AP Specialist at Foster Farms in Livingston, CA

Job description

• Pay range is $21.30-$25.10 per hour
• This is a high-impact opportunity to shape the future of maintenance and reliability at a leading food company, directly supporting our mission, vision, and values. You will play a critical role in delivering safe, high-quality food and great moments for millions of families.

Responsibilities

• Review Accounts Payable Department inbox daily, prioritize and respond to inquiries, and batch invoices to ensure timely routing through the workflow for processing.
• Research and resolve invoice discrepancies both internally (Sourcing and Operations Team Members) and externally for assigned vendors
• Resolve vendor credit holds immediately
• Reconcile GR/IR (goods receipts/invoice receipts)
• Work off vendor statements to identify open invoices; keep aged, parked invoices to minimal
• Communicate with vendors on payment and corrective actions with issues causing invoices to be paid timely
• Maintain good communication/relationship with Sourcing Team as well as vendors
• Update and distribute the weekly parked document report
• Special projects as assigned

Requirements

• High school diploma and at least 1 year of accounting experience required, Accounts Payable knowledge preferred.
• Computer skills (SAP, Excel, and Outlook).
• Good organizational abilities, detail oriented.
• Good verbal and written communication, strong interpersonal skills.
• Ten-key by touch.
• Accounting background or mathematical aptitude desirable.
• Ability to work well independently and be self-motivated and have good attitude.
• Ability to work under pressure with high volume

Skills

Required

• Good organizational abilities
• Detail oriented
• Good verbal and written communication
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ten-key by touch
• Good attitude

Preferred

• Accounts Payable knowledge