Accounts Payable Clerk
We are looking for a meticulous and organized Accounts Payable Clerk to join our team in Seaside, California. As part of a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting education, you will play a vital role in managing financial transactions and ensuring accurate vendor disbursements. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to a collaborative and mission-driven environment. Responsibilities include processing vendor payments, reimbursements, and disbursements for staff, faculty, and students in accordance with organizational policies. You will verify and match purchase orders with invoices, ensuring accuracy before entering them into accounting software. Maintaining detailed records of all accounts payable transactions, adhering to departmental deadlines, is also part of your role. Reviewing and coding invoices appropriately to ensure proper allocation of expenses, preparing and executing check runs, ensuring timely payments to vendors and other stakeholders, and collaborating with internal departments to resolve discrepancies and clarify invoice issues are also key responsibilities. Assisting in month-end closing activities related to accounts payable, ensuring compliance with financial regulations and organizational procedures in all aspects of accounts payable, and contributing to process improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency of the accounts payable function are also required. Performing additional administrative tasks as needed to support the accounting team is part of the job.
Requirements include proven experience in accounts payable or a similar financial role, strong understanding of coding invoices and managing check runs, proficiency in invoice processing and accounting software, exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail, ability to meet deadlines and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment, strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with internal teams and vendors, familiarity with financial regulations and compliance standards, and a bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field, or equivalent work experience preferred.