Accounts Payable Clerk

Job Description

Robert Half has an Accounts Payable (A/P) Clerk opportunity in a stimulating work environment with a team of highly skilled professionals. This position works closely and reports to the Accounting Manager and handles all general administrative needs of the AP/Finance Department. The primary focus of this role is matching and batching code, resolving A/P issues, processing expense reports, updating and reconciling sub-ledger to G/L and processing checks are primary areas of focus. Join a fast-growing team in this exciting job opportunity that offers career growth. Based out of the Virginia Beach, Virginia area, the Accounts Payable Clerk will be a long-term contract / temporary to hire opening.

How you will make an impact

- Facilitate internal and external audits as needed

- Open, organize, and distribute department mail daily

- Assist internal business partners with any customer services needs

- Ensure invoices, checks, and other documents are properly sorted, logged, scanned, and filed

- Manage full-cycle A/P

- Execute daily processes and controls accurately and in a timely manner; ensuring compliance with company policies

- Carry out additional tasks as assigned

- Provide administrative assistance to the AP/Finance Department

- Verify, log and send checks, including facilitating special handling- Competent with spreadsheets and databases

- Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills, especially when interacting with those in the technical and financial backgrounds

- Attention to detail and proven ability to follow standard procedures is a requirement

- 2+ years of experience in an A/P role preferred

- AA or BS/BA degree in Accounting, Business or similar preferred

- Numeric data entry experience

- Comprehensive knowledge of Accounts Payable (AP)

- Proficiency in Check Runs

- Bank reconciliations experience preferred