Accounts Payable Specialist

IKO North America•Mississauga, ON

33d•$53,000 - $63,000

About The Position

IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality, integrity, and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success, and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values. People like you! Job Description Department Summary The Accounts Payable Specialist interacts with Buyers, Receivers, and Approvers in order to process vendor invoices and manage vendor payments on a timely basis for a defined portfolio of vendors across North America. Position Summary The North American Accounts Payable Department is looking for an energetic detail oriented, organized individual to join the team located in Mississauga ON. The Accounts Payable Specialist is responsible for daily entry of invoices to our ERP system ensuring a match to an accrual, or through workflow approval. This key role involves interaction with business users with gathering and providing detailed information on invoices as well as vendor inquiries about their account.

Requirements

3+ years of hands on full cycle accounts payable experience in an ERP environment
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
Excellent interpersonal skills
Self-starter, demonstrated ability to identify and solve problems
Attention to detail and well organized
Intermediate, or above, Excel / Word user

Nice To Haves

ERP experience an asset: JD Edwards, Concur, Inspyrus AP Automation, Degama

Responsibilities

Process daily invoice entry into our ERP system, ensuring the invoice matches against the system PO and system receiving document
Where a PO is not required, the AP Specialist manages the approval process, routing the invoices to appropriate individuals for approval and following up to ensure invoices are paid within the desired time frame
Verify and process employee expense claims in Concur, and ensuring posting to our ERP system for prompt payment
Responsible for managing payment runs minimum 3 times per month, ensuring all vendors are paid on their due dates if approved in our ERP system
Manage any special payment runs to capture discounts or payments that are required to prevent operations issues (eg. credit limit or service shut down)
Sort and separate any cheque payments and deliver to the appropriate person/group for signing approval, electronic copies etc.
Work with our procurement team(s) as well as vendors to manage any invoices with issues or missing approvals
Reconciling vendor’s account statements when submitted to AP
Answering vendor related questions on a timely basis
Monthly review of un-cashed cheques and un-invoiced receipts report from the finance team
For any non-automated ERP system, maintain filing and backup in an organized manner, and manage storage filing once per year