Senior Accounts Payable Analyst

Responsibilities

• Prepares accounts payable checks.
• Investigates problems that vendors or purchasing agents have with obtaining payment for bills.
• Researches and processes charge backs, returns, refunds, freight charges, cost of lost or damaged goods, bad checks, and similar items.
• Answers accounts payable and receivable inquiries and follows up.
• Affords assistance with related special projects, as required.
• Analyzes vendor accounts.
• Prepares analysis and summaries of accounts.
• Maintains accounts payable and receivable to ensure payments are accurate and timely.
• Affords assistance with monthly and annual closings as well as year-end audit.
• Captures and investigates data.
• Designs work flows and procedures.
• Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner.
• Gathers and analyzes information skillfully.
• Develops alternative solutions.
• Responds promptly to customer needs.
• Solicits customer feedback to improve service.
• Provides administrative and accounting support for special projects, process improvements, and other finance related requests.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Four years of experience as an Accounts Payable Accountant or a related role.
• An Associate's degree (A. A.) in Accounting, Accounts Payable/Receivables or a related field.
• Four years of experience with: Accounting software, Spreadsheet software, Word Processing software.
• Four years of experience writing business correspondence in a work environment.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience editing work for spelling and grammar (Able to read and interpret written information).
• Two years of experience communicating with cross-functional teams (speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations).
• Four years of experience presenting numerical data.

Skills/Qualifications (Preferred)

• Four years of experience adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Four years of experience computing rate, ratio, and percentages as well as drawing and interpreting bar graphs.