Specialist, Accounting Asset Protection Services

Walgreens • Deerfield, IL

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About The Position

As a Specialist in Accounting Asset Protection Services, your responsibilities will go beyond traditional invoice processing and focus on cost optimization, audit-level review, and strategic vendor analysis. You will play a critical role in identifying duplicate payments, overbilling, and cost-saving opportunities across a nationwide vendor base. The cores responsibilities for the position include the following: Review and process invoices with a strong emphasis on accuracy and validation. Conduct detailed research to identify duplicate payments, pricing discrepancies, and overcharges and billing issues. Analyze vendor spend patterns to uncover cost-saving opportunities. Partner with internal teams and vendors to resolve discrepancies and recover funds. Maintain strong documentation and audit trails for findings and adjustments. Recommend and help implement process improvements that drive efficiency and savings. Monitor ongoing vendor activity to ensure compliance with agreed pricing/contracts.

Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED.
• Basic level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: opening a workbook, inserting a row, selecting font style and size, formatting cells as currency, using copy, paste and save functions, aligning text, selecting cells, renaming a worksheet, inserting a column, selecting a chart style, inserting a worksheet, setting margins, selecting page orientation, using spell check and/or printing worksheets).
• Experience providing customer service to internal and external customers, including meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Experience with transactional accounting.
• Experience with SAP accounting software.
• At least 2 years of experience in an accounts payable position.
• Basic skill level in Microsoft PowerPoint (for example: inserting, rearranging, hiding and deleting slides, navigating between slides, increasing list level, adding, centering and editing text, changing views, inserting a table or a note, moving objects, printing outline view and/or running a slide show).
• Basic level skill in Microsoft Word (for example: opening a document, cutting, pasting and aligning text, selecting font type and size, changing margins and column width, sorting, inserting bullets, pictures and dates, using find and replace, undo, spell check, track changes, review pane and/or print functions).
• Intermediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, setting borders, setting column width, inserting charts, using text wrap, sorting, setting headers

Responsibilities

• Processes routine accounting transactions, including creating work orders for capital projects, that require a basic knowledge of the process flows in the department.
• Responsible to track and report payments processed and supply payment information to local municipalities.
• Send and track notifications to service providers to cancel services when required.
• Helps run basic reports following routine processes.
• Verifies information on forms, vouchers or other accounting documents as well as in systems according to process guidelines.
• Enters and validates data into systems and system setups.
• Processes transactions and enters them into a computerized system.
• Follows processes and performs transactions with a high degree of accuracy
• Handles a large volume of basic transactions.
• May assist more senior specialists in processing more complex transactions and in auditing work.
• Contacts internal and external departments for required information and proper escalation of payment issues.
• Provides updates to customers and team members on status of payments.
• Handles incoming inquiries via email or phone.

Benefits

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What This Job Offers

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