Accounts Payable Media Specialist

True Media • Columbia, MO

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Media Auditor is responsible for processing and auditing media invoices to ensure accuracy and compliance with the Company’s media orders and insertions. This role involves ensuring the accuracy of media invoicing by auditing media invoices and vendor statements and comparing actuals to original orders and insertions. It also requires communication with media staff and vendors to handle discrepancies such as make-goods and credits in a timely manner. The position assists the Accounting Department with maintaining the vendor database, ensuring payment addresses and vendor contacts are current, and serves as backup for adding new vendors. Additionally, the role ensures all media invoices are received on time, contacts vendors promptly for missing invoices, and obtains and forwards tear sheets and notarized scripts (if required) to designated Accounting Department personnel for client invoicing. Finally, the Accounts Payable Media Specialist is responsible for accurately matching vendor invoices to media invoices for a designated portfolio, filing/scanning as needed.

Requirements

• Demonstrate proficiency with industry tools and systems.
• Ability to communicate efficiently with supervisors and others within the organization.
• Ability to successfully learn through internal training sessions and coaching.
• High School diploma and one year of professional work experience in bookkeeping, accounting, and/or AP experience required.
• Higher education, with an emphasis in bookkeeping and/or entry level accounting or business administration, may be substituted for professional work experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the accuracy of media invoicing by auditing media invoices and vendor statements and comparing actuals to original orders and insertions.
• Communicate with media staff and vendors to handle discrepancies such as make-goods and credits in a timely manner.
• Assist the Accounting Department with maintaining the vendor database, ensuring payment addresses and vendor contacts are current.
• Serve as backup for adding new vendors.
• Ensure all media invoices are received on time.
• Contact vendors promptly for missing invoices.
• Obtain and forward tear sheets and notarized scripts (if required) to designated Accounting Department personnel to be mailed to the client with corresponding invoices.
• Accurately match vendor invoices to media invoices for designated portfolio, filing/scanned.

Benefits

• Amazing opportunities for career development
• Recognition programs
• Employee referral bonus
• Insurance Coverage (medical, dental, vision, life, and disability)
• 401(k) retirement plan, with employer 4% match
• Work/life benefits, including mental health and wellbeing support
• Flexible Time Off Policy
• Paid holidays, including agency soft closing Christmas Eve-New Year's Day
• Paid leave options, including sick leave, medical leave for self and family, and parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED