Accounts Payable Clerk

at  Elmira Pet Products

Do you love pets? Do you enjoy working with great, hardworking people who want to be the best at what they do? This is your chance to join this locally owned, Canadian company that provides training, career advancement, and secure, long-term employment.
Elmira Pet Products is looking for an Accounts Payable Clerk to join our Finance Team!
Come join a great team at a locally owned, Canadian company!

ABOUT US…

Elmira Pet Products is the largest Canadian Private Label dry pet food manufacturer. We deliver unique solutions driving growth for global partners. We have over 30 years’ experience producing a full range of products, including therapeutic diets (vet channel), holistic, premium, mid-range, and price sensitive formulations.
Our customer base is diverse. We produce well-known brands for mass merchandise, grocery, and the pet specialty channels. Our expertise also allows us to manufacture unique diets for distribution to niche markets.
Visit our website at: http://www.elmirapet.com

THE ROLE:

Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will be directly responsible for performing data entry and related duties in disbursing non-payroll accounts to individuals, suppliers, corporations, and other entities.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Collaborate with the Controller to maintain collection goals and general A/P performance levels.
• Obtain approval for disbursements and ensure that expenditures do not exceed available cash.
• Prepare and fill out payments to third parties, whether by cash, check, credit, and other forms of payment.
• Audits purchase requests for materials, supplies, equipment, and other collateral; verifies that orders are charged to the proper accounts.
• Post and reconcile company payments to general ledgers.
• Review bills to the company for potential errors and/or discrepancies.
• Investigate and resolve billing discrepancies or misapplied cash transactions.
• Review all credit balances, refunds, and adjustments, and apply adjustments and/or corrections to corporate billing records.
• Ensure the strict confidentiality and privacy of financial records as they relate to the organization and its business partners.
• Form payment strategies to make timely A/P payments and mitigate supplier objections.
• Investigate payment problems while following corporate A/P policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.