Accounts Payable Specialist - Chattanooga - ref. i86448115
Why Us?:
With a mantra of Empowering Human Potential, Hanger, Inc. is the world's premier provider of orthotic and prosthetic (O&P) services and products, offering the most advanced O&P solutions, clinically differentiated programs and unsurpassed customer service.Hanger's Patient Care segment is the largest owner and operator of O&P patient care clinics nationwide. Through its Products & Services segment, Hanger distributes branded and private label O&P devices, products and components, and provides rehabilitative solutions to the broader market.
With 160 years of clinical excellence and innovation, Hanger's vision is to lead the orthotic and prosthetic markets by providing superior patient care, outcomes, services and value. Collectively, Hanger employees touch thousands of lives each day, helping people achieve new levels of mobility and freedom.
Could This Be For You?:
We are seeking an experienced and reliable Accounts Payable Specialist who understands the unique factors involved in processing accounts payable for one of more of our business units and demonstrates knowledge and experience in accounting, using independence and judgement to recognize and resolve problems.An ideal candidate will be able to apply their strong excel skills and analytical thinking to improve the AP company’s procedures and process flows. This candidate should be very detail oriented, possess excellent organizational skills, and be able to demonstrate full ownership of their work.
The Accounts Payable Specialist IV checks and verifies cost accounting, account payable records, prepares invoices and vouchers, types, files, posts ledger and general journal entries, and/or balances accounts payable and accounts receivable records.Uses office-automated systems to input data, generate reports, conduct specialized research projects and respond to inquiries. May reconcile difficult accounts. May maintain a complete and systematic set of transactions in a specific phase of accounting.
Your Impact:
Responsibilities:
- Process accounts payable using accounting software and other programs. Entering all AP and cash receipts with backup for invoices.
- Reconciling accounts and process adjustments.
- Working with internal personnel and vendors to reconcile discrepancies, match, review, and verify invoices to purchase orders/receiving reports following established procedures for processing receipt
- Code invoices per expense accounts and forward for approval.
- Prepare, balance and process weekly check runs for multiple companies Promptly research and resolve problems/queries with inside buyers and vendors
- Research past payments for administration or auditors.
- File check copies.
- Support the company in optimizing its financial transactions and systems.
- Assist in streamlining and improving the accounts payable process.
- Exercise integrity and confidentiality in financial reporting.
- Comply with national and local financial regulations.
- Determines methods and procedures on new assignments
- Perform other duties as requested.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum 2 years of experience: Proven working experience in Accounts Payable.
- Associate’s degree in accounting or equivalent training, education and experience beyond high school required.
Additional Success Factors:
- Strong working knowledge of general accounting, finance and bookkeeping principles and practices.
- Excellent organizational ability required to handle multiple priorities and unexpected interruptions.
- Ability to meet deadlines and perform effectively under pressure.
- Excellent customer service ability.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Proficiencies must include Microsoft Office, including Excel, and accounting software.
- Strong mathematical and analytical skills.
- Superb time management skills and detail orientation.
- Must work well in a team environment.
- Excellent communications skills, including verbal and written.
- Highly organized with the ability to meet deadlines, establish priorities and work effectively under pressure.
- Must be a self-starter with ability to follow projects through to implementation.
- Strong desire to learn; self-motivated; takes initiative and can work independently.
- Ability to be flexible with work assignments and work schedules.
- Ability to handle stressful situation in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
- Ability to resolve interpersonal conflict and miscommunications in a professional manner to ensure optimal outcomes.
- Always act with integrity in all ways and all times, remaining honest, transparent, and respectful in all relationships.
- Keep the patient at the center of everything that you do, building lifelong trust.
- Foster open collaboration and constructive dialogue with everyone around you.
- Continuously innovate new solutions, influencing and responding to change.
- Focus on superior outcomes and calibrate work processes for outstanding results.
Our Investment in You:
Pay based on experience level.
Benefits:- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location/ Physical setting: In person/Office.
Hanger, Inc. is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship. All conditions and privileges of employment are administered to all employees without discrimination or harassment because of race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, special disabled veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances.
The company will comply with all applicable state or local fair employment laws that forbid discrimination or harassment on the basis of other protected characteristics. Retaliation against any employee for filing or supporting a complaint of discrimination or harassment is prohibited.
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