Accounts Payable Analyst
About the role
with paragraph(s) from Position Summary. Then "Essential Duties and Responsibilities" -> Responsibilities section. Then "Qualifications" includes Required and Preferred. That's qualifications. Skills: maybe we can extract from qualifications: technical aptitude, GAAP, etc. Could be separate Skills section. But we can also combine into Qualifications. The instruction: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications (including required/preferred), Pay (salary range), Benefits (maybe none?), Schedule (maybe remote work arrangement?). Let's see. Benefits: Not mentioned explicitly. There's no benefits listed. So we should not create Benefits section. Pay: Salary Range: $70,000 to $111,500 (note typo). Also mention base compensation determined by market range etc. That's specific content, so we can include Pay section. Schedule: Work Arrangement: Remote; Location: must be physically located in one of the states list. Also mentions Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Exempt, Reports To, Supervises Others, Overnight Travel minimal. That's schedule/location info. Could be Schedule section (maybe include remote work arrangement). The instruction: include Schedule section only if posting actually states them. It does state Work Arrangement: Remote, Location list, Overnight Travel minimal. So we can include Schedule. We should not repeat job title as heading. The job title is Accounts Payable Analyst. Not to repeat. We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present. We need to use for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
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About the role
Position Summary: The Accounts Payable Analyst is responsible for the accurate and timely processing of accounts payable transactions, ensuring invoices, payments, and related financial records are complete, properly coded, and processed in accordance with the organization’s policies and established procedures. This position works closely with vendors, employees, and internal departments to resolve discrepancies, respond to inquiries, maintain accurate records, and support timely payment processing. The role also assists with account reconciliations, reporting, month-end close activities, and maintaining appropriate documentation and internal controls. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and analytical, with strong communication and problem-solving skills. The Accounts Payable Analyst must be able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines while maintaining a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality. This position plays an important role in supporting the organization’s financial operations and fostering positive relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders.
That's from Position Summary.
Now Responsibilities: list of duties.
We need to extract each bullet from "Essential Duties and Responsibilities". They are sentences separated by periods but we can treat each as list item.
Let's list them:
- Independently perform day-to-day transactional accounting
- Collaborate and support in the preparation, examination/inspection, and analysis of accounting records to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
- Liaise with accounting staff and department leads to maintain the chart of accounts and assign account codes to source documents and journal
- Manage and maintain vendors, including setting up new vendors, obtaining appropriate tax forms, and the accuracy of Automated Clearing House (ACH) set-up.
- Establish net terms with contracts, managing new payee packet requests, and organizing processes for maintaining payee and vendor files.
- Support the development, implementation, modification, and documentation of recordkeeping and accounting systems, using current computer technology.
- Complete weekly processing of expense payments, request approvals from staff, and reconcile expenses of purchases.
- Support general ledger, including monthly review and reconciliation of expense accounts and sub-ledgers as assigned.
- Maintain current regulatory knowledge of annual tax filings, including 1098 and 1099
- May manage or assist in the monthly reconciliation of credit cards and expense
- Directly work with colleagues to resolve outstanding reconciliation issues.
- Maintain compliance and complete processing of foreign transactions to ensure proper financial statement presentation and payment of vendors.
- Stay up to date on current regulatory knowledge and manage unclaimed property processes through external reporting.
- Analyze and recommend changes to the authorized signature
- Provide annual audit support in gathering information, materials, or financial reports or
- Contribute and prepare information for special reporting projects, as requested
Some items have incomplete phrasing but we must preserve as is.
We'll put them in - .
Now Qualifications: Required and Preferred.
We need to list required qualifications as list items, and preferred as list items maybe under same section or separate? Could combine but we can separate Required and Preferred as subheadings? But only allowed headings are the predefined list; we cannot add custom headings. So we need to put them under Qualifications section, maybe using paragraphs and lists.
We can have
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Now Skills: Could extract from qualifications: technical aptitude in Unanet/Costpoint/Deltek, GAAP, GAAS, financial statement preparation, independent work, Microsoft Office, spreadsheets, communication. But we already have qualifications covering these. To avoid thin sections, we might not create separate Skills section; we can include skills within Qualifications. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we can omit Skills section.
Pay: Salary Range: $70,000 to $111,500 (note typo). Also mention base compensation determined by market range and geographic location pay zones, includes individual factors. We'll put that in .
Schedule: Work Arrangement: Remote; Location: must be physically located in one of the following states: list; Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Exempt; Reports To: Accounting Manager; Supervises Others: No; Overnight Travel: Minimal, no more than 5%. We'll put that in
maybe as list.
We should not include Benefits section as none.
Now ensure we don't include any filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
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Let's craft.
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We need to ensure proper closing tags.
Let's write:
About the role
Position Summary: The Accounts Payable Analyst is responsible for the accurate and timely processing of accounts payable transactions, ensuring invoices, payments, and related financial records are complete, properly coded, and processed in accordance with the organization’s policies and established procedures. This position works closely with vendors, employees, and internal departments to resolve discrepancies, respond to inquiries, maintain accurate records, and support timely payment processing. The role also assists with account reconciliations, reporting, month-end close activities, and maintaining appropriate documentation and internal controls. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and analytical, with strong communication and problem-solving skills. The Accounts Payable Analyst must be able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines while maintaining a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality. This position plays an important role in supporting the organization’s financial operations and fostering positive relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Independently perform day-to-day transactional accounting
- Collaborate and support in the preparation, examination/inspection, and analysis of accounting records to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
- Liaise with accounting staff and department leads to maintain the chart of accounts and assign account codes to source documents and journal
- Manage and maintain vendors, including setting up new vendors, obtaining appropriate tax forms, and the accuracy of Automated Clearing House (ACH) set-up.
- Establish net terms with contracts, managing new payee packet requests, and organizing processes for maintaining payee and vendor files.
- Support the development, implementation, modification, and documentation of recordkeeping and accounting systems, using current computer technology.
- Complete weekly processing of expense payments, request approvals from staff, and reconcile expenses of purchases.
- Support general ledger, including monthly review and reconciliation of expense accounts and sub-ledgers as assigned.
- Maintain current regulatory knowledge of annual tax filings, including 1098 and 1099
- May manage or assist in the monthly reconciliation of credit cards and expense
- Directly work with colleagues to resolve outstanding reconciliation issues.
- Maintain compliance and complete processing of foreign transactions to ensure proper financial statement presentation and payment of vendors.
- Stay up to date on current regulatory knowledge and manage unclaimed property processes through external reporting.
- Analyze and recommend changes to the authorized signature
- Provide annual audit support in gathering information, materials, or financial reports or
- Contribute and prepare information for special reporting projects, as requested
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or other relevant field of study with at least 2 years of accounts payable/receiving experience OR an associate’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration or other relevant field of study with a minimum of 6 years of progressive accounts payable/receiving experience
- Solid technical aptitude in using Unanet, Costpoint, or another Deltek product
- Ability to apply working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS), and financial statement preparation.
- Ability to perform independent work requiring knowledge used to analyze, interpret, and make deductions from varying facts or circumstances.
- Basic proficiency with all Microsoft Office
- Strong proficiency in creating and maintaining spreadsheets in Microsoft
- Excellent verbal and written communication
Preferred:
- Previous professional accounting experience working in a federal government contracting
- Base level understanding of Defense Contract Audit Agency compliance including accounting practices and timekeeping regulations required for federal
- Experience with foreign currency
Pay
Salary Range: $70,000 to $111,500. Base compensation is determined by market range and geographic location pay zones, and also includes individual factors such as job level, prior experience, skill set, certifications, and education.
Schedule
Work Arrangement: Remote. Location: Must be physically located in one of the following states: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, or Virginia. Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Exempt. Reports To: Accounting Manager. Supervises Others: No. Overnight Travel: Minimal, no more than 5%.
Check for any missing info: The "Entity: Arbor Research Collaborative for Health" maybe part of About Us but we already have About the role. Could include that in About the role? But we already
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. Let's craft sections:
About the role
Position Summary: The Accounts Payable Analyst is responsible for the accurate and timely processing of accounts payable transactions, ensuring invoices, payments, and related financial records are complete, properly coded, and processed in accordance with the organization’s policies and established procedures. This position works closely with vendors, employees, and internal departments to resolve discrepancies, respond to inquiries, maintain accurate records, and support timely payment processing. The role also assists with account reconciliations, reporting, month-end close activities, and maintaining appropriate documentation and internal controls. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and analytical, with strong communication and problem-solving skills. The Accounts Payable Analyst must be able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines while maintaining a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality. This position plays an important role in supporting the organization’s financial operations and fostering positive relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders.
That's from Position Summary. Now Responsibilities: list of duties. We need to extract each bullet from "Essential Duties and Responsibilities". They are sentences separated by periods but we can treat each as list item. Let's list them: - Independently perform day-to-day transactional accounting - Collaborate and support in the preparation, examination/inspection, and analysis of accounting records to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards. - Liaise with accounting staff and department leads to maintain the chart of accounts and assign account codes to source documents and journal - Manage and maintain vendors, including setting up new vendors, obtaining appropriate tax forms, and the accuracy of Automated Clearing House (ACH) set-up. - Establish net terms with contracts, managing new payee packet requests, and organizing processes for maintaining payee and vendor files. - Support the development, implementation, modification, and documentation of recordkeeping and accounting systems, using current computer technology. - Complete weekly processing of expense payments, request approvals from staff, and reconcile expenses of purchases. - Support general ledger, including monthly review and reconciliation of expense accounts and sub-ledgers as assigned. - Maintain current regulatory knowledge of annual tax filings, including 1098 and 1099 - May manage or assist in the monthly reconciliation of credit cards and expense - Directly work with colleagues to resolve outstanding reconciliation issues. - Maintain compliance and complete processing of foreign transactions to ensure proper financial statement presentation and payment of vendors. - Stay up to date on current regulatory knowledge and manage unclaimed property processes through external reporting. - Analyze and recommend changes to the authorized signature - Provide annual audit support in gathering information, materials, or financial reports or - Contribute and prepare information for special reporting projects, as requested Some items have incomplete phrasing but we must preserve as is. We'll put them in- .
Now Qualifications: Required and Preferred.
We need to list required qualifications as list items, and preferred as list items maybe under same section or separate? Could combine but we can separate Required and Preferred as subheadings? But only allowed headings are the predefined list; we cannot add custom headings. So we need to put them under Qualifications section, maybe using paragraphs and lists.
We can have
Required:
then- list.
Similarly
- Independently perform day-to-day transactional accounting
- Collaborate and support in the preparation, examination/inspection, and analysis of accounting records to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
- Liaise with accounting staff and department leads to maintain the chart of accounts and assign account codes to source documents and journal
- Manage and maintain vendors, including setting up new vendors, obtaining appropriate tax forms, and the accuracy of Automated Clearing House (ACH) set-up.
- Establish net terms with contracts, managing new payee packet requests, and organizing processes for maintaining payee and vendor files.
- Support the development, implementation, modification, and documentation of recordkeeping and accounting systems, using current computer technology.
- Complete weekly processing of expense payments, request approvals from staff, and reconcile expenses of purchases.
- Support general ledger, including monthly review and reconciliation of expense accounts and sub-ledgers as assigned.
- Maintain current regulatory knowledge of annual tax filings, including 1098 and 1099
- May manage or assist in the monthly reconciliation of credit cards and expense
- Directly work with colleagues to resolve outstanding reconciliation issues.
- Maintain compliance and complete processing of foreign transactions to ensure proper financial statement presentation and payment of vendors.
- Stay up to date on current regulatory knowledge and manage unclaimed property processes through external reporting.
- Analyze and recommend changes to the authorized signature
- Provide annual audit support in gathering information, materials, or financial reports or
- Contribute and prepare information for special reporting projects, as requested
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or other relevant field of study with at least 2 years of accounts payable/receiving experience OR an associate’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration or other relevant field of study with a minimum of 6 years of progressive accounts payable/receiving experience
- Solid technical aptitude in using Unanet, Costpoint, or another Deltek product
- Ability to apply working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS), and financial statement preparation.
- Ability to perform independent work requiring knowledge used to analyze, interpret, and make deductions from varying facts or circumstances.
- Basic proficiency with all Microsoft Office
- Strong proficiency in creating and maintaining spreadsheets in Microsoft
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Previous professional accounting experience working in a federal government contracting
- Base level understanding of Defense Contract Audit Agency compliance including accounting practices and timekeeping regulations required for federal
- Experience with foreign currency
Preferred:
then- .
Now Skills: Could extract from qualifications: technical aptitude in Unanet/Costpoint/Deltek, GAAP, GAAS, financial statement preparation, independent work, Microsoft Office, spreadsheets, communication. But we already have qualifications covering these. To avoid thin sections, we might not create separate Skills section; we can include skills within Qualifications. The instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we can omit Skills section.
Pay: Salary Range: $70,000 to $111,500 (note typo). Also mention base compensation determined by market range and geographic location pay zones, includes individual factors. We'll put that in
. Schedule: Work Arrangement: Remote; Location: must be physically located in one of the following states: list; Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Exempt; Reports To: Accounting Manager; Supervises Others: No; Overnight Travel: Minimal, no more than 5%. We'll put that in
maybe as list. We should not include Benefits section as none. Now ensure we don't include any filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Now produce HTML. Let's craft. Be careful to escape any HTML special characters like &, <, >. The text includes "&" in "Accounts Payable". That's fine as is. Also includes "½"? Not. We need to ensure proper closing tags. Let's write:
About the role
Position Summary: The Accounts Payable Analyst is responsible for the accurate and timely processing of accounts payable transactions, ensuring invoices, payments, and related financial records are complete, properly coded, and processed in accordance with the organization’s policies and established procedures. This position works closely with vendors, employees, and internal departments to resolve discrepancies, respond to inquiries, maintain accurate records, and support timely payment processing. The role also assists with account reconciliations, reporting, month-end close activities, and maintaining appropriate documentation and internal controls. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and analytical, with strong communication and problem-solving skills. The Accounts Payable Analyst must be able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines while maintaining a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality. This position plays an important role in supporting the organization’s financial operations and fostering positive relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Required:
Preferred:
Pay
Salary Range: $70,000 to $111,500. Base compensation is determined by market range and geographic location pay zones, and also includes individual factors such as job level, prior experience, skill set, certifications, and education.
Schedule
Work Arrangement: Remote. Location: Must be physically located in one of the following states: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, or Virginia. Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Exempt. Reports To: Accounting Manager. Supervises Others: No. Overnight Travel: Minimal, no more than 5%.
Check for any missing info: The "Entity: Arbor Research Collaborative for Health" maybe part of About Us but we already have About the role. Could include that in About the role? But we already