Accounts Payable Lead

About the role

The Woodruff Arts Center employees play an integral role in creating and supporting great art and education initiatives at the nation's third largest arts center. Comprised of three Art Partners—Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and High Museum of Art—there's a role for everyone at The Woodruff.

Responsibilities

• Maintain financial reports, records, and general ledger accounts.
• Prepare journal entries, analyses, and balance sheet account reconciliations and assist with monthly and yearly close processes; ensure timely close of accounts payable.
• Verify and investigate discrepancies, if any, by reconciling corporate credit card payable, credit card clearing, prepaid expense, and other financial accounts.
• Maintain accounts payable ledger to ensure all bills and payments are accounted for and properly posted.
• Avoid discrepancies by obtaining and reviewing proper information regarding invoices to be completed for payment.
• Process outgoing payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures.
• Perform day-to-day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, and recording accounts payable data.
• Understand expense accounts and cost centers.
• Ensure compliance with accounts payable processes (W-9, sales tax, etc.).
• Provide other clerical support necessary to pay the obligations of the organization (annuity payments, sales tax payments, etc.).
• Post business transactions, process invoices, verify financial data for use in maintaining accounts payable records.
• Ensure the accuracy of an organization's financial documents for payment, auditing, and tax purposes.
• Protect businesses against unintentional overpayment.
• Meet processing and reporting deadlines.
• Practice effective monitoring to ensure payments are made to vendors in a timely manner.
• Analyze current procedures and recommend changes to develop and implement best practice accounting procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
• 3 or more years of accounting experience.
• Experience working in Accounts Payables, expense reporting, and bank reconciliations.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, Workday a plus.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to listen to, comprehend, and execute tasks in a timely and effective way.
• Professionally curious individual eager to solve problems and grow skillset.
• Able to work independently or in a team-setting with a high level of attention to detail, analytical skills, sense of urgency, and ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.