Staff Accountant – Accounts Payable

The Staff Accountant – Accounts Payable will be responsible for accurate, efficient and timely processing of items including but not limited to invoices, subrecipient payments expense reimbursements. The successful candidate will be knowledgeable with direct, indirect and unallowable expenses and will demonstrate knowledge of GAAP, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and user experience in Oracle Fusion Cloud Accounts Payable or a comparable Tier 1 ERP system (Dynamics/JD Edwards/Peoplesoft/SAP).

Responsibilities:

• Own full-cycle accounts payable including tracking, recording, coding, approval and payment
• Review invoices received against PO/PR on file
• Record invoices in Oracle Accounts Payable, ensure invoices are accurately scanned into system & correctly matched to purchase orders.
• Preparation of journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Work closely with procurement and technical representatives to obtain required approvals
• Able to identify unallowable costs according to government rules and/or contractual terms
• Review and process employee expense reimbursements
• Manage vendor relations, research and resolve variances or discrepancies in invoices, set up new vendors
• Support basic general ledger accounting including journal entry posting
• Record sales & use tax as applicable
• AP file maintenance
• Monitors the accounts payable aging
• Ability to implement policies and procedures to help improve efficiencies
• Ability to perform moderately complex accounting tasks/analysis, categorize data for reporting and audit purpose
• Applies general knowledge of accounting/government policies and procedures when responding to written and verbal inquiries from stakeholders
• Support Audits for allowable and unallowable costs
• Support continuing ERP system improvements and upgrades

Key Qualifications and Skills

• BA/BS degree in Accounting or related field or the equivalent business-experience
• Minimum of 3 years work experience in a high-volume Accounts Payable environment
• Must be proficient with Microsoft Excel & Office 365
• Knowledge of Oracle Cloud AP is preferred
• Working knowledge of government grant and/or government contracts is preferred
• Highly organized and detail-oriented; high degree of accuracy
• Capable of quickly comprehending new information and technologies
• Capable of working in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication skills, comfortable working with operations team/non-accounting professionals, deal with complex accounting/project codes/org codes.
• Analytical/problem solving – ability to identify, analyze and resolve problems in a timely manner
• Ability to prioritize and plan work activities
• Must be team oriented, willing to operate within a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment
• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork

“Thomas-Thor provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status,sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.”​

Rebekah Lauren Morris