AP Specialist

Accounts Payable Specialist – Sandy Springs, GA - $50,000 - $55,000 – In-Office

Accountants One has been hired by a successful company in the automotive insurance industry to recruit an Accounts Payable Specialist to add to their team. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of Accounts Payable processing experience and feel comfortable working in-office forty hours per week. This is a great place to learn and grow with a company if that is what you are looking for.

Duties:

Process vendor invoices daily hitting all deadlines
Process employee expense reimbursements
Research and resolve invoices that are disputed or outstanding
Issue checks and maintaining files and records
Review and assign vendor invoices and employee expense to proper GL code to ensure accuracy of financial statements
Validate employee expense reimbursement comply with policies and investigate questionable expenses communicating any exceptions to management quickly
Review open aging report for unusual outstanding items and reconcile the AP open aging report to the ledger monthly
Provide customer service to vendors and employees internally
- Respond within 24 hours
Develop strong knowledge of the payables system and related process workflow
Actively evaluate the workflow to identify areas to improve processes
Serve as lead liaison with vendors, auditors and creditors on AP-related projects or initiatives
Analyze vendor account activity and expense line items for accuracy and reasonableness
- Identify any cost savings opportunities
Develop, maintain and report AP Metrics to management monthly
Perform duties to help accounting department with account reconciliations, reports and statements, tax filings etc.

Required:

3+ years experience processing Accounts Payable
Excel – be able to use Pivot Tables and formulas
Good with 10-key
MS Dynamics GP or Great Plains a plus
Bachelor degree a plus
Communicate and work with a team well