Find Jobs
Find Jobs Near You – Available Work in Your Location
AP Accountant
Career Insights for Accountant (General)
See where this job fits in the broader career landscape. Knowing your career path helps you see what's possible from here.
Scorecard
Based on Colorado data
Review key factors to help you decide if this role fits your goals. How is this calculated?
What they do
An Accountant organizes and maintains financial records and prepares financial statements for companies and organizations. Works as a public accountant (prepares financial documents where public disclosure is required by law, such as business balance sheets and tax returns), management accountant (prepares financial information for internal use by a company) or government accountant (maintains records for government agencies).
$75,975 / year median in Colorado
-6% projected decline
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Process vendor invoices and customer payments with a high degree of accuracy, ensuring transactions are recorded promptly and completely.
- Match purchase orders, receipts, and invoices to validate payment details and resolve discrepancies before disbursement.
- Reconcile accounts payable and accounts receivable records to the general ledger and investigate variances at month-end.
- Apply daily cash receipts, prepare customer statements, and follow up on outstanding balances to support healthy cash flow.
- Review vendor and customer statements against internal sub-ledgers and correct exceptions in coordination with internal teams.
- Assist with audit preparation by compiling supporting schedules, financial documentation, and other requested accounting materials.
- Prepare reports that support weekly cash and banking activity analysis, including aging and past-due account information.
- Help strengthen accounting operations by documenting standard procedures and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and control.
- Partner with operational and cross-functional stakeholders to answer accounting questions and support issue resolution related to AP and AR.