Accounting Coordinator - Lake Powell

at  Aramark

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Accounting Coordinator III will supervise and lead a team of accounting staff responsible for processing and executing the overall Accounts Payable function, ensuring timely and accurate payments to vendors and vendor account reconciliation activities. This role involves providing leadership, maintaining efficient workflows, and ensuring compliance with accounting policies and procedures.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Read, Speak, Write and Understand the English Language fluently.
• Previous experience in the bookkeeping or accounting field.
• High School Degree.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be over 18 with a valid driver?s license.
• Work in an office environment that entails weekly and monthly reporting deadlines.

Preferred Requirements:

• Previous accounting experience required.
• Associative Degree in Business or Accounting preferred.

• Supervise and develop the accounts payable team, including training new hires and supporting the development of existing staff.
• Process vendor maintenance and high-priority tickets with the process as needed to support the overall effectiveness of the Accounts Payable team.
• Assign tickets in GBS to team members on a daily and weekly basis.
• Monitor and reconcile accounts payable transactions, ensuring accuracy and working with Shared Services to resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain and update standard operating procedures (SOPs) related to accounts payable processes and actively seek opportunities to enhance accuracy and efficiency within the team.
• Collaborate with internal departments to ensure the timely and accurate reporting of expenses and month-end accruals.
• Assist with month-end close tasks, including auditing invoices, reconciling expenses, and analyzing accounts payable metrics.
• Demonstrate professionalism and effective communication in managing internal and external stakeholders by maintaining shared emails.
• Will be responsible for generating and reviewing accounts payable reports from systems such as MarketPro and other tools.
• Send weekly communication to all assigned tickets awaiting to be processed.
• Consolidate existing Smartsheets configuration.
• Implement strategies to maintain and build moral within the AP function overall by encouraging teamwork, properly training best practices, and by ?setting the example? for the team.
• Participate as a supervisor in weekly AP (accounts payable) meetings.
  Reports to the Accounts Payable Manager. This position requires the ability to prioritize and delegate tasks, evaluate the accuracy of the team?s performance, process and escalate high-priority tickets, and communicate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders. A thorough understanding of the accounts payable process is required.