affected internal and external constituencies
- Implement process improvement opportunities within accounts payable function
- Monitor and report on accounts payable issues and provide status reports as requested
Additional Responsibilities:
- Perform other accounts payable functions, as may be requested including payment processing, reconciliations, SOX testing, reporting, vendor maintenance, etc
- Design and document processes that improve efficiency and comply with SOX requirements
- Ad hoc and special reporting for senior management presentations
Qualifications
Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills:
- 1-3 years of prior experience in a related field implementing continuous improvement initiatives
- Ability to analyze transactions at both a detailed level and overall summary level
- Ambitious, detail focused, results oriented self-starter
Required Qualifications:
- Microsoft Office skills are required with particular emphasis on demonstrated proficiency in Excel
- Strong organizational and follow-up skills a must
- Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of an organization
- Ability to analyze data in order to identify issues, root-causes, and implement corrective actions
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience within ERP systems (particularly Oracle) is a plus
- Experience with Shared Service Environment is a plus
- Knowledge of Accounting and Accounts Payable principles