Accounting Specialist

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Processes all capital expenditure requests, ensuring proper fixed asset coding and budgetary approvals.
• Processes all W-9 requests and credit applications.
• Processes vendor invoices for payment by reviewing invoices received and matching invoices with hospital purchase order and receiving documents.
• Gathers information and reconciles non-complex differences between invoices and purchase orders by maintaining contact with Purchasing, various GBMC Healthcare, Inc. department personnel, and vendors.
• Maintains and files accounts payable records, performs miscellaneous typing, balances routine statements, and performs other related duties.
• Audits copies of checks and invoices, ensures proper and accurate generation of checks.
• Processes and issues special checks, as requested, by obtaining necessary supporting documentation, charging appropriate account(s) and updating various accounting records and controls.
• Responds to routine inquiries regarding short, duplicate or late payments from vendors.

Skills

• Knowledge of basic accounting laws as applicable to the accounts payable function.
• Skill in oral and written communication with an emphasis on customer service.
• Skill in data entry and data analysis.
• Skill in basic computers and personal productivity applications.
• Able to perform noncomplex arithmetic calculations.

Education & Experience

• HS or equivalent.
• 2 years in accounts payable functions.