Accounts Payable Specialist - Champaign, United States - Busey Bank

Description

Position Summary
The Accounts Payable Specialist is responsible for performing the invoice payment cycle. This includes everything from opening the mail/email, scanning the invoices, entering the information in accounting software, prioritizing payments, reviewing entries, and processing payments. These duties must be done in a timely, efficient manner within established policies and procedures.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Review accounts payable invoices for proper approval and route unapproved invoices for appropriate approval.
• Analyze, understand, and pay invoices.
• Maintain records of financial transactions. Be able to provide those records to other departments when needed.
• Review internal employee expense reimbursements for proper supporting documentation of expense and process in a timely manner.
• Assign appropriate general ledger account distribution to invoices.
• Request information and documentation from vendors.
• Verify receipt of vendor invoices billed on monthly statements and match charge or service tickets to vendor statements.
• Data entry of vendor invoices into accounts payable software system, including intercompany payables.
• Review and verify that data entered in accounts payable software matches invoice and vendor information.
• Prepare checks and ACH payment files, complete check payment processing.
• Answer Associate questions on general ledger accounts, reimbursements, mileage, expense reimbursement forms, notary, and paid invoices in a timely manner.
• Respond to emails and phones calls from vendors & coworkers in a timely manner.
• Perform company-required training.
• Maintain and safeguard company assets.
• Research prior transaction
• Be familiar with Busey Policies, especially the Capital, Purchasing, and Expense Approval Policy and the Travel and Business Expense Reimbursement Policy.

Education & Experience

Ability to:

• Complete work accurately to prevent/limit number of errors
• Maintain confidentiality of information
• Perform duties under frequent time pressures and high work volume
• Solve problems independently while applying logic and discretion
• Bring positive energy to the workplace with a high level of commitment and exceptional customer service.

Education and Training:

• Requires Associate's degree, preferably in business related field.
• Requires experience (coursework or work experience) in accounting or accounts payable.
• Knowledge of accounts payable software is preferred.
• Requires knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Busey values a diverse and inclusive workplace and strives to recruit, develop and retain individuals with exceptional talent. A team with diverse talent, working together, is essential to Busey's commitment of delivering service excellence. Busey is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets. Visit to learn more about Busey's Equal Opportunity Employment.