Job description
JOB SUMMARY
The Accounting Technician - Accounts Payable is responsible for completing various tasks in the Finance Division to include clerical and administrative duties, processing weekly accounts payable; preparing journals; reconciling department credit cards, verifying daily cash collections and assisting department staff.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Ensures accuracy of department invoices. Verifying purchase order; vendor information; invoice number, accounting and budget dates; and payment amount.
- Approves invoices for payment.
- Processes weekly accounts payable for check, wire and credit card payments.
- Assists and trains departmental staff on entering invoices in the Oracle system.
- Assists in maintaining vendor records to ensure payments are made according to their W-9. Such as 1099 reportable.
- Prepares monthly State sales tax forms.
- Prepares yearly vendor 1099 forms.
- Processes Unclaimed Property.
- Verifies departmental daily cash collections received.
- Prepares cash deposits and processes remote check deposits.
- Issues customer refunds including credit card transactions.
- Assists with journaling daily cash receipts including accruals to the general ledger.
- Assists in maintaining spreadsheets for accounts payable performance measures.
- Researches and resolves billing issues.
- Reconciles Town credit cards, verifying properly coded and attached receipt documentation.
- Participates in the year-end audit by assisting the auditor in gathering required work papers and other documentation.
- Performs other related assigned duties.
- Associate degree in Business and/or Accounting and three (3) years related work experience;
- Or equivalent combination of education and experience.