Accounts Payable Specialist - St Louis, United States - Hager Companies

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    Job Summary:


    Perform duties required to maintain vendor master, prepare, and process invoices for payment and process checks and other forms of vendor payments.


    Duties/Responsibilities:
    Manage vendor master including adding new vendors, editing existing vendors, and deleting vendors no longer utilized.
    Collect and analyze vendor W-9's ensuring proper compliance with 1099 reporting requirements.
    Assist with vendor payment campaigning and other vendor outreach initiatives.

    Process and post non-PO invoices including ensuring appropriate approval is obtained and invoices are adequately coded with all required financial dimensions.

    Process and post PO invoices ensuring that a two or three-way match of invoices to purchase orders and receivers is performed.

    Review all invoices to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal taxes.

    Organize and manage invoice error resolution including but not limited to missing financial dimensions, missing PO receipts, and quantity and/or price variances.

    Manage compliance with invoice due dates including addressing vendor inquiries, researching overdue balances on vendor statements, and ensuring cash discounts are maximized.

    Process vendor payments including checks, wires, ACHs and virtual card payments.
    Assist with processing and remitting annual form 1099s.
    Perform ad-hoc reporting of accounts payable and/or vendor metrics as requested by management.
    Assist with the month end close process including but not limited to quantification of accrued liabilities and in-transit inventory.


    Education/Knowledge:
    High

    School

    diploma/GED


    Experience:
    Minimum of one year accounting experience in similar position. Familiarity with sales and use tax. Prior experience in manufacturing environment preferred. Prior experience with accounting software systems is preferred (Microsoft Dynamics 365).


    Skills:
    Proficient with computers and basic software packages such as Microsoft Office, Excel, and Word. Must have strong communication skills, be organized, and detail oriented. Must be dependable and work well in a team. Must be proficient with a 10-key calculator and have excellent data entry skills and accuracy.


    Physical Requirements:
    Normal office environment which requires the ability to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, and see.

    May involve the ability to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects of up to 15 to 20 pounds, infrequently.


    Affirmative Action/EEO statement:
    Hager Companies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

    All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

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    clearance requirements:
    Hager Companies does not offer work authorization visa sponsorship for this position.

    Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire and maintain work authorization throughout the employment term.

    If you have questions regarding this, please contact Human Resources.

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