Accounts Payable Accountant

The Staff Accountant Accounts Payable will be responsible for accurate, efficient and timely processing of items including but not limited to invoices, subrecipient payments expense reimbursements. The successful candidate will be knowledgeable with direct, indirect and unallowable expenses and will demonstrate knowledge of GAAP, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and user experience in Oracle Fusion Cloud Accounts Payable or a comparable Tier 1 ERP system (Dynamics/JD Edwards/Peoplesoft/SAP).

Responsibilities:

• Own full-cycle accounts payable including tracking, recording, coding, approval and payment
• Review invoices received against PO/PR on file
• Record invoices in Oracle Accounts Payable, ensure invoices are accurately scanned into system & correctly matched to purchase orders.
• Preparation of journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Preparing, processing and filing of 1099 forms.
• Work closely with procurement and technical representatives to obtain required approvals
• Able to identify unallowable costs according to government rules and/or contractual terms
• Manage disbursements to vendors, subcontractors, subrecipients
• Review and process employee expense reimbursements
• Issue manual checks, wire, ACH payments, void checks, positive pay
• Manage vendor relations, research and resolve variances or discrepancies in invoices, set up new vendors
• Support basic general ledger accounting including journal entry posting
• Record sales & use tax as applicable
• AP file maintenance
• Monitors the accounts payable aging
• Ability to implement policies and procedures to help improve efficiencies
• Ability to perform moderately complex accounting tasks/analysis, categorize data for reporting and audit purpose
• Applies general knowledge of accounting/government policies and procedures when responding to written and verbal inquiries from stakeholders
• Support Audits for allowable and unallowable costs
• Support continuing ERP system improvements and upgrades

Key Qualifications and Skills

• BA/BS degree in Accounting or related field or the equivalent business-experience
• Minimum of 3 years work experience in a high-volume Accounts Payable environment
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Excel & Office 365
• Knowledge of Oracle Cloud AP is preferred
• Working knowledge of government grant and/or government contracts is preferred
• Highly organized and detail-oriented; high degree of accuracy
• Capable of quickly comprehending new information and technologies
• Capable of working in a fast-paced environment