What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Payable Specialist position at Helios Hydraulics America?
Job Summary
This position will be responsible for the accounts payable functions, ensuring compliance with internal controls and accounting policies. This is an onsite position within the Helios Hydraulics of Americas (HHAM) finance team, at the Sun Hydraulics Sarasota campus. This is a hands-on position which covers and includes multi-company accounts payable.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Facilitates vendor payments, including verification of federal ID numbers, reviewing purchase orders, and resolving discrepancies.
- Reviews and evaluates payment registers to validate charges and ensure timely and accurate vendor payments.
- Establishing and maintaining relationships with new and existing vendors
- Reconciling processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances
- Assists with accounting records and ledgers by reconciling monthly statements and transactions.
- Assist in streamlining and improving the accounts payable process
- Handling accounts payable for separate entities and vendors
- Support internal and external audit requirements
- Other related duties as assigned
- Verifies vendor and customer credit limits, balancing coordination with other sites.
- Understand and adhere to all internal control processes and responsibilities.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Solution focused mindset with a flexible attitude and approach to achieving outcomes.
- Strong collaborator with a willingness and desire to build cross-functional relationships.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, especially MS Excel
- Very disciplined and organized
- Excellent attention to detail
Education and Experience:
- High School Diploma is required
- Understanding basic bookkeeping and accounting skills
- Basic financial accounting, business math, accounting technology and written business communication courses are a plus
