Accounts Payable Specialist

Title: Senior Accounts Payable Specialist

Location: Stockton, CA (onsite 5 days a week)

Duration: 6-month contract

Pay Rate: $35-40/hr

Start Date: ASAP

Must Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a closely related field
• 4-5 years of accounts payable or accounting experience
• Demonstrated experience performing complex account reconciliations and researching accounting discrepancies.
• Experience working with enterprise financial systems and document management platforms

Plusses

• Experience with governmental accounting

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking an experienced Temporary Senior Accounts Payable Specialist to support a focused financial recovery initiative and potentially day-to-day accounts payable operations.

This position will play a critical role in performing accounts payable reconciliations, validating vendor balances, researching historical transactions, and assisting with the reconstruction of financial records while assisting in maintaining ongoing accounts payable functions.

The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and reconciliation skills, extensive full-cycle accounts payable experience, and the ability to work independently with limited supervision.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform detailed accounts payable reconciliations, including vendor statement reconciliations, accrued liabilities, and outstanding obligations.
• Review historical records and supporting documentation to assist in reconstructing accounts payable activity and balances.
• Identify and investigate duplicate payments, unpaid invoices, unapplied credits, and other exceptions.
• Prepare reconciliation schedules and supporting documentation for management, auditors, and regulatory reviews.
• Research and resolve discrepancies between vendor statements, invoices, purchase orders, payment records, and accounting records.
• Process vendor invoices and ensure proper coding, approvals, and supporting documentation are obtained.
• Prepare and process payment batches, ACH transactions, wire transfers, and checks.
• Respond to vendor inquiries and resolve payment-related issues.
• Maintain vendor files and supporting documentation in accordance with organizational policies.
• Assist with month-end and year-end closing activities related to accounts payable.
• Support accounting staff with special projects and other finance-related duties as assigned.