Accounts Payable Specialist

Project Renewal is a leading non-profit organization with the mission of building supportive communities where people achieve dignity and independence, renewing their lives with health, homes, and jobs. Our comprehensive and integrated 24/7 programs are designed to offer the holistic care our clients need. With a staff of 950+ and an annual budget of $140 million, Project Renewal is one of the larger social service nonprofits in New York City.

Title: Accounts Payable Specialist
Program: Finance
Salary Range: $60,000 - $63,000

Position Overview:

The primary role of the Accounts Payable Specialist is to perform administrative tasks to help facilitate daily invoice resolution for vendors and grant payments. The AP Specialist is responsible for the full cycle Accounts Payable function, including auditing expense reports; matching invoices; issuing payments via check and ACH, and providing support relating to day-to-day operations.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

The essential duties of the Accounts Payable Specialist include but are not limited to the following activities:

• Verify the accuracy and completeness of invoices. Research and resolve invoice discrepancies and issues.
• Input all invoices and payment requests into A/P or Purchasing software.
• Maintain A/P invoice and A/P inquiry mailboxes.
• Download and import grant payments and related credits into A/P software.
• Process weekly check and ACH payment runs for multiple organizations.
• Manage employee expense reimbursement process and ensure compliance with company policy.
• Maintain positive, collaborative working relationships with direct supervisor and co-workers.
• Perform other tasks and projects as requested and assigned to support Accounts payable department.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of two years of accounts payable experience
• Associate degree in accounting preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Outstanding interpersonal and customer service skills
• Must be organized, detail-oriented and have the ability to communicate and enforce the organization's accounting policies and procedures.
• Ability to tabulate and input with accuracy and speed.
• Proficiency in Accounts Payable software, Excel, MS Word and MS Outlook.

Project Renewal is an equal opportunity employer. Its long-standing policy has been to embrace the equality of opportunity for all employees and applicants without regard to actual or perceived race, color, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, religion or creed, gender (see separately issued Gender Discrimination policy for more detail), physical or mental disability, age (18 and over), military status, arrest record, marital status, domestic partnership status, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, sexual orientation, status as a victim or witness of domestic violence, sex offenses or stalking, unemployment status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws.