Associate Accounts Payable Specialist

Job Summary

Performs basic clerical work in support of the organization's accounts payable functions. Assists with entering, verifying, and processing invoices. Learns general accounting principles, financial regulations, and reporting standards. Helps maintain detailed records and ensures consistency, completeness, and accuracy of all documentation.

Key Responsibilities

* Helps process purchase orders (PO) and non-PO invoices within the system of record.

* Matches purchase orders to invoices to verify accuracy.

* Ensures timely payments of amounts due.

* Responds to inquiries from internal or external customers or clients. Escalates more complex inquiries.

* Supports researching invoice discrepancies. Enters approved corrections.

* Verifies account balances on monthly statements and assists in invoice processing or payment processing.

* Performs daily interoffice mail runs between Butterball locations and afternoon mail drop off.

* Supports gathering documentation for audits.

Minimum Qualifications (Education & Experience)

* High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.

Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

* Basic knowledge of accounting principles, financial regulations, and reporting standards.

* Good communication and interpersonal skills.

* Detail oriented with the ability to operate with a high level of accuracy and precision.

* Time-management and organizational skills with the ability to effectively handle multiple priorities simultaneously.

* Working knowledge of Microsoft Suite.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

* Associate's or bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance or related field.

* Experience in accounts payable or receivable

* Experience in Accounting software (i.e., QuickBooks, M-Tech, SAP etc.)

Physical Demands

* While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard, and occasionally lift up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions

* Work is performed in a climate-controlled office environment.

* The noise level of the environment is usually moderate.

* Occasional travel may be required.

Disclaimer

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of what is required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not imply or establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.

Butterball, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to the fair and impartial treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without regard to gender, age, race, religion, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, military/veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.