Accounts Payable (Ap) Specialist I

Peak Vista Community Health Centers is a non-profit health care organization whose mission is to provide exceptional health care to people facing access barriers through clinical programs and education. We provide integrated health care services including medical, dental and behavioral health through our 22 outpatient health centers. We deliver care with our strong "Hospitality" culture. Our organization has over 800 employees and serves more than 81,500 patients annually in the Pikes Peak and East Central regions of Colorado. Our service area covers 14 counties, from the front range to the Kansas border, with locations throughout Colorado Springs, Fountain, Flagler, Divide, Limon and Strasburg. Peak Vista is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC).
Compensation (Pay): $17.18 to $24.91/hourly, based on experience.
Summary of Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD
• 403(b) Retirement with Company Match
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance
• Perks Rewards
• Employee Assistance Program

https://www.peakvista.org/careers/employee-benefits-guide
Job Summary: Responsible for providing support of Accounts Payable processes.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Obtains and maintains vendor W-9s.
• Assists with generating 1099's.
• Scans, disburses and tracks invoices.
• Reviews and keys invoices, check requests, mileage reimbursements and patient refunds.
• Prepares and issues payments to include checks, ACH transfers, and electronic funds transfer (EFT) payments.
• Matches invoices to checks for release.
• Performs month-end Accounts Payable closing processes.
• Reviews POs for correct coding and grant tracking within financial accounting system.
• Performs vendor account analysis.
• Communicates with internal and external customers and vendors in a professional manner.
• Assists with daily cash count and petty cash duties as needed.
• Assists with cashier audits as needed.
• Monitors periodically outstanding POs for duplicates and aging trends/patterns to determine which POs have not been vouchered to invoices.
• Promotes and demonstrates the mission, vision, and Core Values of Peak Vista.
• Develops and maintains good working relationships with all departments, the management team, medical staff, and leadership.
• Embraces cultural diversity amongst ourselves and our community.
• Responsible for the human, financial, and material resources as well as data and information entrusted to us.
• Strives to deliver the best outcomes and highest quality service
• Employee demonstrates knowledge of and adherence to the Compliance Plan and conflict of interest requirements.
• Enhances the effectiveness; efficiency and productivity of the department by contributing to, and participating in, departmental performance improvement goals.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Supervision Exercised: None
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education/Experience:
High school diploma or equivalent education required.
One year of office administration, finance, or accounting experience required.
Computer Skills: Intermediate: Ability to access the intra/internet to manage timecard, review policies and procedures, and read company communications; use e-mail to communicate with co-workers, leadership, and other departments; use and create a variety of templates, complex tables, merges; manage table data, sort and filter merges, and also perform basic work with existing Macros; customize toolbars, import and insert graphs, embed Excel data, and elaborate reports; work with multiple worksheets, filter data, use integrate functions, and manipulate databases; customize templates and the PowerPoint environment, and to make a presentation interactive by using hyperlinks and action buttons
Certificates and Licenses: None
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. OSHA risk level/work environmental hazards: This position has been categorized as OSHA Level Three (3). See Exposure Control Plan for details. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.
*Successful candidates will complete pre-employment screening; which includes, but is not limited to a Criminal Background check. Peak Vista Community Health Centers is a drug and alcohol free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer.
**PVCHC participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program. E-Verify is an Internet-based system that compares information from an employee's I-9 to data from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration Records. To learn more, visit: everify.com