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Accounts Payable Specialist
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What they do
An Accounts Payable or Receivable Clerk keeps records of accounts and financial transactions, with specific responsibility for Accounts Payable/Receivable. Works for a business or bookkeeping service. Provides information for financial and tax reports completed by an accountant.
$47,501 / year median in Utah
-8% projected decline
Job Description
Position Summary:
The Accounts Payable (AP) Specialist supports the financial operations of the company through execution of the accounts payable function and payment cycle for the company, its subsidiaries, and various client organizations. The AP Specialist works with operations and finance organizations to receive, process and release payment for authorized vendors and services. This position is responsible for processing payments and coordinating correspondence with management. This position is responsible for interfacing with assigned locations to ensure proper coding and accounting for services and then processing authorized transactions within the AP software. Experience with Metaviewer or other AP automation applications is preferred, but not required. Role and Responsibilities Typical roles and responsibilities that the position is expected to perform include the following:
- Receive, process, and release payment for authorized vendors and services.
- Ensure proper invoice handling and coding
- Printing and sending checks
- Assist in managing accounting close deadlines related to AP
- Coordinate and communicate with operational and finance leadership
- Identify opportunities to increase efficiency within the payment cycle
- Identify and communicate outlier invoices, and investigate as needed
- Resolve invoicing and balance discrepancies with vendor contacts Qualifications and Education Requirements
- Direct accounts payable experience preferred
- Healthcare industry GL coding experience preferred
- Experience with Metaviewer or other AP Automation software preferred
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics GP preferred
- Full-time on site. Remote work not offered. Preferred Skills
- Strong work ethic
- Thorough attentiveness to detail; able to identify typos, errors, and anomalies and investigate and resolve such anomalies as needed.
- Effective communicator who can provide thorough updates to management across multiple mediums
- Ability to effectively document/present one's work product in a manner that management and peers can understand, review, and perform as needed
- Analytic and proactive thinking skills
- Problem solver with the ability to improve upon existing processes and identify and remediate process gaps
- Ability to handle processing for large volume of invoices
- Proficiency with AP modules of ERP systems, with Microsoft Dynamics GP knowledge a plus
- Proficiency with AP automation systems, with Metaviewer knowledge a plus
- Ability to speak, write and understand English
- Able to work on site at Corporate office in Lehi, UT full time
Job Type:
Full-time Pay:
$20.00 - $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
401(k) Dental insurance Health insurance Paid time off Vision insurance
Physical Setting:
Office Experience:
accounting support: 1 year (Preferred)
Microsoft Dynamics GP:
1 year (Preferred) medical industry
AP:
1 year (Preferred) Ability to
Commute:
Lehi, UT 84043 (Required)
Work Location:
In person
Benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 401(k) Plans
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance