Accounts Payable Clerk

Job Functions

• Prepares and posts payments to appropriate ledgers, spreadsheets, records and databases.
• Prepares, sorts, copies, files and mails checks, correspondence and other requested items.
• Audits invoices against purchase orders, researches discrepancies, and approves for payment.
• Prepares accounts payable checks.
• Investigates problems that vendors or purchasing agents have with obtaining payment for bills.
• Processes charge backs, returns, refunds, freight charges, cost of lost or damaged goods, bad checks, and similar items.
• Aids in the preparation of analysis and summaries of accounts.
• Maintains accuracy and timeliness of accounts payable.
• Assists with related special projects, as required.

Job Requirements

• Associate’s degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two-year College or technical school; or one year related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Knowledge of A/P in manufacturing environment.
• Experience with QuickBooks.
• Organizational skills.
• Knowledge of basic mathematics.
• Customer contact skills.
• Computer literate.
• Written communication skills.

Physical Motion

• Sits at least 65% of each day.
• Other Motions: walking; bending; carry-reaching above; sitting; repetitive motion hand-wrist; repetitive motion elbow-shoulder; fingering; grasping; feeling; hearing; talking; seeing; eye-hand/foot coordination.

DEGREE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

• Light work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally.

Visual Demands

• Depth perception.
• Color perception.

Mental Processes

• Remembering.
• Using mathematics.
• Scheduling.
• Writing.
• Combining.
• Advising.

Work Environment

• Inside work.
• Noise.
• Equipment.
• Accounting software.
• Manufacturing Software.
• Spreadsheet software.
• Word processing software.
• Copier.
• Fax Machine.