What are the responsibilities and job description for the Acounts Payable Specialist position at Hansgrohe?
Employee: Accounts Payable Specislist
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt/Bonus Eligible
Reports To: Accounting Manager
Department: Accounting
JOB PURPOSE: Responsible for all activities in the accounts payable function. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensures timely payments of vendor invoices and expense reports
- Prepare payroll and handles payroll related functions.
- Maintains accurate records and control reports
- Reviews applicable accounting reports and accounts payable register to ensure accuracy
- Reconciles vendor statements
- Enters, scans and files all vendor invoices
- Verifies coding on invoices to General Ledger accounts and cost centers
- Weekly check batch run for payments to vendors
- Weekly wire transfers of funds to international vendors
- Prepare Journal entries to correct items that were not properly coded
- Pays monthly commissions for our Representative Agencies
- Responsible for checking and clearing all blocked items on blocked order report
- Enforces compliance of Company policies and procedures for payment of invoices
- Updates and creates policies for payment of invoices and expense reports
- Maintains Petty Cash fund
- Special projects as assigned by the Accounting Manager and the Controller
- Responsible for SOX related documentation on all accounts payable related processes
- Functions as backup for payroll processing
- Performs other duties as required
- “Good Attendance” as per the Hansgrohe Attendance Policy
Language Skills
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common financial reports, and legal documents.
- Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from vendors, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
- Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups and/or boards of directors.
Knowledge and Skills
Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE:
- May require a bachelor's degree in a related area and at least 7 years of experience in the field.
- At least 1 year experience with SAP.
Core Competencies: Respecting Diversity, Continuous Improvement, Safety, Customer Focus, Integrity.
Accounts Payable Administrator Competencies: Decisive Judgment, Adapting to Change, Business Acumen, Planning & Organizing, Delivering Results, Resilience, Teamwork & Collaboration, and Written Communication.
HANSGROHE CORE COMPETENCIES: Global diversity, Continuous Improvement, Safety, Customer focus, Integrity and Execution focused
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTOR COMPETENCIES: Making Sound Decisions, Leading Change, Business Mindset, Planning & Organizing, Driving Results, Relationship Management, Communicating Effectively and Negotiating Conflict
