About the Role
This role primarily handles processing chargeback invoices payable to distributors and attending to AP inquiries and reconciliations. The AP Specialist must be a well-organized team player and ensure accuracy across all tasks. This position will have both a day-to-day and ongoing impact on financial transactions, working closely with our distributor partners and our Sales organization. This role will be responsible for the daily maintenance and end-to-end process flow of our Concur Invoice system for distributor invoicing, which primarily supports the Accounting & Finance team, as well as responding to distributor and vendor inquiries.
Responsibilities
- Act as Concur Invoice Administrator ensuring invoices flow through the system properly and into SAP; determine & validate G/L expense coding, and generate reports for distributor invoices issued to the organization
- Manage the Finance email inbox by addressing and submitting all invoices that come in according to internal deadlines and filing the respective emails.
- Responsible for the tracking of all Chargeback invoices, maintaining up-to-date commentary, and ensuring invoices get through the full approval process in a timely manner.
- Adhere to month-end close and other internal deadlines.
- Respond to distributor/vendor inquiries and reconcile aging statements; research and correct discrepancies by returning/acknowledging phone calls and e-mails promptly and providing responses and resolutions swiftly.
- Maintain high level of communication with internal and external stakeholders, and build positive working relationships with distributor partners and vendors
- Manage multiple projects simultaneously and deliver timely results to a high standard.
- Maintain files and documentation accurately, in accordance with company policy.
- Provide support/assistance during internal and external audits.
- Develop process efficiencies surrounding all AP functions
- Perform special tasks and projects as needed.
- Generate reports for use by senior management, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
- Provide backup and coverage for the wider AP and AR team as needed
Requirements
- BA/BS degree preferred
- 3-5 years experience in Accounts Payable/Accounting
- Expertise in SAP (or equivalent ERP) is a plus
- Knowledge of Concur Invoice or similar electronic invoice management system is a plus
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word
Skills
- Passionate
- Team player
- Eager to learn and grow
- Self-motivated
- Professional
- Organized
- Excellent interpersonal and oral/written communication skills
- Committed to continuous process improvement
- Open to change
- Results driven
- Strong initiative
- Maintains appropriate sense of urgency
- Attention to detail
- Constant desire for accuracy including multiple check points
- Organizational & time management skills
- Effective judgment in prioritizing and time allocation
- Ability to query data
- Compile reports
- Provide analysis
- Undeterred by challenges lacking a standard solution
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Three days in the office
- Two days remote
Experience Level
- 3-5 years
Education Level
- BA/BS degree preferred
