Accounts Payable Specialist
Required skills
- Accounts Payable
- invoices
- payment terms
- company policy
- vendor payments
- journal entries
- account reconciliation
- month-end tasks
- Kaizen
- 5S
Nice to have
- Fixed Asset Accounting
- Expense Reports
- Corporate Credit Card
- Microsoft Excel
- Toyota
- Nissan
Role summary
Accounts Payable Specialist needed to process invoices, manage vendor payments, and perform month-end closing tasks. This role involves collaborating with various departments to resolve invoice issues, ensuring timely and accurate payments, and maintaining financial documentation. The specialist will also contribute to continuous improvement initiatives using Kaizen and 5S methodologies. Support for fixed asset accounting and expense reports is also required. This position is based in Plymouth, MI, and requires 3+ years of experience in accounts payable.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Process all invoices (communicate with departments at assigned locations):
- Process Accounts Payables under company payment terms, ensuring appropriate authorization per company policy
- Adhere to department procedures, ensuring documentation is accurate
- Meet with other departments as needed to resolve invoice issues
- Involve higher levels of management to resolve issues
- Ensure vendors are paid on time and accurately
- Maintain files for invoices and reports
2. Follow-up on all problem invoices:
- Visit assigned location for business understanding and issue resolution as needed
- Gather all necessary information and data (ex: packing slips, names, dates, documentation, system data)
- Sort out misunderstandings with vendors
- Get authorization to pay invoice
- Ensure procedures are followed in an accurate and timely manner (ex: received and entered into system)
3. Perform Month-End Tasks (Journal Entries & Balance Reports):
- Follow checklist for schedule and organization of all Month-End Tasks
- Create Journal Entries per checklist
- Reconcile accounts
- Resolve issues as needed
- Prepare analyses
- Archive reports/documentation as required
4. Support Finance Department – as needed
- Create standard reports
- Support Fixed Asset Accounting
- Support Expense Reports and Corporate Credit Card issues
5. Kaizen Activity (Continuous Improvement):
- Perform TPS activities and methods to identify root causes
- Identify trends of waste (effort, supplies, etc)
- Work with other departments as needed
- Recommend and implement improvements
- Follow-up to confirm that countermeasures resolved issues
- Maintain 5 – S work environment, ensuring safety and organization
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Education
- High School and/or Associates Degree
- Experience & Skills
- 3+ Years Experience
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