Accounts Payable Accountant

Responsibilities

• Perform full-cycle accounts payable activities, including 3-way match and processing both purchase order and non-purchase order invoices.
• Code invoices accurately to the correct general ledger accounts and cost centers to ensure proper financial reporting.
• Track invoice queues and maintain an organized workflow to ensure timely and accurate invoice processing.
• Support the ERP implementation by helping to build and maintain a cutover log and assisting with transition-related tasks.
• Reconcile the accounts payable subledger to the general ledger during the system transition and investigate discrepancies.
• Identify gaps between expected system behavior and actual performance, and help troubleshoot issues as they arise.
• Perform basic voucher and import troubleshooting, including importing journal entries, batch data entry, and manual entries as needed.
• Own and maintain specific aspects of the accounts payable process during go-live, ensuring consistency and adherence to established procedures.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure invoices are properly matched, coded, and cleaned up in the system.
• Work through issues with the AP optical character recognition (OCR) tool by reviewing scanned invoices and resolving recognition errors.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in Accounts Payable.
• Strong understanding of accounts payable fundamentals, including 3-way match and processing both PO and non-PO invoices.
• Proficiency in coding invoices to the correct accounts and cost centers.
• Ability to perform basic voucher and import troubleshooting, including importing journal entries and batch data entry.
• High level of proficiency in Excel for tracking invoice queues, building cutover logs, reconciling the AP subledger to the general ledger, and analyzing data.

Qualifications

• Experience working with a large ERP system.
• Experience with an accounts payable OCR tool that scans and processes AP invoices.
• Background in supporting system implementations or large-scale finance projects is beneficial.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to troubleshoot discrepancies and system issues.
• Effective organizational skills to manage multiple invoices, queues, and logs simultaneously.

Skills

• Strong Excel skills.
• Comfort with manual workarounds.
• The ability to follow and maintain structured processes, especially during system go-live and transition periods.

Benefits

The pay range for this position is $26.00 - $30.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $26.00 - $30.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

About the Role

This role focuses on end-to-end accounts payable processing, including 3-way match, invoice coding, and reconciliation activities, while supporting a large enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation.

Schedule

This position follows a Monday through Friday schedule during standard business hours, with some flexibility as needed.

Location

This is a Contract position based out of Saint Louis, MO.