Accounts Payable Clerk

Accounts Payable Clerk Support

Albany International Corp. is a global advanced textiles and materials processing company. The products and technologies help make paper smoother, tissue softer, and aircraft engines and structures lighter. The company has two core businesses: Machine Clothing (MC) segment is the world's leading producer of custom-designed fabrics and belts essential to production in the paper, nonwovens, and other process industries and Engineered Composites (EC) is a rapidly growing supplier of highly engineered composite parts for the aerospace industry.

The Accounts Payable Clerk Support position supports finance practices and objectives that drive a high performance culture emphasizing empowerment, quality, productivity and standards, goal attainment, ethics and the recruitment and ongoing development of a superior workforce. Performs AP work under minimal supervision such as, input vouchers in SAP, contact vendors, resolve discrepancies between PO and vendor invoice and assists in various AP areas as needed. Works in team with other AP and travel team members under immediate supervision of US Accounts Payable and travel supervisor.

Essential Job Functions

The Accounts Payable Clerk Support is responsible for:

• Meet daily AP metric set by AP Supervisor
• Process vendor invoices with accuracy
• Participate actively in one on one meeting with supervisor and in team meeting
• Assist with submitting any vendor address and/or vendor banking updates as needed
• Hold weekly meetings with purchasing or other department to resolve AP issues
• Review & resolve with minimal supervision AP issues identified on SAP reports
• Address in a timely manner vendor & employee inquiries
• Back up to complete all payment runs
• Issue check voids and stop payments
• Print and process 1099's
• Responsible for maintenance of AP document with current practices/instructions
• Other duties as assigned

Required Skills

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Organized, with a proven attention to detail
• Ability to work independently
• Trustworthy
• Team player, reliable, positive, pleasant attitude a must
• Proven understanding of general accounting rules and debits/credits
• Solid ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced, heavily automated environment

Required Experience

• A high school diploma plus a minimum of 2 years of AP experience in an automated environment, 3 to 4 years preferred
• Associate degree in accounting a plus
• Integrated ERP System (SAP preferred)
• Basic Debit/Credit Accounting knowledge
• Microsoft suite required, Excel, Word, Office
• Knowledge of multi state use tax application and VAT a plus

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Physical Demands of the Accounting Clerk Position

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel and to manipulate keys on a keyboard. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment for the Accounts Payable Clerk Support position

The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

• Safety and Procedures
• Follow all publicized safety policies/procedures and JIBS applicable to the job.
• Attend and participate in all safety training, safety meetings, audits and Behavior Based Safety programs assigned.
• Report all safety hazards observed. If capable, correct the safety hazard identified.
• Compliance
• Reads, understands and is committed to conducting business in accordance to Albany International's Business Ethics policy, Corporate policies and all site specific policies. All business of the company should, at all times, be conducted ethically, fairly, honestly and with integrity.

Why Albany

Our 9X80 work schedule has work life balance built in with every other Friday OFF! We offer 401k with a generous match up to 5% and profit-sharing contribution. We have competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits.