Accounts Payable Specialist I

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $23 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

📝 Accounts Payable

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National University

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1001 - 5000 employees

📚 Education

👥 B2C

🌍 Social Impact

Education • B2C • Social Impact

National University is a higher education institution dedicated to providing accessible and quality education to a diverse range of students, including non-traditional learners and military-affiliated students. It offers a variety of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs across multiple disciplines such as education, business, healthcare, social sciences, and technology. National University emphasizes a supportive learning environment and innovative teaching methods, aiming to empower students and enrich their academic and professional journeys.

📋 Description

• With direct supervision, the Contractor Accounts Payable Specialist processes vendor requests, vendor invoices and employee expense reimbursements in a timely manner • Supports credit card program administration, including payment processing and reconciliation activities • Provides administrative and accounting support, and serves as a vendors’ main point of contact for questions related to payments and invoices • Maintains general knowledge of cost centers, spending categories, and budget authorities • Processes incoming physical and electronic mail; disperses invoices to team members • Reviews and prepares reconciliations of vendor invoices and statements to include investigation of past due balances on invoices; discusses discrepancies with vendors and reports progress to management • Will assist management with making corrections to accounts when necessary • Processes and monitors credit card payments in accordance with established policies and payment schedules • Reviews and reconciles credit card transactions, ensuring supporting documentation is complete, accurate, and compliant with organizational policies • Assists with creating new vendors in the system • Ensure accuracy of vendor tax documents • Participates in various vendor outreach campaigns • Research invoices for contracts and PO’s; works with functional departments to ensure all required documents are obtained for timely payment • Provides excellent customer service to all stakeholders, including vendors, facilities, and colleagues • Escalates issues with Accounts Payable Manager and budget authorities when appropriate

🎯 Requirements

• Associate degree in Business Administration or Accounting, or related field, or one (1) to two (2) years’ relevant experience in an account payable and/or accounts receivable role using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software • Ability to participate as an active team member of department and organization and work toward a common goal • Ability to maintain job related, social, organizational, and ethical norms • Accepts personal accountability; supports honesty and respect towards others, the company, and oneself • Develops new insights into situations; encourages new ideas and innovations • Ability to modify work approach to achieve a goal; open to change and new information; adapts to new information, changing conditions or unexpected challenges • Basic knowledge of accounting principles, practices, and processes as it relates to accounts payable • Proficient in prioritizing work to meet deadlines; maintains flexibility in the work environment in accordance with the organization’s values • Ability to safeguard information; strong integrity, professionalism, good judgment, and problem-solving skills • Intermediate use of computers and Microsoft Office Suite Applications such as Word, Excel, and Outlook • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of individual of constituencies in a diverse community listening sensitively, adapting communication to audience, consistently open, honest, and candid when communicating with others • Demonstrated written communication • Work independently and foster a cooperative spirit within a large and/or small team of diverse cultures across a remote organization

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive well-being benefits for you and your family