ACCOUNTS PAYABLE- TEMPORARY

NAVAJO HEALTH FOUNDATION - SAGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.•Ganado, AZ

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Accounts Payable employee works under the general supervision of the Controller or designee to prepare and process accounts payable for Sage Memorial Hospital. In collaboration with the Finance Office team, the employee plans, organizes, and carries out assigned functions that support departmental operations and services. The role uses the Meditech accounting system to ensure accurate General Ledger data for Sage Memorial Hospital and its subsidiaries, and requires maintaining the confidentiality of privileged information. The listed duties are illustrative and not all-inclusive.

Requirements

High school diploma or General Equivalency Diploma.
One year of experience in Accounts Payable; hospital experience preferred.
Successfully pass Employee Health Program requirements and a background investigation.
Attention to detail, thoroughness, organization, and ability to analyze information.
Knowledge of expense tracking, general mathematics, and accounting.
Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with vendors, people from varying social and cultural backgrounds, and coworkers at all levels.
Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing, with staff and the public.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and interpret applicable federal, state, county, and local laws, regulations, and requirements.
Ability to analyze problems, project consequences, identify solutions, and implement recommendations.
Skill operating business computers and office machines, including Windows, Word, Excel, Access, presentation software such as PowerPoint, PC-based computerized accounting software, and data-entry tools.

Nice To Haves

Hospital experience.
Ability to speak the Navajo language and/or familiarity with the Navajo Way.

Responsibilities

Receive, process, verify, and reconcile invoices to complete payments and control expenses.
Verify entries and compare system reports to balances to reconcile processed work.
Analyze invoice and expense reports, charge expenses to accounts and cost centers, and record entries.
Monitor discount opportunities, verify federal ID numbers, schedule and prepare checks, and resolve purchase order, contract, invoice, payment, and documentation discrepancies.
Ensure credit is received for outstanding memos.
Issue stop-payments or purchase order amendments.
Receive and verify employee expense reports and requests for advances, and prepare checks.
Maintain accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.
Reconcile monthly statements and related transactions to verify vendor accounts.
File documents to maintain historical records.
Protect organizational information by maintaining confidentiality.
Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities.
Complete related work that supports accounting and the organization's mission, and perform other duties as required.