Accounts Payable Clerk (Contract)

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Reports to: Accounting Manager

Position type: Contract (Fix Term with possible extention)

Description: Perform data entry, scanning, filing and specific duties related to processing general ledger, accounts payable, or accounts receivable transactions.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

Clark Builders

• Validate invoices for accuracy and process them in a timely manner
• Manage overhead invoice processing and resolve rejected invoices
  • Administer the Accounts Payable inbox:
  • Respond to vendor inquiries and resolve disputes
  • Reconcile vendor statements and request missing invoices
  • Process invoice adjustments
• Review and process employee expense reports weekly using Concur
  • Follow up with employees for missing documentation or clarification
  • Assist project accountants with compiling backup for client billings
• Reconcile company credit card transactions

NorthStar Equipment Rentals

• Process invoices and perform cheque runs
• Manage the Accounts Payable inbox, including vendor inquiries, invoice intake, and internal requests
• Perform vendor statement reconciliations
• Handle new vendor setup and credit application processing

Additional Duties & responsibilities:

• Facilitate timely and accurate data entry processing.
• Provide shared services assistance for all financial processes and timely communication with profit centers, vendors, customers, and third party affiliates.
• Process documents with understanding of policy requirements. Ensure accuracy of data batches and distribute for final review and approval.
• Assist in preparation and maintenance of all financial reports associated with project or department.
• Run monthly reports, assist with preparation of reconciliations and necessary journal entries.
• Complete transactional activities for processing and filing intercompany charges.
• Perform month end closing activities including verifying ledgers for accuracy.
• Finance Reporting (HQ): Perform general ledger journal entries, record and reconcile cash activity, report unclaimed property report and joint venture consolidation.
• Financial Center Accounts Payable: Assist in vendor set-up and validation, process accounts payable transactions.
• Financial Center Accounts Receivable: Process applications and cash receipts, banking, monthly close activities, process accounts receivable transactions.
• Financial Center General Ledger: Maintain general ledger transactions including intercompany charges, fixed assets, sales & use tax, and PP&E.
• International: Assist in preparation of application for payment.
• Operational Finance (Profit Centers): Assist in preparation of application for payment.
• Tax: Prepare and review of tax returns, assist in tax compliance and reporting, research, and document retention.
• Treasury: Prepare daily cash activity including deposits and outgoing wires.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree and 2 years relevant experience or equivalent combination of education, training and/or experience
• General knowledge basic accounting principles
• Must be accountable to escalate issues promptly, learn and apply knowledge quickly, and meet deadlines
• Must be highly organized, detail oriented, maintain accuracy, and self-check work
• Able to work independently, with some oversight, and in team environment
• Must follow established procedures and execute directions to completion without need of follow up by management
• Must have good work ethic and integrity, be dependable, adaptable, cooperative, and motivated to take on new responsibilities
• Professional written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient with computer applications, Microsoft Office, and general office skills

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of the required duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs, passenger use of construction personnel hoists, ability to climb ladders and negotiate work areas under construction. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Employee must occasionally lift and/or move heavy weight.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.

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