Food Management Search Looking for Accounts Payable Specialist – Temp/Contract Assignment (Remote) at Ohio Full Time

Accounts Payable Specialist – Contractor/Temp

Remote (WFH stating in June once training is complete)

Parma OH

Responsibilities:

Completes payments and controls expenses by receiving, processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices.
Perform all aspects of the accounts payable function by matching purchase orders to invoices; including reviewing requests, preparing, and routing for approval; coding invoices and prepare and process checks for multiple units of the company; and enter and upload invoices into system.
Track and process expense reports and charge expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports; recording entries.
Pays vendors by monitoring discount opportunities; verifying federal id numbers; scheduling and preparing checks; resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation; insuring credit is received for outstanding memos; issuing stop-payments or purchase order amendments.
Pays employees by receiving and verifying expense reports and requests and prepares checks.
Maintains accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions; reconciles processed work by comparing system reports to balances.
Reports sales taxes by calculating requirements on paid invoices.
Post transactions to journals, ledgers and other records; assist with month end closing; prepare analysis of accounts.
Research discrepancies of financial information and/or documentation for the purpose of ensuring accuracy and adhering to procedures prior to processing for payment.
Monitors account balances for the purpose of ensuring the availability of funds and classification of expenditures.
Support various accounting functions, other account reconciliations, deferred expenses, and other accounting functions. Responds to inquiries from a variety of sources (e.g. employees, customers, vendors, auditors, etc.) for the purpose of resolving problems, providing information and/or referring to appropriate personnel.
Prepares moderately complex spreadsheets as requested.
Maintains a wide variety of fiscal information, files and records (e.g. ledgers, reports, etc.) and update vendor database for the purpose of providing an up-to-date reference and audit trail for compliance.

Requirements:

1+ years Accounts Payable experience
Experience with cash applications
Strong attention to detail is a MUST
Must be willing to train onsite then the role is 100% remote by the end of June
This is a Contract Assignment. Temp to Hire is possible but not a guarantee