Accounts Payable Specialist
Madison, WI
Finance /
Full Time (remote) /
Remote
The Urgent Company (TUC) is changing the way things are made, starting with food. TUC is the B2C arm of Perfect Day, and our CPG brands leverage science and technology to create better quality, kinder, and more sustainable products. We believe there is an urgent need to invent ways to make the products we love without the negative environmental, animal, and public health impacts they traditionally require.
Our brands:
Brave Robot
Modern Kitchen
California Performance Co.
Coolhaus
If you’re looking for an opportunity to drive meaningful business results and global change in a collaborative, fast-paced startup environment, we hope you’ll join us!
We are seeking an enthusiastic, organized and driven Accounts Payable Specialist to join our Finance team. The person will be responsible for the full accounts payable processing, vendor management, account analyses, reconciliation of various G/L accounts and will report to the Accounting Manager. The candidate must have knowledge of and demonstrated ability to process vendor payable transactions, follow defined processes and adhere to internal controls. The candidate will exhibit the highest professional standards and ethical principles. strong work ethic, capacity to get things done independently, and consistent performance with a sense of urgency and commitment.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Business A/P processes: communication with vendors and employees, receive and upload invoices, accrue bills in the correct period, code bills to the appropriate accounts, coordinate approvals, administer payment runs, and vendor database maintenance
- Ensures that credit is received for outstanding memos.
- Performs monthly analysis of Credit Cards Statements and follows up on Expense Claim exceptions accordingly.
- Issues stop - payments or purchase order amendments where required.
- Verifies the accuracy and completeness of vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
- Assists with the validation of Vendor Accounts Master Data to include vendor demographics, payment information and related details.
- Ensure new vendor set up requirements are met, signed contracts, tax documentations, bank information, etc.
- Research and propose resolutions for accounting discrepancies and issues
- Prepare and post various journal entries and transactional activity to G/L as assigned
- Maintain and reconcile various balance sheet and P&L accounts as assigned
- Participate in process improvement projects including implementation of enhancements to our ERP
- Completes payments and controls expenses by receiving, processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices and related inventory movements.
- Reconciles processed work by verifying entries and comparing ERP (NetSuite) system reports to vendor account balances.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Associate’s degree, 2-5 years’+ experience in accounting function Well-versed in accounting principles and able to work comfortably with numbers and attention to detail.
- Strong Excel skills and knowledge of ERP software. Experience with bill.com a plus.
- Excellent organizational, problem-solving, project management and communication skills.
- Good with numbers and figures and an analytical acumen.
- Travel will be required- up to 10%
Help us create the foods we love, without the impacts we hate.
