Accounts Payable Analyst

Accounts Payable Analyst

• oakland, CA

• Finance

• Accounts Payable

• Full Time - Day

• 32.49

• Req #:44984-33464

• FTE:1

• Posted:Yesterday

Summary

SUMMARY: Works within the Accounts Payable (AP) group, focusing on applying technical knowledge to processes and tasks to be compliant with regulatory requirements; analyzes and validates interface reconciliations and vendor maintenance.

DUTIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: NOTE: Following are the duties performed by employees in this classification. However, employees may perform other related duties at an equivalent level. Not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each individual in the classification.

1. Assist in full cycle AP functions: record invoices, expense claims, and invoice uploads in the A/P accounting module, code invoices, match invoices to back-up documentation, obtain authorization to pay, provide backup for all payments, maintain accurate invoice maintain EDI interfaces, and assist with payment processing.

2. Maintains or oversees the maintenance of general and subsidiary ledgers to ensure that they are current, accurate and adhere to prescribed work methods and directions; prepares adjusting entries.

3. Point of escalation for vendor issues, has day-to-day contact with internal and external vendors, invoice resolution, compare data from different sources to draw conclusions, reconcile complex vendor statements, EDI transactions, and payments.

4. Presents financial issues effectively to others; prepares or analyzes a variety of detailed factual and analytical accounting reports, including department analytics and KPI’s.

5. Takes action to identify, analyze and improve existing AP processes within our organization to maximize opportunities for efficiency, effectiveness and meet new goals and objectives for continuous process improvement.

6. Verifies invoices are classified to the appropriate accounting distribution; maintains and reconcile records for claims, payables, and expenditures, sales and use tax review and preparation,; Work with the GL team closely to assure accruals are prepared properly and accurately; assist with AP month end/yearend activities; assist in audit preparation.

7. Performs other related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities as well as possession of any required licenses or certifications is qualifying.

Required Education: High school diploma or G.E.D.

Preferred Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance or a related field.

Required Experience: Three years of experience in an Accounts Payable, Accounting/Finance role; prior proven experience in AP or Expense Reporting environment. Advanced Excel skills (PivotTables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, data analysis). ERP systems experience (Oracle, SAP, Lawson, PeopleSoft, Workday, Hyland OnBase etc.).

Alameda Health System is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sex, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, veteran status, or military background.