ACCOUNTS PAYABLE ASSOCIATESouth ChicagoContract to HirePay:$22 to $28 per hour Job Description The Accounts Payable Clerk records incoming invoices in the payables system and prepares payments for disbursement. This role maintains responsibility for vendor relations and ensures that accounts payable data is collected and processed in a confidential and timely manner. ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage vendor master and ensure information is updated. Call vendor to verify any changes in customer banking information.
- Match bills to purchase orders, identifying and rectifying problems and insuring that correct items and quantities have been received.
- Generate weekly vendor payments via ACH, Wire, or check and mail checks to vendors in a timely fashion.
- Answer vendor inquiries relating to accounts payable matters and reconcile discrepancies. Perform research and provide answers to vendor and/or internal accounts payable inquiries.
- Ensures that necessary information is maintained to ascertain which vendors are subject to 1099 reporting.
- Analyze Goods Received and Invoice Received account for any mismatched goods receipt and invoices.
- Perform general office duties such as answering the telephone, filing, copying, sorting/opening incoming mail, and preparing items for mailing.
- Participate in regulatory compliance activities related to the job function, including quality audits, adverse event reporting for company products, and adherence to Good Documentation Practices for reporting and record keeping.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Requires education generally equivalent to an Associate's degree in Business/Accounting or equivalent work-related experience in accounts payable.
- Requires 1 year of administrative/office work experience
- Requires a high degree of accuracy in the processing of disbursements.
- Must possess excellent data entry skills
- Must be able to work well with others and meet strict deadlines
- Must have a working knowledge of Microsoft office and accounting software
Ascendo is a certified minority owned staffing firm, and we welcome and celebrate diversity. Ascendo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, parental status, military service or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Contact information David Crowley