Accounts Payable Specialist

Position Summary: The Accounts Payable Specialist provides administrative clerical and financial support to the Woonsocket Education Department by processing verifying reconciling and maintaining records of invoices purchase orders payment vouchers and related financial transactions. This position is responsible for supporting accurate and timely payment of district obligations maintaining organized accounts payable records monitoring expenses assisting with reporting and helping ensure compliance with established financial procedures. The role is essential to maintaining accurate financial records supporting positive vendor relationships and protecting the district from errors duplicate payments or unintentional overpayments.Essential Functions:Maintains a complete accurate and systematic set of records for all accounts payable financial transactions of the verifies and reconciles invoices purchase orders requisitions payment vouchers and related details of school financial transactions in appropriate journals ledgers financial systems and subsidiary invoices and supporting documentation for accuracy completeness proper authorization and compliance with established clerical and administrative support necessary to pay the obligations of the organization in a timely and accurate detailed records of outstanding payables and monitors payment the accuracy of financial documents for payment auditing reporting and tax-related protect the district against duplicate payments unintentional overpayments and processing accounts payable activity to ensure payments are made to vendors in a timely with vendors staff schools and departments regarding invoices purchase orders payment status and related in the preparation of reports reconciliations and documentation requested by the Director of Administration and with budget preparation and monitoring by providing accurate accounts payable and expenditure confidentiality of financial vendor employee and district and maintains accounts payable records in accordance with district procedures and applicable record retention other duties and responsibilities as assigned that are consistent with the scope and purpose of this position.Critical Skills Experience and Knowledge:The successful candidate should demonstrate the following:Ability to maintain strict to work accurately and efficiently in a fast-paced office to adapt to shifting priorities and meet attention to detail and commitment to to exercise independent judgment accuracy and to prepare organize and maintain accurate records and to follow established procedures and apply them customer service skills and the ability to interact patiently professionally and positively with to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with the public vendors administrators school staff and oral and written communication to understand and follow oral and written degree of patience professionalism and tact when working with to work independently and demonstrate sound decision-making with spreadsheets financial records data entry and computer-based systems.Minimum Required Qualifications:High school diploma or GED to pass an Accounting- Math Skills test with a score of 70 or (3) to five (5) years of administrative experience in an office with computer-based systems including Google and Microsoft experience using and creating to become proficient in the school departments financial software.Preferred Qualifications:Experience in accounting or finance with particular emphasis on accounts payable with iVisions financial drivers license and reliable transportation.

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