Accounts Payable Specialist - Echelon Supply & Service : Job Details

Overview: Since 1977, Echelon has been a leading supplier of hoses and hose assemblies for commercial and military applications throughout the world. Due to current, as well as projected future growth, Echelon is currently seeking a detail-oriented Accounts Payable Specialist to assist our Liverpool, NY based Finance Team complete day-to-day office tasks, communications, and accounting activities.

Job Summary: The Accounts Payable Specialist responsibilities include verifying invoices, processing payments, and performing account reconciliations as needed. Ultimately, you will work together with our accounting team to ensure our organizations expenditures are accurate and follow established process and procedures which are standardized across the organization.

Duties and Responsibilities:

+ Receiving, processing, verifying and reconciling invoices

+ Validate and enter vendor and service invoices into our ERP system (SQL database)

+ Identify and resolve invoice discrepancies

+ Set up New Vendor accounts in ERP system

+ Verbally verify bank data to set up electronic payments

+ Work with both domestic and international invoices

+ Collaborate with internal departments to gather, analyze and interpret financial data

+ Work with the organizations day-to-day financial transactions, including payables, corporate credit card reconciliations and other specialized tasks

+ File Invoices which have been entered on a daily basis

+ Work closely with other Financial departments, i.e. Billing and Credit & Collections

+ Work with additional departments such as Purchasing and Sales

+ Charge expenses to accounts and cost centers

+ Verify vendor accounts, address purchase order issues and invoice or payment discrepancies

+ Keep informed of regulatory requirements and best practices related to accounting

Qualifications:

+ High School Diploma or GED required

+ 1+ year experience as an Accounts Payable Specialist or similar role

+ In-depth knowledge of accounts payable principles and accounting standards

+ High competency in accounting

+ Excellent time management and organizational skills

+ Excellent collaboration and communication abilities

+ Strong organizational skills and the ability to multi-task

+ Intermediate knowledge of MS Office, including Excel

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to:

+ This is an active role; however, some office work at a desk is required. This job requires the ability to bend, stoop, sit, stand, reach, and lift items up to 5 lbs.

Echelon Supply and Service provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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