A/P Specialist

JLL - Westmont, IL

Position Summary:

Job Summary
The Accounts Payable Specialist (A/P Specialist) will be responsible for accounts payable activities in a high volume, multi-system, energized environment.  The A/P Specialist’s main responsibility will be to enter invoices in order to ensure day-to-day payment obligations are met in a timely and consistent manner.  The A/P specialist must be able to interact effectively with the Facility Managers, Project Managers, Accounting/Finance staff and vendors on a daily basis.
 
Area of Responsibility
 

• General Accounts Payable
  • Process various types of accounts payable transactions including accurate data entry of vendor invoices, expense reports, manual and emergency check requests, wires etc.
  • Process daily and weekly A/P for multiple sites and vendors insuring all deadlines are met in high volume environment.
  • Understand and comply with A.P policies and procedures
  • Monitor and enforce compliance by employees involved in the A/P process.
  • Gather group’s processing metrics on a daily basis.
  • Ensure that each transaction processed has appropriate approval prior to processing
• Customer Service
  • Correspond with suppliers and respond to inquiries.
  • Assist site team, client and vendors with A/P issues or questions as they arise.
• Other
  • Any and all other duties and tasks assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
 

• Education/training
  • High School Diploma or GED, preferred College degree with accounting coursework
• Years of relevant experience
  • 2+ years of accounting experience in a corporate environment; commercial real estate experience preferred
• Skills and knowledge
  • Demonstrated experience interacting with vendors and communicating invoice requirements.
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel (experience with Access a plus)
  • Experience with JDEdwards World or JDEdwards EnterpriseOne platforms a plus.
  • Robust 10 key skills with attention to detail
• Physical work requirements and work conditions
  • Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.

 
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Posted: 30+ days ago

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