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AP / AR Specialist
Job Description
AP / AR Specialist
Tasks:
Manage accounts payable by receiving, processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices.
Ensure timely billing of services and products to clients for accounts receivable management.
Post customer payments by recording cash, checks, and credit card transactions.
Verify the validity of account discrepancies by obtaining and investigating information from sales, trade promotions, customer service departments, and customers.
Resolve valid or authorized deductions by entering adjusting entries and resolving invalid or unauthorized deductions by following pending deductions procedures.
Update receivables by totaling unpaid invoices and maintaining invoice accounts; coordinating monthly transfer to accounts receivable account; verifying totals; preparing a report.
Maintain historical records by filing documents and keeping track of all payments and expenditures, including purchase orders, invoices, and statements.
Pay vendors by scheduling and preparing checks, and resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation.
Ensure credit is received for outstanding memos, issuing stop-payments or purchase order amendments.
Report sales taxes by calculating requirements on paid invoices.
AP / AR Specialist
Qualifications:
Proven working experience as an accounts payable/accounts receivable specialist.
Solid understanding of basic bookkeeping and accounting payable/receivable principles.
Proven ability to calculate, post, and manage accounting figures and financial records.
Data entry skills along with a knack for numbers.
Hands-on experience with spreadsheets and proprietary software.
Proficiency in English and in MS Office, with aptitude in using financial software (e.g., QuickBooks).
High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
BS degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration.
Understanding of applicable laws and best practices for collection and payment processes.
