Accounts Payable Specialist - UK Shift

Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Vendor Onboarding experience, knowledge of W-9’s, W-8BEN’s, acceptable banking support and credentials, 1099’s
• Inputting invoices into the general ledger accounting system, including posting to proper business unit, department and account codes in an accurate and timely manner.
• Establishing good relationships across departments and business units to obtain proper approvals for invoices.
• Ensuring that all approved invoices are prioritized and paid in accordance with cash discount potential and payment terms.
• Understanding vendors used by the Company, related agreements and payment terms to support accrued expense estimation.
• Allocating certain bills to different business units, departments and subsidiaries.
• Ensuring only approved vendors are established in the general ledger accounting system.
• Processing Electronic Funds Transfer requests, Check requests, and wire transfer requests.
• Matching invoices to payment requests, obtaining all signatures and approvals for payments and distributing accordingly.
• Reconciling vendor statements; researching and correcting discrepancies; responding to vendor inquiries.
• Maintaining files and documentation thoroughly and accurately, in accordance with Company policy and accepted accounting practices.
• Developing/maintaining payable aging reports and files on vendor account balances; reconciling monthly.
• Employee expense report auditing against the Company’s established policies.
• Understanding of payment application to the invoice and interface with the treasury team for bank reconciliation.
• Must have experience in the month end accrual process to ensure accuracy in monthly and quarterly expense variance analysis.
• Interfacing with management in various departments, including engineering, sales, operations, technology and legal

Job Qualifications:

• A.A. or B.S. in Accounting preferred
• 3 or more years of experience in accounts payable or general accounting functions
• Excellent interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication
• Experience with Oracle Fusion a plus
•  Pride in accuracy and attention to detail
•  High level of organizational skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software applications; primarily Excel.
•  Ability to work well in a fast-paced professional office environment
• Familiarity with handling intercompany transactions and reconciliations
• Experience with international transactions and foreign exchange a plus
• Great follow up skills, ability to take initiative and think out of the box
• Team Player
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Exposure and experience in Sarbanes Oxley a plus
• A successful candidate will be passionate about technology and possess a genuine curiosity and enthusiasm for exploring and applying AI.