Payables Accountant

PAYABLES ACCOUNTANT PORTLAND, OR 7 MONTH CONTRACT

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JOB PURPOSE:

- Maintains control over the disbursements of company payments ensuring the safeguarding of corporate funds.

QUALIFICATIONS AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES:

- Two years of general accounting, accounts payable, or disbursement accounting experience, and completion of introductory college level accounting classes or equivalent combination of education and experience
- CAPA/CAPP certification required or ability to obtain certification within one year or three testing cycles of meeting minimum qualifications
- Experience using a variety of personal computer software applications to perform accounting functions; should include Excel, Word, email, and calendaring software, as well as payables ERP systems such as PeopleSoft, Oracle, Lawson, etc.
- Knowledge of mathematics, general office practices and procedures, and operating expense and cost allocation coding

ABILITY TO:

- Process detailed data in an accurate manner
- Operate PC keyboard by touch, typing 40 wpm
- Operate 10-Key by touch
- Apply mathematical principles
- Exercise sound judgment and discretion in confidential matters
- Identify and prioritize workload to meet deadlines with minimal supervision and demonstrated multitasking capability
- Write legibly
- Operate a variety of standard business/office machines
- Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with all levels both internally and externally
- Work overtime on request

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

- Monitors and reviews all invoices, statements, voucher check requests, and other documentation requesting payment to ensure the appropriate liability, expense, or capital asset general ledger account is utilized to coincide with corporate budget.
- Balances and records payments made to subscribers, providers, hospitals, and/or vendors to ensure payments agree with and balance to various reports or supporting documentation thus ensuring correct processing has occurred prior to payment release.
- Maintains check control logs and claims balancing information in accordance with departmental processes and protocols.
- Researches outstanding issues, places stop payment orders, and generates replacement payments as necessary.
- Applies payable best practices and generally acceptable practices and protocols to all payment requests reviewing submitted documentation for completeness, accuracy, and appropriate approvals.
- Utilizes workflow or other technologies as appropriate to research outstanding issues and void, or void and reissue payments as appropriate. Updates applicable systems to ensure other areas within the organization can effectively research and resolve outstanding questions from customers, members, business partners, etc.
- Meets or exceeds all stated performance production metrics, both in quantity and quality of output.
- Utilizes all imaging and data depository systems to respond to research inquiries and requests.
- Creates and maintains a record of voided checks and check tracers for informational retrieval and audit purposes.
- Responsible for quality and continuous process improvement within the job scope. Contributes to and supports the corporation s quality initiatives by encouraging team and individual contributions toward quality improvement efforts.

*CompuCom supports Employment Equity and Diversity* Dallas-based CompuCom Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of end-user enablement, service experience management, and cloud technology services to Fortune 1000 companies. CompuCom partners with enterprises to develop smarter ways they can work, grow and produce value for their business. Founded in 1987, privately held CompuCom has approximately 11,500 associates and supports more than 4 million end users in North America.