Global Accounts Payable for a large global professional service firm

Global Accounts Payable

Job Description

A global professional services organization seeks a Global Accounts Payable Coordinator to join their dynamic team. This role will be responsible for providing support to the Accounts Payable (“AP”) Specialists, while acting as firm resource regarding accounts payable questions and issues and demonstrating proficiency as a subject matter expert in one or more applications or areas of operational accounting.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting with troubleshooting and providing guidance and direction to beginning employees
• Answering questions and directing correspondence to the appropriate individual; coordinating and communicating with practice office accounting requests and providing progress updates
• Processing and coordinating expense reimbursements electronically for assigned practice offices
• Reviewing firm credit card program statement reconciliations for proper approvals, backup, and coding; working with individual cardholders regarding reconciliation errors and omissions
• Maintaining, filing, and coordinating A/P records in agreement with firm’s policies and procedures

Qualifications:

• Exhibit well-developed and professional interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the firm
• Demonstrate the ability to mentor and assist with beginning members of the accounts payable team
• Possess thorough knowledge of bookkeeping procedures such as posting, balancing, debits and credits, and journal entries
• A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, or a related field, a minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a Bachelor’s degree
• A minimum of six (6) years of relevant accounting experience in areas involving A/P processes and practices
• A minimum of one (1) year of experience with electronic (EDI) vendor processing
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