Senior Accounts Payable Representative

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely and accurate billing and invoicing for both customers and vendors.
• Review data from internal and external sources to NYPA for accuracy in customer billing invoicing and payment.
• Perform data analysis to create customer invoices as assigned.
• Analyze data and prepare reports, analyses, and statements for management review.
• Verify invoice charges for accuracy and compliance.
• Analyze power generation data for accuracy in customer group billing and reporting to relevant departments.
• Provide the Manager with a record of identified issues during each payment/billing cycle.
• Review bills/invoices from external partners for payment processing.
• Serve as a backup to Senior Billing Analyst in various tasks, such as system file uploads.
• Act as a liaison between the department and other business units or external vendors to address and resolve billing issues.
• Utilize applications outside of ERP system to support billing and invoicing processes.
• Assist with required testing of AP transactions during system patches.
• Process and post invoices from vendors for payment.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, etc.) is required, ability to do pivot table and various formulas such as VLOOKUP, SUMIF and Index and Match.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact effectively with all levels of organization internally and external customers.
• Able to consistently meet strict deadlines.
• Able to represent NYPA to all internal and external customers.
• Proactive in achieving goals and have the ability to work independently, with minor guidance from superiors.
• Familiarity with Accounts Payable / Billing processes and procedures.
• Ability to generate, analyze and present reports.
• Ability to manage large volumes of data entry is preferred.
• Ability to assist others in meeting deadlines, while still maintaining own workload.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma.
• Minimum of 7 years of working experience in payables, billing, accounting, or related finance field such as audit or analytics preferred.
• Experience working in a computerized environment is required.
• 3 years of working experience in the ERP system is preferred.

Benefits

The New York Power Authority is committed to providing fair, competitive, and market-informed compensation. The estimated salary range for this position is: $62,000 - $77,000. The salary offered will be determined based on the successful candidates’ relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.