Accounts Payable Specialist

Genuine Parts Company•Plainfield, NJ

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

North America Global Business Services is seeking an Accounts Payable Specialist to support daily accounting operations, with emphasis on accounts payable, reconciliations, vendor payments, and billing discrepancies. This role maintains accurate financial records and supporting documentation for audit, tax, and management reporting.

Requirements

High School Diploma with one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read, analyze and interpret common accounting procedures.
Must have excellent phone and verbal communication skills to assist vendors and customers.
Ability to solve practical problems.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or schedule form.
Strong data entry skills.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel software.
Ability to maintain effective and positive relationships and be committed to customer satisfaction.
Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing.
Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.

Responsibilities

Compile, update and distribute required financial reports as applicable to assigned locations; including Recurring spreadsheets, vendor statement reconciliation summary.
Organize, file and maintain accounting files.
Verify accuracy of billing data and revise/resolve any document discrepancies (i.e.: out of balance quantity errors, un-reconciled variances, product received but not paid, etc.).
Obtain invoice approval utilizing internal document flows, according to documented processes.
Respond to inquiries, communicate with and provide above average customer service to suppliers, and location personnel.
Reviews, reconciles, and research supplier statements for assigned locations, as well as, actively seek and secure missing statements.
Performs data entry into various systems for assigned locations (inventory and freight).
Responsible for housekeeping of work area.
Date entry for processing invoices.
Date Entry into excel for processing Direct Directs, Credits and NUC.
Create sales order and purchase orders for associate stores.
Confirm, receive and invoice jobber invoices and match with vendor’s invoice
Scan and email files to Regions.
Code, enter and scan AP invoices for all regions. (Directs, TW, ME, MI, and CA.
Organize and verify all Traction Pcard transactions and reconcile to BOA statement.
Retrieve Traction Accounting emails and distribute accordingly.
Process check requests for NAPA stores and Credit Union payments.
Sort and distribute mail.
Other duties as assigned.