Accounts Payable Coord
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, Newhall, CA, United States
Accounts Payable Coordinator
The Accounts Payable Coordinator is responsible for processing invoices, refunds, check requests, entering data into the Accounts Payable module within Meditech, matching purchase orders/packing slips to invoices, verifying authorizations and accounting codes, answering telephone inquiries, preparing checks for mailing, preparing batches for electronic payment of invoices, assisting accountants in month-end and year-end close process, including development of accrual entries and assisting with various projects occasionally as assigned.
Licensure and Certification:
N/A
Education:
Associates degree in accounting or any other related business field or equivalent amount of college coursework.
Experience:
High school diploma or GED equivalent. Demonstrated history of the ability to function accurately in a high paced environment using computer based general ledger system.
Knowledge and Skills:
Proficient knowledge of accounts payable, ability to maintain a high level of accuracy in preparing and entering financial information, ability to maintain confidentiality concerning financials and employee files. Proficient with 10-key operations. Excellent interpersonal skills, bookkeeping skills, analytical and problem solving skills, effective verbal and listening communication skills, attention to detail, effective organizational skills, time management skills, computer skills including the ability to operate computerized accounting, spreadsheet and word processing programs, and e-mail at a highly proficient rate.
Physical Demands - Clerical/Administrative Non-Patient Care:
Frequent sitting and standing/walking with frequent position change. Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and chest level. Occasional/intermittent reaching at or above shoulder level. Occasional/intermittent bending, squatting, kneeling, pushing/pulling, twisting, and climbing. Occasional/intermittent lifting and carrying objects/equipment weighing up to 25 pounds. Continuous use of near vision, hearing and verbal communication skills in handling telephone calls, interacting with customers and co-workers and performing job duties.
The Accounts Payable Coordinator is responsible for processing invoices, refunds, check requests, entering data into the Accounts Payable module within Meditech, matching purchase orders/packing slips to invoices, verifying authorizations and accounting codes, answering telephone inquiries, preparing checks for mailing, preparing batches for electronic payment of invoices, assisting accountants in month-end and year-end close process, including development of accrual entries and assisting with various projects occasionally as assigned.
Licensure and Certification:
N/A
Education:
Associates degree in accounting or any other related business field or equivalent amount of college coursework.
Experience:
High school diploma or GED equivalent. Demonstrated history of the ability to function accurately in a high paced environment using computer based general ledger system.
Knowledge and Skills:
Proficient knowledge of accounts payable, ability to maintain a high level of accuracy in preparing and entering financial information, ability to maintain confidentiality concerning financials and employee files. Proficient with 10-key operations. Excellent interpersonal skills, bookkeeping skills, analytical and problem solving skills, effective verbal and listening communication skills, attention to detail, effective organizational skills, time management skills, computer skills including the ability to operate computerized accounting, spreadsheet and word processing programs, and e-mail at a highly proficient rate.
Physical Demands - Clerical/Administrative Non-Patient Care:
Frequent sitting and standing/walking with frequent position change. Continuous use of bilateral upper extremities in fine motor activities requiring fingering, grasping, and forward reaching between waist and chest level. Occasional/intermittent reaching at or above shoulder level. Occasional/intermittent bending, squatting, kneeling, pushing/pulling, twisting, and climbing. Occasional/intermittent lifting and carrying objects/equipment weighing up to 25 pounds. Continuous use of near vision, hearing and verbal communication skills in handling telephone calls, interacting with customers and co-workers and performing job duties.