Accounts Payable Clerk

Robert Half presently has an opening for an Accounts Payable (A/P) Clerk. This Accounts Payable Clerk role will be located in the Santa Barbara, California area and will be a short-term contract / temporary position. Career growth and quick advancement is available in this progressive department. The Accounts Payable Clerk matches and batches code invoices, resolves A/P issues, processes expense reports, updates and reconciles sub-ledger to G/L, and processes checks.

Your responsibilities in this role

- Complete special projects on an as-needed basis

- Validate, record and send checks, including expediting special handling

- Provide support during internal and external audits

- Produce full-cycle A/P

- Handle administrative tasks for the AP/Finance Department

- Maintain proper storage of invoices, checks, and other documents by organizing, logging, scanning, and filing them

- Ensure compliance with company policies while carrying out daily processes and controls accurately and on time

- Handle daily department mail by opening, sorting, and distributing it

- Manage customer service tasks for internal business partners- Spreadsheet and database capabilities

- Strong communication, customer service, and interpersonal skills, especially with both technical and financial backgrounds

- Solid understanding of Accounts Payable (AP)

- Microsoft Excel experience preferred

- Proficiency in Sage MAS 90

- Skyline experience

- 1+ years of experience in an A/P role preferred

- Be detailed, flexible, and organized

- AA or BS/BA degree in Accounting, Business or similar preferred