Accounts Payable Clerk (1st Shift)
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; can fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. We need to preserve all substantive information, remove boilerplate (cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions). Also remove lines like "If you’ve worn a pair of glasses, we’ve already met." That's part of company description; it's substantive? It's about company; we can keep as part of About the role? The posting includes a paragraph describing the company. That's substantive. We'll include under About the role maybe. We need sections: About the role (maybe summary), Responsibilities (Major Duties And Responsibilities), Requirements (Basic Qualifications), maybe Qualifications (same as Requirements?), Skills (maybe from qualifications), Benefits, Pay, Schedule (if present). Pay is present: "Pay Range: 18.52 - 25.62". Also mention bonus/commission and total rewards. So we can include Pay section with that range and note about bonus/commission. Benefits: posting says "Benefits may include health care, retirement savings, paid time off/vacation, and various employee discounts." That's specific enough to include Benefits section. Schedule: Not mentioned explicitly; only Full-Time indicated in "Position: Full-Time". That's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section with Full-Time. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content. We need to use
for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must not include markdown fences.
We need to preserve all substantive info; not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep details like locations (Central, Cherry, Beitler, PerferX and Homer laboratories) etc. We'll list duties as bullet points.
We need to decide how to split content: About the role: include company description and general function paragraph.
Responsibilities: list of major duties.
Requirements: maybe basic qualifications.
Skills: maybe from qualifications (proficiency in Microsoft Office, analytical, organizational, problem-solving, communication, confidentiality, ability to manage multiple tasks). Could be part of Requirements but we can separate.
Qualifications: maybe same as Requirements? The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can include multiple if content exists. We have basic qualifications (Associate degree, experience, systems, etc.) That's qualifications. Skills could be the soft skills.
We need to avoid duplication. We'll put Requirements as maybe "Basic Qualifications" (education/experience). Skills as "Skills" (analytical, organizational, problem-solving, communication, confidentiality, multitasking). Qualifications maybe "Preferred Qualifications" (SAP, Markview, Excel). But we have only one qualifications block; we can split.
Let's extract:
Company description paragraph: "We are a global leader...". Also "Discover more by following us on LinkedIn!" maybe not needed but it's not boilerplate; it's a call to action but not application instruction. Might keep as part of About the role.
General Function paragraph: "The role is responsible for supporting the daily financial and operational activities..." That's about role.
We'll combine into About the role.
Responsibilities: list each duty sentence.
We need to convert each duty into bullet points.
Let's list duties from "Major Duties And Responsibilities" paragraph (it's a long sentence with many items separated by periods). We'll split:
- Manage full-cycle accounts payable processes, including reviewing and price-checking packing slips, submitting invoices, verifying invoice status in Markview and SAP, reconciling vendor statements, and ensuring timely and accurate payment processing.
- Monitor and follow up on past-due vendor invoices across multiple locations (Central, Cherry, Beitler, and Perferx), resolve discrepancies, and manage accounts placed on hold to maintain operational continuity.
- Process accounts receivable activities, including insurance reporting, audit trail maintenance, AR reconciliations, handling refund requests, and responding to inquiries related to checks, credit cards, and deposits.
- Complete and reconcile program-related transactions, including VBA documentation and check details, Vision Plus claims and reconciliations, intercompany (Interco) reconciliations, and Central lab credit processing.
- Prepare and distribute financial and operational reports, including manufacturer reports, account sales reports (Landes, Caliber, and Morganton), MVP statement breakdowns, Caliber account breakdowns, and Vision Associates intercompany spreadsheets.
- Reconcile and code corporate credit card (P-card) and Bank of America statements for Central and Cherry, ensuring proper expense allocation and compliance with company policies.
- Manage purchasing activities and supply inventory for multiple locations, including ordering office, kitchen, and restroom supplies and overseeing purchasing for Central, Cherry, Beitler, and Perferx.
- Administer customer account communications, including preparing and mailing dunning letters, emailing past-due account notices, distributing monthly statements via print and direct email, and managing statement-related website correspondence.
- Provide general accounting and administrative support, including maintaining Pair 50 system updates, processing denied credit returns, managing the accounting phone line, and assisting with additional financial tasks as needed to support departmental operations.
Now Basic Qualifications bullet list:
- Associate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
- Minimum of 2–3 years of experience in accounting, accounts payable, or related financial operations.
- Experience with accounting systems such as SAP and Markview preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive financial information with integrity.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet established deadlines with minimal supervision.
We can split into Requirements (education/experience) and Skills (soft skills). But we also have "Experience with accounting systems such as SAP and Markview preferred." and "Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel." Those could be under Qualifications or Skills. Let's decide:
- Requirements: Associate degree, 2-3 years experience.
- Qualifications: Experience with SAP/Markview, Proficiency in MS Office (Excel).
- Skills: Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving; Excellent written/verbal communication; Ability to maintain confidentiality; Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
That seems reasonable.
Benefits: "Benefits may include health care, retirement savings, paid time off/vacation, and various employee discounts."
Pay: "Pay Range: 18.52 - 25.62" plus mention of bonus/commission and total rewards. We'll include that.
Schedule: "Position: Full-Time". So schedule is Full-Time.
Now we need to output HTML fragment with headings
and content.
We must not include job title heading. Not include Job ID etc. We can include a short
for metadata like "Requisition ID: 946569 Store #: E05307" maybe but instruction says fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. We could include a short paragraph at top with that info. But it's not required; we can drop it. Safer to drop it to avoid extra.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Remove all that.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... company description + general function ...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Requirements
- Associate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
- Minimum of 2–3 years of experience in accounting, accounts payable, or related financial operations.
Qualifications
- Experience with accounting systems such as SAP and Markview preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.
Skills
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive financial information with integrity.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet established deadlines with minimal supervision.
Benefits
- Health care
- Retirement savings
- Paid time off / vacation
- Various employee discounts
Pay
Pay range: $18.52 – $25.62 per hour. In addition, a competitive bonus and/or commission plan may be offered, complementing a first‑class total rewards package.
Schedule
Full‑time position.
We need to ensure we didn't invent content. The pay range we wrote as "$18.52 – $25.62 per hour." The original said "Pay Range: 18.52 - 25.62". It didn't specify per hour but likely hourly. We can keep as "Pay Range: 18.52 - 25.62". Better to keep exact phrasing to avoid adding. So use "Pay Range: 18.52 - 25.62". Then add bonus sentence.
Thus:
Pay Range: 18.52 - 25.62. In addition, you may also be offered a competitive bonus and/or commission plan, which complements a first-class total rewards package.
That's preserving.
Now About the role content: need to include company description and general function.
Company description paragraph: "We are a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses. We offer our industry stakeholders in over 150 countries access to a global platform of high-quality vision care products such as the Essilor brand, with Varilux, Crizal, Eyezen, Stellest and Transitions, iconic brands that consumers love such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Persol and Oliver Peoples, as well as a network that offers consumers high-quality vision care and best-in-class shopping experiences such as Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters, and Target Optical, and leading e-commerce platforms. Our unique business model and relentless pursuit of operational excellence ensures that consumers everywhere have access to products. Balancing speed, efficiency and proximity, the Company manages a global supply chain with cutting-edge technology, based on centralization for frames and on a capillary network for lens finishing and prescription laboratories. In our dynamic environment, fueled by technology and innovation, our people have the space to pioneer new solutions. Join our global community of over 200,000 dedicated employees around the world in driving the transformation of the eyewear and eyecare industry. Discover more by following us on LinkedIn!"
General Function: "The role is responsible for supporting the daily financial and operational activities of multiple locations, including Central, Cherry, Beitler, PerferX and Homer laboratories. This role ensures accurate processing of invoices, claims, reconciliations, purchasing, reporting, and vendor communications while maintaining compliance with company policies and internal accounting controls. The position requires strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment."
We'll combine into a couple paragraphs.
Make sure not to include any boilerplate like "If you’ve worn a pair of glasses, we’ve already met." Actually that's part of the company description? It appears at start: "If you’ve worn a pair of glasses, we’ve already met." That's a tagline; it's
for prose. We must not include markdown fences. We need to preserve all substantive info; not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep details like locations (Central, Cherry, Beitler, PerferX and Homer laboratories) etc. We'll list duties as bullet points. We need to decide how to split content: About the role: include company description and general function paragraph. Responsibilities: list of major duties. Requirements: maybe basic qualifications. Skills: maybe from qualifications (proficiency in Microsoft Office, analytical, organizational, problem-solving, communication, confidentiality, ability to manage multiple tasks). Could be part of Requirements but we can separate. Qualifications: maybe same as Requirements? The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can include multiple if content exists. We have basic qualifications (Associate degree, experience, systems, etc.) That's qualifications. Skills could be the soft skills. We need to avoid duplication. We'll put Requirements as maybe "Basic Qualifications" (education/experience). Skills as "Skills" (analytical, organizational, problem-solving, communication, confidentiality, multitasking). Qualifications maybe "Preferred Qualifications" (SAP, Markview, Excel). But we have only one qualifications block; we can split. Let's extract: Company description paragraph: "We are a global leader...". Also "Discover more by following us on LinkedIn!" maybe not needed but it's not boilerplate; it's a call to action but not application instruction. Might keep as part of About the role. General Function paragraph: "The role is responsible for supporting the daily financial and operational activities..." That's about role. We'll combine into About the role. Responsibilities: list each duty sentence. We need to convert each duty into bullet points. Let's list duties from "Major Duties And Responsibilities" paragraph (it's a long sentence with many items separated by periods). We'll split: - Manage full-cycle accounts payable processes, including reviewing and price-checking packing slips, submitting invoices, verifying invoice status in Markview and SAP, reconciling vendor statements, and ensuring timely and accurate payment processing. - Monitor and follow up on past-due vendor invoices across multiple locations (Central, Cherry, Beitler, and Perferx), resolve discrepancies, and manage accounts placed on hold to maintain operational continuity. - Process accounts receivable activities, including insurance reporting, audit trail maintenance, AR reconciliations, handling refund requests, and responding to inquiries related to checks, credit cards, and deposits. - Complete and reconcile program-related transactions, including VBA documentation and check details, Vision Plus claims and reconciliations, intercompany (Interco) reconciliations, and Central lab credit processing. - Prepare and distribute financial and operational reports, including manufacturer reports, account sales reports (Landes, Caliber, and Morganton), MVP statement breakdowns, Caliber account breakdowns, and Vision Associates intercompany spreadsheets. - Reconcile and code corporate credit card (P-card) and Bank of America statements for Central and Cherry, ensuring proper expense allocation and compliance with company policies. - Manage purchasing activities and supply inventory for multiple locations, including ordering office, kitchen, and restroom supplies and overseeing purchasing for Central, Cherry, Beitler, and Perferx. - Administer customer account communications, including preparing and mailing dunning letters, emailing past-due account notices, distributing monthly statements via print and direct email, and managing statement-related website correspondence. - Provide general accounting and administrative support, including maintaining Pair 50 system updates, processing denied credit returns, managing the accounting phone line, and assisting with additional financial tasks as needed to support departmental operations. Now Basic Qualifications bullet list: - Associate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered. - Minimum of 2–3 years of experience in accounting, accounts payable, or related financial operations. - Experience with accounting systems such as SAP and Markview preferred. - Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel. - Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive financial information with integrity. - Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet established deadlines with minimal supervision. We can split into Requirements (education/experience) and Skills (soft skills). But we also have "Experience with accounting systems such as SAP and Markview preferred." and "Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel." Those could be under Qualifications or Skills. Let's decide: - Requirements: Associate degree, 2-3 years experience. - Qualifications: Experience with SAP/Markview, Proficiency in MS Office (Excel). - Skills: Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving; Excellent written/verbal communication; Ability to maintain confidentiality; Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines. That seems reasonable. Benefits: "Benefits may include health care, retirement savings, paid time off/vacation, and various employee discounts." Pay: "Pay Range: 18.52 - 25.62" plus mention of bonus/commission and total rewards. We'll include that. Schedule: "Position: Full-Time". So schedule is Full-Time. Now we need to output HTML fragment with headings
and content. We must not include job title heading. Not include Job ID etc. We can include a short
for metadata like "Requisition ID: 946569 Store #: E05307" maybe but instruction says fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. We could include a short paragraph at top with that info. But it's not required; we can drop it. Safer to drop it to avoid extra. We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Remove all that. Now produce HTML. Structure:
About the role
... company description + general function ...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Requirements
- Associate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
- Minimum of 2–3 years of experience in accounting, accounts payable, or related financial operations.
Qualifications
- Experience with accounting systems such as SAP and Markview preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.
Skills
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive financial information with integrity.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet established deadlines with minimal supervision.
Benefits
- Health care
- Retirement savings
- Paid time off / vacation
- Various employee discounts
Pay
Pay range: $18.52 – $25.62 per hour. In addition, a competitive bonus and/or commission plan may be offered, complementing a first‑class total rewards package.
Schedule
Full‑time position.
We need to ensure we didn't invent content. The pay range we wrote as "$18.52 – $25.62 per hour." The original said "Pay Range: 18.52 - 25.62". It didn't specify per hour but likely hourly. We can keep as "Pay Range: 18.52 - 25.62". Better to keep exact phrasing to avoid adding. So use "Pay Range: 18.52 - 25.62". Then add bonus sentence. Thus:Pay Range: 18.52 - 25.62. In addition, you may also be offered a competitive bonus and/or commission plan, which complements a first-class total rewards package.
That's preserving. Now About the role content: need to include company description and general function. Company description paragraph: "We are a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses. We offer our industry stakeholders in over 150 countries access to a global platform of high-quality vision care products such as the Essilor brand, with Varilux, Crizal, Eyezen, Stellest and Transitions, iconic brands that consumers love such as Ray-Ban, Oakley, Persol and Oliver Peoples, as well as a network that offers consumers high-quality vision care and best-in-class shopping experiences such as Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters, and Target Optical, and leading e-commerce platforms. Our unique business model and relentless pursuit of operational excellence ensures that consumers everywhere have access to products. Balancing speed, efficiency and proximity, the Company manages a global supply chain with cutting-edge technology, based on centralization for frames and on a capillary network for lens finishing and prescription laboratories. In our dynamic environment, fueled by technology and innovation, our people have the space to pioneer new solutions. Join our global community of over 200,000 dedicated employees around the world in driving the transformation of the eyewear and eyecare industry. Discover more by following us on LinkedIn!" General Function: "The role is responsible for supporting the daily financial and operational activities of multiple locations, including Central, Cherry, Beitler, PerferX and Homer laboratories. This role ensures accurate processing of invoices, claims, reconciliations, purchasing, reporting, and vendor communications while maintaining compliance with company policies and internal accounting controls. The position requires strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment." We'll combine into a couple paragraphs. Make sure not to include any boilerplate like "If you’ve worn a pair of glasses, we’ve already met." Actually that's part of the company description? It appears at start: "If you’ve worn a pair of glasses, we’ve already met." That's a tagline; it's