Job Title
Clerk I, Accounts Payable
Essential Job Functions
- Audits and processesaccurateandtimelypayments to vendors and individuals
- Ensures university obligations are paidin a timely manner, per MS purchasing laws
- Ensures all transactions are accurately andtimelyposted to the general ledger
- Maintains accounts payable files
- Prepares 1099’s and transmittals
- Processes 3-way match with purchase order, invoice and received
- Processes stop payments for vendors and student refunds
- Runs receiving reports
- Other related duties, as assigned
Qualifications
- Associate’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, F inance or related field
- Two (2) years’ accounts payable experience
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of Mississippi Purchasing Laws
- KnowledgeofGenerally Accepted Accounting Principles
- Excellent organizational and analytical skills
- Detail oriented
- Excellent communication skills, verbal, written and interpersonal
- Ability to prepareandenter 200-300 invoices, accurately, per week
- Ability to analyze invoices for accuracy
- Ability toexhibitproficiencywith data management system
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to be an effective team member and display initiative
- Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast paced environment
