Accounts Payable Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description – Accounts Payable Specialist

Brokerage and Transportation Company located near CVG requires an assistant accountant to participate in our accounts payable processing and other data handling due to expanding business in the logistics field covering national and international carriers and customers.

Responsibilities:

• Manage incoming and outgoing correspondence, including emails and phone calls, with carriers and vendors requesting payments for services rendered.
• Review, examine and initially approve carrier/vendor payment requests ensuring that invoice documentation is adequate and meets Company policies for payments ie, terms, descriptions, proof of delivery and agreed upon prices.
• Post all carrier invoice documentation to our operating system to control deliveries and payments.
• Prepare checks and process vendor payments via QuickBooks software.
• Assist with invoice processing requirements and billing tasks
• Handle basic bookkeeping duties, such as recording expenses.
• Perform general clerical duties, such as data entry, filing, document organization and special projects as they arise.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma with at least 3 years accounting experience with some college preferred
• Proven experience in an office payable role.
• Proficient in using Quick Books or similar software and Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Good verbal and written communication abilities.
• Attention to detail and accuracy in handling accounting and administrative tasks.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.