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Robert Half is looking for an Accounts Payable Specialist to join our Full Time Engagement Professional team. As a Full Time Engagement Professional you will be a full time employee of Robert Half earning a salary, comprehensive benefits, overtime and bonuses.
As a Full Time Engagement Professional, you will be placed on medium to long term engagements that will allow you to excel while gaining knowledge of new software’s, industries and opportunities. When you are in between assignments you will still receive a paycheck from us while working on and developing additional personal and professional skills. If you like going into a foreign set of circumstances and working on a project or fixing what's broken at a company, this is the job for you!!!
Some of the projects that you would work on include:
• System conversions
• Reconciliations
• Mergers/Acquisitions
• Medical/Maternity Leaves
• Annual Audits
• Staff Reductions
• Peak Workload Demands
This is an ongoing opportunity for a strong Accounts Payable Specialist. As a Full Time Engagement Professional the more diverse your background the better! The ideal Accounts Payable Specialist should have experience with full cycle AP, 3 way matching, Batching invoices, Coding invoices and high volume processing of Payables. The Accounts Payable Specialist should have knowledge of many aspects of the AP process and duties including expense reporting and vendor set up. For this position you should have experience with reconciling payables to the sub ledger, any experience preparing journal entries is a big plus. This opportunity offers a challenging and multi-faceted opportunity where effort is rewarded.
Role & Responsibilities
• Matching, Batching, Coding, and entering invoices
• Posting and Reconciling Batches
• Researching and resolving exceptions
• Updating and reconciling the sub-ledger to the General Ledger
• Maintain capital lease and monthly payment schedules
• Utilizing V-Lookups and Pivot Tables in a recent version of Excel.
Requirements:
This Position requires
• A diverse background and a willingness to learn
• Technical knowledge and experience working in large accounting packages
• Strong Microsoft Excel Skills
• 3 years of experience in accounting
• A willingness to adapt to different environments and situations
• Proficiency in Accounting Software SystemsFull Time
$47k-58k (estimate)
09/06/2024
09/21/2024
roberthalf.com
Menlo Park, CA
>50,000
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