Accounts Payable Specialist
- Calgary, AB, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Apply by
- Experience
- 3+ years of experience in accounts payable within a law firm or a professional services industry
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
We are currently recruiting for the following role in our Calgary office:
Accounts Payable Specialist
Essential Functions
- Monitor dedicated accounts payable inbox for invoice submissions and answer vendor inquiries
- Review, verify, and matching documentation
- Coding and posting of both disbursements and general expenses
- Obtain necessary approvals and ensure proper documentation is attached to all invoices
- Manage a variety of internal and external vendor inquiries and resolve any discrepancies
- Review employe expense reports, ensuring policy alignment and proper coding through our automated workflow
- Execute weekly EFT and wire payment runs (multi-currency)
- Process vendor set-up information into the accounting system
- Reconcile vendor and visa accounts with statements and previous payments
- Work in a multi-currency and entity environment
- Act as back-up to National accounts payable team members
- Other responsibilities as assigned by the Supervisor
- Post secondary education in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline preferred
- 3+ years of experience in accounts payable within a law firm or a professional services industry
- Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to handle multiple priorities
- Experience working in a company with a high volume of transactions is preferred
- Proven ability to work both independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for effective collaboration across teams
- Demonstrates good judgment and professionalism
- Experience using Aderant is an asset
Human Resources
Bennett Jones Services Limited Partnership
4500 Bankers Hall East
855 - 2 Street SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4K7
E-mail: hrdeptcal@bennettjones.com
More about this job
Responsibilities
Monitor the accounts payable inbox, review and code invoices and expense reports, obtain approvals, and process vendor payments, including multi-currency EFT and wire transfers. Maintain vendor and Visa account reconciliations, handle vendor inquiries and discrepancies, set up vendors in the accounting system, and provide backup to the national accounts payable team.
Requirements
Post-secondary education in accounting, finance, or a related discipline is preferred, along with at least three years of accounts payable experience in a law firm or professional services environment. Candidates should have strong organizational, time-management, communication, and interpersonal skills, and be able to manage multiple priorities independently and collaboratively; high-volume transaction experience is preferred, and Aderant experience is an asset.
Skills
- Accounts Payable
- Invoice Review
- Invoice Matching
- Expense Coding
- Payment Processing
- Vendor Management
- Account Reconciliation
- Multi-Currency Accounting
- Expense Report Review
- Financial Documentation
- Discrepancy Resolution
- Time Management
- Organization
- Communication
- Teamwork
- Aderant
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Legal
Keywords
- Accounts Payable
- Accounting
- Finance
- Invoice Processing
- Invoice Matching
- Expense Coding
- Disbursements
- General Expenses
- Vendor Inquiries
- Vendor Management
- Expense Reports
- Automated Workflow
- EFT Payments
- Wire Transfers
- Multi-Currency
- Vendor Setup
- Account Reconciliation
- Visa Account Reconciliation
- High-Volume Transactions
- Aderant
- Law Firm
- Professional Services