Accounts Payable Specialist

Provides quality customer service to internal and external customers, employees, and vendors while maintaining Accounts Payable transactions at optimal levels. Is a resource for other team members that have questions or issues. Is a key resource for training new hires in the accounts payable department.

• Professionally interacts with customers, employees, and vendors to resolve past due invoices, invoice discrepancies, quantity variances, and receiving discrepancies
• Professionally works with Global Sourcing to reconcile invoices that go on payment hold that are put on payment block by our payment system
• Processes all AP transactions for assigned accounts in an accurate and timely manner
• Updates and reconciles the AP GRIR report and the AP Invoice Surplus reports for assigned accounts in an accurate and timely manner
• Provides timely follow up with other accounts payable processors on any issues they have processing invoices and/or payment runs
• Provides coaching and guidance to team members to improve their results
• Serves as the primary back-up to verification of banking information for new vendors and for vendors changing their payment method
• Provide vendors with payment updates and/or explanations for payment delays
• Assists employees with special requests accurately and in a timely manner
• Works on special projects as assigned by Department Manager or the Finance Senior Manager
• Serves as a primary or secondary back-up for other members of the Accounts Payable Processing team
• Creates, validates, and maintains business unit process standards for job duties within the Accounts Payable Department

• High school diploma required with a minimum of five years' accounts payable experience
• Associate's degree in accounting, finance or a related field strongly desired
• Previous experience training and/or providing direction to accounts payable team members required
• Proficiency with SAP, Oracle or another ERP required

This position has no direct reports