Accounts Payable Specialist

Company focused on providing long-term housing for businesses and their employees is looking for an eager AP Specialist! Ideal candidates be able to provide a customer-centric environment, team-first attitude, and want growth opportunities! Great role for individuals that are looking to utilize their accounting education and apply it to a professional role!

Qualifications:

2+ years of experience in accounts payable preferred

Must have Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or other related field of study if less or no experience

Customer service or data entry experience

Advanced knowledge in Excel (pivot tables and VLOOKUPS)

Job Description

We are seeking a detail-oriented Accounts Payable Specialist to manage invoice processing and payment issuance, handling approximately 500 invoices weekly. This role involves daily collaboration with markets on urgent payment requests and focuses more on payment processing than coding invoices. The ideal candidate is adept at multitasking, embraces challenges with a positive attitude, and maintains high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Review invoices for appropriate documentation and approval prior to payment.
• Monitor priority check request email box daily and handle urgent requests as they arise.
• Act as a liaison between corporate and field, including researching issues prior to payment.
• Answer vendor and market inquiries.
• Maintain and compile accounts payable reports, spreadsheets, and records.
• Distribute signed checks and assemble/process overnight shipments to branches and vendors.
• Create ACH uploads for the bank daily.
• Research the status of payables in the process chain.
• Assist in monthly closings by posting all invoices received by the last day of the month.
• Analyze accounts to assist vendors in reconciling differences between records.
• Identify and correct potential opportunities to minimize expenses.
• Follow up with various properties on outstanding security deposits.