AP Finance Associate

Atmus • Cookeville, TN

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About The Position

Assists the accounts payable team with more complex tasks related to the efficient maintenance and processing of accounts payable transactions. Performs activities under minimal supervision.

Requirements

• Experience with MS Office products, including Outlook and Excel
• Ability to run reports and export data from web-based tools
• Ability to communicate clearly and escalate issues timely
• Ability to collaborate and partner with people to solve problems
• Detail-oriented focus to support investigations of unmatched and unpaid activity
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, and escalate risks to deadlines if/when they arise
• High school diploma required, secondary education or equivalent work experience highly preferred

Responsibilities

• Execute Error Correction (EC) processes daily to ensure 3-way match processes for timely payment processing (within payment terms) and timely sales invoicing. 3-way match is defined as matching purchase/sales orders, physical receipts/shipments, and supplier/sales invoicing. The 3 way match must occur before payments are released to suppliers or received from customers.
• Monitor, communicate, and escalate as needed unmatched activity trends and provide reporting on aging of unmatched activity
• Engage with suppliers to support payment requests and timely verification and resolution
• Learn and understand root causes of unmatched activities and escalate issues and opportunities to leadership to mitigate problems creating barriers to 3 way matching processes
• Participate in monthly meetings to review trends and aging activity and collect controller ap proval.
• Provide support for vendor/supplier inquiries regarding payments, partnering with cross-functional teams as needed to resolve issues for timely payables processing
• Engage with materials and receiving teams as needed to confirm physical receipts/shipments and ordering details.
• Partner closely with Eastern Distribution Center (EDC) leaders to support compliance with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) for any investigations of discrepancies between sales and/or purchase orders, shipment paperwork, physical receipts, and sales invoicing.

What This Job Offers

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