Accountant - Accounts Payable

Job description

Key Accountabilities

General Accounting:

• Support accounting department by following policies and procedures related to the successful execution of the accounts payable process.
• Work as a team with accounting peers to resolve month-end closings, reconciliations, and general accounting duties.
• Provide reports as needed.
• Responsible for accurately entering all vender information and invoice data.
• Responsible for auditing pre-coded invoices and accurately coding invoices to appropriately allocate cost to the various Regions / Locations / Programs.
• Responsible for maintaining recurring monthly journal entries.
• Responsible for monthly general ledger journal entries.
• Assist in month-end and year-end closing of accounting.
• Enter monthly general ledger journal entries.
• Assist in month-end and year-end closing of accounting.
• Assist with account reconciliations.
• Other accounting duties as assigned.

Record Keeping:

• Perform various journal entries, account reconciliations, and provide general ledger support for functions to or impacting accounts payable.
• Provide financial and accounts payable reports as requested by the AVP of Accounting.

Performance Metrics:

• Accuracy
• Productivity

Qualifications

• Three to five years of accounting and/or accounts payable experience required.
• Solid working knowledge of accounting concepts and procedures.
• Regular and predictable attendance required.
• Willingness to learn new tasks and flexibility to support team needs in a deadline driven environment.