Essential Skills
- Analytical skills
- Detail oriented and organized
- Computation skills
- Leadership abilities
- Written and oral communication skills
- Problem solving skills
- An understanding of basic bookkeeping and accounting skills is required
Roles & Responsibilities
- Post business transactions, process invoices, verify financial data for use in maintaining accounts payable records
- Provide other clerical support necessary to pay the obligations of the organization
- Maintain meticulous records of outstanding payables
- Ensure the accuracy of an organization’s financial documents for payment, auditing and tax purposes
- Protect businesses against unintentional overpayment
- Practice effective monitoring to ensure payments are made to vendors in a timely manner.
- Deal with vendors via email/phone.
- Payroll administration as necessary.
Day-to-Day Duties
- Clarify any questionable invoice items, prices or receiving signatures
- Assemble and review invoices to be completed for payment.
- Answer the phone.
- Maintain copies of vouchers, invoices or correspondence necessary for files
- Type periodic reports and other records
- Obtain proper information and/or data regarding invoice payments
- Check vendor files for any previous payments and assign voucher numbers.
- Maintain the office clean and organize.
- Reports listing invoice number, date, vendor address, item description, amounts and coding per accounting policies and procedures.
- Reconcile bank statements
- Input daily bookkeeping and record keeping
- Verify invoices against purchase orders and ensure goods or services were received before issuing payment to vendors