Accounts Payable Specialist
Champions Do More:
At Crash Champions, We Believe the Difference is Trust. Crash Champions is the one of the fastest growing and most exciting brands in the collision repair industry. The company is the largest founder-led multi-shop operator (MSO) of high-quality collision repair service in the U.S., serving customers and business partners at more than 600 state-of-the-art repair centers in 36 states across the U.S. Crash Champions was founded in 1999 as a single Chicago repair center by industry veteran and 2022 MSO Executive of the Year, Matt Ebert.For more information, and to locate a local repair center, visit www.crashchampions.com.
Responsibilities:
JOB PURPOSE: The Accounts Payable Specialist will be responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely processing of payments while supporting our internal teams and external vendors through effective account reconciliation and issue resolution.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Review, verify, and process statements according to payment terms.
- Reconcile accounts payable transactions and monitor accounts to ensure payments are up to date.
- Ensure adherence to internal controls and compliance with company policies and procedures.
- Resolved vendor issues to ensure processing of payments in a timely manner, according to their payment terms.
- Requires a general knowledge of internal processes, reconciliation of statements, posting invoices, creating payment journals, scheduling payments, importing invoices, and explaining remittance statements.
- Provide customer support by responding to billing inquiries via email/phones.
- Utilizing various tools to research and troubleshoot to determine the appropriate solution to inquiries to resolve payment discrepancies.
- Provide support for month-end financial close and reporting, working directly with the accounting team and leaders.
- Taking complete ownership and accountability by assisting, researching, and resolving issues quickly and accurately.
- Other Duties as assigned
Qualifications:
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Associate’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred.
- Experience: Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in accounts payable or a similar role.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel including Pivot Tables/VLOOKUP’s.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to analyze financial data.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
- Ability to identify issues and develop effective solutions.
- Able to maintain high-volume workload efficiently and timely.
- Able to execute several tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to demonstrate discretion and independent judgment when making decisions.
- An energetic, mature, positive person who thrives working independently as well as part of a large team.
Your performance will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the job duties listed in this job description, as well as any job duties not specifically listed above that you may be asked from time to time to perform. The Company has the right to revise this job description at any time.
ATE is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans’ status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law.
Benefits:
The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements and annual updates:
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Group Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- 401k Retirement Plan with match
- Referral Bonus (“Cash From Crash”)
- 5 Paid Holidays