Accounting & AP Specialist

About the role

The Accounting & AP Specialist manages accounts payable and the timely / accurate processing of invoices, vendor payments, and expense tracking while ensuring compliance with internal controls and financial policies. Additionally, this position will provide back-up and support for billing, forecasting, time-tracking, job-cost reporting, month-end reporting, account reconciliations, ad hoc audits, and other financial duties as assigned.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out a proper three-way match, ensuring that the pricing and quantities listed on each supplier invoice match the price and quantities on the receiving documents and purchase order.
• Maintain records of all unmatched supplier invoices for which related purchasing or receiving documentation has not yet been received and investigate missing documents.
• Ensure all AP entries are fully posted and reconcile supplier credits to returned goods documentation.
• Update TEI’s AP forecast Bill Tracker report to identify what supplier invoices need to be paid and which ones need to be accrued at month end.
• Process vendor set-up forms for new vendors as needed, ensuring that TEI’s accounting system accurately captures vendor contact information, payment information, and W9 documentation.
• Run weekly AP check/ACH payment process, issuing payment, and ensure proper signature authority.
• Update TEI’s accounting system by entering time entries into the time tracking system and tying out to system totals.
• Process expense reports as needed, ensuring proper authorization and support documentation; process credit card payments, validating credit card and purchasing charges.
• Support the month-end process with AP related month end tasks; pull required AP audit records as needed to support audits as needed.
• Reconcile vendor statements to TEI vendor accounts and resolve discrepancies, following up on missing invoices, lost payments, PO and invoice errors/discrepancies.
• Answering phones, filing, update organizational chart as needed, update phone listing as needed and do other general office tasks as needed in a small to mid-sized company.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with an understanding of the account’s payables process.
• Intermediate experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, MS Teams, and Outlook.
• Understanding of Sage Accounting Software is a plus but not required.
• Must be able to multi-task, stay organized, and collaborate with diverse functions and personalities.
• Expertise in data entry along with general math skills.
• Requires a high degree of accuracy and strong communication skills.