Accounts Payable Specialist
Bowery Residents' Committee
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- Location
- Manhattan, NY
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 9
- 11 days ago
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About the company
Bowery Residents' Committee
Information technology and services · 51 to 200 employees
What you'll do
- Handle assigned vendor accounts
- Process invoices, verify financial data for use in maintaining accounts payable records, and provide other clerical support necessary to pay the obligations of the organization
- Clarify any questionable invoice items, prices or receiving signatures
- Obtain proper information and/or data regarding invoice payments
- Assemble invoices to be completed for payment
- Verify and calculate all extensions and totals on invoices (calculating and taking discounts when applicable)
- Review invoices and requisitions for satisfactory payment approval
- Check vendor files for any previous payments
- Maintain copies of vouchers, invoices or correspondence necessary for BRC records
- Prepare journal entries listing invoice number, date, vendor address, item description, amounts and coding per accounting policies and procedures
- Reconcile vendor statements
- Prepare supporting schedules for annual financial audits and as required
- Assist with month end financial close
- Related duties as assigned
What you need
- BA in Accounting or Finance preferred
- 2+ years' related experience preferred
- Organization, prioritization skills
- attention to detail with analytical skill
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Confidentiality
- Problem solving skills
- Ability to complete work on schedule
- High level of comfort and proficiency working with automated financial systems and Microsoft Excel. Experience with an accounting software a plus.
- Basic understanding of principles of finance, bookkeeping and accounting
- Education: a bachelor's degree
Key skills
Microsoft Excelautomated financial systemsaccounting softwareOrganizationprioritization skillsattention to detailanalytical skillConfidentialityProblem solving skillsfinancebookkeepingaccounting
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DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Handle assigned vendor accounts
Process invoices, verify financial data for use in maintaining accounts payable records, and provide other clerical support necessary to pay the obligations of the organization
Clarify any questionable invoice items, prices or receiving signatures
Obtain proper information and/or data regarding invoice payments
Assemble invoices to be completed for payment
Verify and calculate all extensions and totals on invoices (calculating and taking discounts when applicable)
Review invoices and requisitions for satisfactory payment approval
Check vendor files for any previous payments
Maintain copies of vouchers, invoices or correspondence necessary for BRC records
Prepare journal entries listing invoice number, date, vendor address, item description, amounts and coding per accounting policies and procedures
Reconcile vendor statements
Prepare supporting schedules for annual financial audits and as required
Assist with month end financial close
Related duties as assigned
HOURS:
Full-time 35 hours per week
Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm
QUALIFICATIONS:
BA in Accounting or Finance preferred
2+ years' related experience preferred
Organization, prioritization skills
attention to detail with analytical skill
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to meet deadlines
Confidentiality
Problem solving skills
Ability to complete work on schedule
High level of comfort and proficiency working with automated financial systems and Microsoft Excel. Experience with an accounting software a plus.
Basic understanding of principles of finance, bookkeeping and accounting