Description
Essential Job Functions
• Enter/Process vendor invoices and employee travel and entertainment expense reports for designated departments and markets. Code documents to the correct office and general ledger account code.
• Audit supporting documents to ensure proper approvals, G/L account coding, and payment support is included before disbursing cash.
• Adheres to the implementation and administration of the organization’s policies and procedures related to Accounts Payable, Travel & Entertainment expense report processing, and disbursing of cash.
• Working with the Assistant Controller and the A/P Supervisor helps to facilitate improvement of workflow and processes for the A/P team to improve accuracy, quicken turnaround time, reduce paper, and add value for internal customers.
• Acts as the team coordinator to ensure all A/P payment batches presented for integration and upload into the accounting system are reconciled for accurate/complete posting.
• Research and respond to inquiries (internal & external) regarding invoice/check status, as well as inquiries that require additional explanation or copies of supporting documentation.
• Serves as backup for regular check run.
• Analyze and resolve problems related to the payment process.
• Maintain an accurate filing system of all processed documents for current/prior years.
• Ensure files are organized and processed documentation is filed in a timely manner.
• Focuses on customer service. Seeks the next level of management guidance, when appropriate, to provide thoughtful and complete responses to internal customers.
• Responds timely and effectively to requests and knows when to escalate.
• Communicates both verbally and in writing clearly and accurately and adheres to confidentiality and privacy guidelines.
• Provides a high level of customer service, ensuring customer satisfaction while maintaining a positive attitude.
Requirements
BS or BA Degree preferred.
• 5+ years of A/P experience required.
• Telecom or a related field is desirable.
• Experience in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Using Excel to sort, filter, or analyze data is preferred.
• Experience managing a high-volume A/P document processing volume environment.
• Experience working with Travel & Entertainment expense reports and auditing reports for compliance with the organization’s Travel Policy is required.
• Experience processing documents in an Electronic Data Exchange (EDI) environment would be favorable.
• Exposure to workflow standards and performance metric targets is desirable.
• Exposure to MAS is desirable.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of accounts payable experience
- Experience processing high-volume accounts payable documentation
- Experience processing and auditing Travel and Entertainment expense reports for policy compliance
- Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree
- Experience in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
- Experience using Excel to sort, filter, or analyze data
- Telecom or related industry experience
- Experience processing documents in an Electronic Data Exchange environment
- Exposure to workflow standards and performance metric targets
- Exposure to MAS
What We Do
Digital transformation starts with purpose-built networks! FiberLight has been designing, building, and deploying one-of-a-kind fiber networks to ignite digital revolution for over 20 years. Today FiberLight owns over 14,000 route miles of robust fiber networks in over 44 key growth areas in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. All of our carrier-grade products – including Ethernet, FiberLight Cloud Connect, Dedicated Internet Access, Dark Fiber, and Wavelengths – are engineered to ensure business continuity. We credit our success to having the right people at the right places making the right investments.
