Overview:

SUMMARY:  Operates the day-to-day activities of the accounts payable process to ensure timely, accurate payments and excellent vendor and team member relations.  

Responsibilities:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Receive and review invoices, check requests, and/or other related documentation for completeness and compliance with financial policies, procedures, and contractual requirements.

Code, verify, and electronically enter accounts payable data into accounting system.

Reconcile subsidiary vendors' ledger with accounts payable total and general ledger.

Prepare general ledger entries as required to correct errors.

Setup of weekly check run

Review checks and vouchers to verify proper payments before signature by managers.

Follow up on account statements and other discrepancies regarding account payments and liaise between departments and vendors to resolve administrative problems and inquiries.

Contact vendors to resolve invoice discrepancies.

Set up and verify new vendor applications.

Create and enter daily deposits, including making bank deposits.

Qualifications:

EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATION:  Associate’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or equivalent experience. Strong experience with Microsoft Office and VLOOKUP function and pivot tables. 

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Strong analytical skills.

Strong written and oral communication skills.

Highly detail-oriented and organized at work, able to handle multiple projects/priorities simultaneously.

Ability to meet assigned deadlines and manage time efficiently.

Ability to act and operate independently with minimal daily direction from manager to accomplish objectives.

Demonstrated ability to identify and analyze problems, exercise independent judgment, recommend and lead effective courses of action.

Readily takes responsibility for personal decisions, actions, and results.

Ability to utilize an automated accounting system, preferably Deltek Vantagepoint.

Ability to understand and interpret vendor invoices, statements, and other requests.

Knowledge of general accounting principles.

GUIDANCE/RESPONSIBILITY:

Work is supervised with opportunities to work independently. 

SUPERVISORY:

Reports to the Controller.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

MBP is an EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability Employer.