Accounts Payable Specialist - Jackson, United States - Consumers Energy

Description

Join the diverse and dynamic team that powers Michigan's largest energy provider and one of the nation's largest gas and electric combination utilities. Consumers Energy services 6.8 million of Michigan's 10 million residents - caring for our friends and neighbors in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties. We embrace a cleaner and leaner utility vision focused on eliminating energy waste and adding renewable energy from sources such as wind and solar.

Location:

This position is preferred assigned to One Energy Plaza located in Jackson, MI or Saginaw Service Center located in Saginaw, MI. The candidate must be within a daily commutable distance for the location or willing to relocate.

We are looking for: Accounts Payable Specialist

The Accounts Payable Specialist is responsible for processing invoices through our automated workflow OpenText and owning the document through its life cycle. They will process invoice from invoice receipt to payment processing with a focus on meeting key department metrics. The Accounts Payable will have experience in SAP and automated workflows and will be familiar with various Supply Chain processes such as contract management and purchase order requisitions. Communication skills are critical to this position as there is daily dialog with their teammates, external vendors, and internal clients throughout the Company.

The knowledge and skills involved with this position include but are not limited to:

• Understand accounts payable processes and policies
• Ability to interpret and analyze a wide variety of advanced/difficult departmental/functional/discipline specific information/problems, evaluate alternative courses of action, and recommend appropriate actions to resolve the complex issues/problems
• Ability to execute SAP reports and analyze them to extract meaningful data
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with both internal and external business partners
• Knowledge and/or experience in utility practices and procedures
• Experience using SAP and OpenText workflows
• Takes initiative and results oriented

We encourage you to apply if you have:

• Associates degree in Finance or related field with two (2) or more years of Accounts Payable Processing, SAP. Automated Workflow experience
  • [OR] High School Diploma with six (6) or more years of Accounts Payable Processing, SAP. Automated Workflow experience

In this role, you will:

• Process Account Payable invoices utilizing 2-way and 3-way match
• Issue resolution and follow up on pricing/quantity discrepancies, proper G/L account coding, adherence to contracts, etc.
• Ensure discounts and timely payments of vendor invoices while adhering to departmental procedures
• Other non-essential duties as assigned or may be necessary

Why should you join our team?

At Consumers Energy, we offer more than just a place to work. We foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every day. We're a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose: world class performance delivering hometown service.

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation packages
• Medical, Dental and Vision
• 401k with company match
• Paid parental leave
• Up to 13 paid Holidays
• Paid time off
• Educational Assistance Program

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

We, at CMS Energy, value Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. It is part of our DNA. We treat our employees with respect, we treat each other fairly and we value the opinions of others. We are passionate about building and nurturing an environment where everyone feels included. We don't discriminate. We seek to learn about each other and better understand our unique differences. Our uniqueness makes us authentic. We create safe spaces where everyone can be who they truly are. We invite difficult conversations and uncomfortable topics. We value diverse perspectives; this is what makes us great together. We harbor an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to share their backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. Our Employee Resource Groups, Women's Advisory Panel (WAP), Women's Engineering Network (WEN), Minority Advisory Panel (MAP), Pride Alliance of Consumers Energy (PACE), GENERGY, capable, Interfaith and Veterans Advisory Panel (VAP) are key enablers to living the values of our company culture: Caring, Empowered, Deliberate, Agility, and Ownership.

All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.