Accounts Payable Lead

The Woodruff Arts Center•Provo, UT

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Woodruff Arts Center employees play an integral role in creating and supporting great art and education initiatives at the nation’s third largest arts center. Comprised of three Art Partners—Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and High Museum of Art—there’s a role for everyone at The Woodruff. This position works with the Assistant Controller and assists in responding to information requests by management and for auditing purposes. The responsibility for this position is for accounting operations with a focus on Accounts Payable and supporting partners. The focus includes maintaining financial records and reports, accounts payable management and timely close, processing accounts payable payments and expense reports, performing account reconciliations, and managing monthly and yearly close processes. To be successful as an accounting coordinator, you should be able to perform accounts payable functions and ensure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). An outstanding accounting coordinator should also have excellent communication, organizational, and analytical skills.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting.
3 or more years of accounting experience.
Experience working in Accounts Payables, expense reporting, and bank reconciliations
Advanced proficiency in excel
Excellent communication skills and the ability to listen to, comprehend, and execute tasks in a timely and effective way.
Professionally curious individual eager to solve problems and grow skillset.
Able to work independently or in a team-setting with a high level of attention to detail, analytical skills, sense of urgency, and ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Workday a plus.

Responsibilities

Maintaining financial reports, records, and general ledger accounts.
Preparing journal entries, analyses, and balance sheet account reconciliations and assisting with monthly and yearly close processes; ensuring timely close of accounts payable.
Verify and investigate discrepancies, if any, by reconciling corporate credit card payable, credit card clearing, prepaid expense, and other financial accounts.
Reconcile the accounts payable ledger to ensure that all bills and payments are accounted for and properly posted.
Assist in completing new corporate credit card requests.
Obtain and review proper information regarding invoices to be completed for payment.
Process outgoing payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures.
Perform day to day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, and recording accounts payable data.
Understand expense accounts and cost centers.
Understand compliance issues around accounts payable processes (W-9, sales tax, etc.).
Provide other clerical support necessary to pay the obligations of the organization (annuity payments, sales tax payments, etc.).
Post business transactions, process invoices, verify financial data for use in maintaining accounts payable records.
Ensure the accuracy of an organization’s financial documents for payment, auditing, and tax purposes.
Protect businesses against unintentional overpayment.
Meeting processing and reporting deadlines.
Practice effective monitoring to ensure payments are made to vendors in a timely manner.
Analyze current procedures and recommend changes to develop and implement best practice accounting procedures.
Other duties as assigned.