Accounts Payable Clerk

Standex • Salem, NH

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About The Position

Standex International is a global industrial growth company operating through market-leading brands in electronics, forming technologies, engraving, and scientific refrigeration. The Accounts Payable Clerk manages a specified portion of Standex’s payable portfolio, focusing on completing payments, controlling expenses, resolving disputes, supporting trade finance, and maintaining vendor records in accordance with management policies and procedures.

The role works with vendors and Standex locations to resolve payment issues, reconcile accounts payable transactions, prepare account analyses, and support timely invoice processing. It also involves maintaining territory-specific metrics, building cross-functional relationships, helping improve payment processes across multiple divisions, and assisting with monthly closings and periodic audits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Technical competence with systems and reporting tools.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and under pressure, with a strong commitment to customer service.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for communicating with vendors, subsidiaries, and top management.
• Excellent interpersonal, listening, organizational, and time-management skills.
• Understanding of accounting for payables and ability to perform financial risk assessment analysis.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in accounts payable, process improvement, customer service, manufacturing, and/or business environments.
• Knowledge of or experience with SAP/Epicor.

Responsibilities

• Maintain records of outgoing payments, initiate vendor payments, and resolve differences or discrepancies through direct communication with vendors and Standex locations.
• Reconcile accounts payable transactions and prepare account analyses.
• Research vendor inquiries promptly and communicate with vendors and Standex locations by email, fax, or phone to resolve issues.
• Establish and maintain cross-functional relationships to understand the business and support adoption of policies, procedures, and payment requirements.
• Review and forward information and supporting documentation needed to enable invoice payment.
• Maintain and compile metrics for the managed territory.
• Assist in establishing and managing payment best practices across multiple Standex divisions, keeping current with systems and system improvements.
• Assist with monthly closings and periodic audits as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level