Accounts Payable Specialist

Qualifications
Accounts Payable Clerk Qualifications
AP Experience
Excel: Basic Experience
System: AS400
Responsibilities
Our client in the transportation and logistics industry is looking for an Accounts Payable Clerk to join their team on a Contract-to-Hire basis
The Accounts Payable Clerk will be responsible for processing a high volume of invoices daily
Process a high volume of invoices – same days can be 100-150 daily & other days can be about 50 daily (this depends on the complexity of the discrepancies & accounts)
Invoices are automatically scanned in, if they match then they can quickly move on to the next invoice
There are some basic scanning errors that require some invoices to be fixed – real simple
There are other scanning discrepancies that require more time to fix the issue which includes: communicate with external vendors regarding statement of work errors, quantity errors etc…
There are typically 500 invoices loaded in each que (doesn’t expect to get though every invoice, there’s plenty of work and there’s no down time)
Majority of invoices are straight forward with 1 line item, some invoices can have up to 5 line items per invoice
Vendor reconciliations
Backup to check runs
They have someone whose primary responsibility is performing daily check runs but this person will be trained to be served as a backup in case someone is out of office or taking PTO
Job description
Brilliant Financial Staffing has been engaged in the search for an Accounts Payable Clerk. Our client in the transportation and logistics industry is looking for an Accounts Payable Clerk to join their team on a Contract-to-Hire basis. The Accounts Payable Clerk will be responsible for processing a high volume of invoices daily. Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply immediately!

Accounts Payable Clerk Responsibilities
• Process a high volume of invoices – same days can be 100-150 daily & other days can be about 50 daily (this depends on the complexity of the discrepancies & accounts)
• Invoices are automatically scanned in, if they match then they can quickly move on to the next invoice. There are some basic scanning errors that require some invoices to be fixed – real simple. There are other scanning discrepancies that require more time to fix the issue which includes: communicate with external vendors regarding statement of work errors, quantity errors etc…
• There are typically 500 invoices loaded in each que (doesn’t expect to get though every invoice, there’s plenty of work and there’s no down time)
• Majority of invoices are straight forward with 1 line item, some invoices can have up to 5 line items per invoice. All domestic invoices, no international
• Vendor reconciliations
• Backup to check runs. They have someone whose primary responsibility is performing daily check runs but this person will be trained to be served as a backup in case someone is out of office or taking PTO.

Accounts Payable Clerk Qualifications

Must Haves
• AP Experience
• Excel: Basic Experience

Nice to haves:
• Freight Experience - Highly Preferred
• System: AS400