Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. California FAIR Plan Association is seeking an Accounts Payable Clerk I to support daily accounts payable operations. The role processes invoices and transactions, reconciles accounts, assists with closing and audit activities, maintains vendor records, and responds to vendor and broker inquiries.
Responsibilities
- Prepare, process and post invoices timely and accurately
- Assure that financial accounts are reconciled timely and accurately
- Support timely and efficient month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
- Perform account analysis to identify and explain variances
- Maintain proper documentation and file supporting documents, including approvals
- Assist with internal and external audit requests
- Liaise with the bank and other parties as required
- Perform backup duties within the department as required
- Record and process daily transactions in accounts payable (i.e. obtain approvals and issue checks)
- Assist with accounts payable email queue and electronic file organization
- Assist with printing daily premium refund checks and monthly commission checks
- Assist with vendor maintenance in the general ledger, including set up of payment locations and creation of new vendor request forms and/or change forms
- Assist with maintaining and keeping current W-9 documents for Accounts Payable vendors
- Respond to vendor inquiries and assist with research of vendor payment discrepancies
- Assist with processing employee garnishment, broker garnishment and broker’s backup withholding
- Assist with monitoring company credit card, ensuring all transactions are approved with proper receipts submitted
- Assist with uploading disbursements
- Respond to internal and external broker commission inquiries
Skills
- High school diploma required
- 0 to 1 year of relevant work experience (Accounting Clerk I)
- Exceptional typing and 10 key by touch skills required
- Excellent oral and written communication
- Strong attention to detail and ability to operate with a high degree of accuracy
- Microsoft Office suite experience required
- Intermediate Excel skills preferred
- Microsoft Dynamics GP experience preferred
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