Accounts Payable Clerk
Job Description Summary:
As an Amphenol Energy Technologies, the Accounts Payable Clerk is responsible for ensuring all bills are paid in an efficient and timely manner. Provide administrative and clerical support by processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices, monitoring expenses, and keeping a record of it all for tax purposes.
Knowledge/Skills:
Attention to detail Analytical skills
Mathematical skills
Computer skills
Organizational skills
Communication skills
Knowledge of accounting principles
Proficiency in accounting software
Technical skills like handling purchase orders, vendor invoices, and financial statements
Soft skills such as data entry, spreadsheet experience, and process improvements.
Qualifications – Education/Experience:
High school diploma, GED, or equivalent required Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field a plus
Previous accounts payable experience
Duties/Responsibilities: (Position Specific)
Completes payments and controls expenses by receiving, processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices. Reconciles processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
Charges expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports, recording entries.
Pay vendors by monitoring discount opportunities, verifying federal id numbers, scheduling and preparing checks, and resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation.
Ensures credit is received for outstanding memos.
Issues stop-payments or purchase order amendments.
Pays employees by receiving and verifying expense reports.
Maintains accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.
Verifies vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
Maintains historical records by microfilming and filing documents.
Disburses petty cash by recording entry and verifying documentation.
Reports sales taxes by calculating requirements on paid invoices. Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities.
Accomplishes accounting and organization mission by completing related results as needed. Account Reconciliation, Accounts Payable (AP), Check Runs, Coding Invoices, Data Entry, Invoice Processing, Microsoft Excel, Oracle, QuickBooks, SAP