Accounts Payable Associate

Job Description:

• Responsible for accounts payable activities including invoice processing and supplier payments, keeping suppliers on agreed upon pay terms, posting payments and journal entries.
• Execute accounts payable activities and actively partner with businesses to resolve issues related to supplier payments and reduce their involvement in the payable process.
• Prepare reports and materials for process stakeholders following established procedures.
• Research statements, past due notices, disconnect notices and other miscellaneous mail.
• Research supplier inquiries received regarding accounts payable issues and educate the supplier on missing or inaccurate information on invoices and compliance with organization invoicing and payment requirements.
• Drive process efficiency by meeting key performance indicators, run and monitor reports, analyze root cause for discrepancies and monitor incidents and issues to risks.
• Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Independently solve moderate to complex issues with minimum supervision and run specialty reports from contract management databases and systems.
• Other duties as assigned
• Schedule: Monday through Friday 8:00-5:00 PM CST 1 hour lunch break 40 per week.

Benefits:

Healthcare Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents healthcare coverage through BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Premiums are subsidized by Synectics.

Dental Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents a dental plan through MetLife. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.

Vision Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees vision insurance through VSP. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.

401(k) Plan: The Synectics Inc. Investment Savings Retirement Plan. Synectics offers all employees who are 21 years of age or older the opportunity to invest in the 401(k) Plan on the first of the month following at least 1 calendar year after employment begins.

Synectics is an equal opportunity employer.