Position: Accounts Payable Vendor Clerk

Location: Saint Paul, MN 55101

Duration: 6 Months (Contract to Hire)

Position Notes:

This is potentially a contract-to-hire position in which conversions will be based off of performance and available FTE openings.

This position is a hybrid remote/onsite position located on our Downtown St. Paul campus. Only local candidates will be considered. As of now, the position is mostly remote with no set onsite expectation, but they must be local to come in as needed.

Looking for individuals with prior Accounts Payable experience.

Overview:

The Accounts Payable department is a fast-paced production area that pays all the expense and capital purchases of the organization. The department consists of 8 associates. This position is one of three that handles invoice processing of payments of non-PO and PO vendor purchases for Securian Financial Group and its affiliates. This associate would need to be highly focused on customer service, be organized, great attention to detail, be able to prioritize quickly, work as a team member, adapt to change, and meet the required processing deadlines at month, quarter, and year end.

What you would do in this job:

· Process vendor payment requests on a timely and accurate basis, according to the terms specified on the payment requests with the ability to meet the required processing deadlines at month, quarter, and year end.

· Work with the internal clients or vendors as to where the products being invoiced were shipped, to verify the proper sales tax is applied to the invoice.

· Create and maintain excellent working relationship with vendors, internal clients, and AP team to communicate issues, discrepancies, or status of payments.

· Email invoices to internal clients for coding prior to payment, contact Procurement for change orders or additions to the PO and/or ensure receipt of goods or services.

· Accurately create accounting journal entries to be posted to the general ledger.

· Open and distribute electronic invoices to internal clients for expense coding, to enter the necessity items on the invoice to route the invoice to the proper Budget Coordinator to begin the approval authority for processing invoices to make payments by the terms established with the vendor.

· Provide backup support to other A/P Vendor Clerks for vacations or time out of the office. Assist other team members with any additional items needed.

What we'd expect from you:

· Effective organizational and prioritization skills with great attention to detail.

· Ability to learn and understand the basic rules of Sales/Use Tax, and what products purchased should be accessed or exempt from sales tax.

· Strong verbal and written communication skills while maintaining a positive attitude and ability to work effectively with team members, internal clients, Procurement, and vendors.

· Keyboarding skills with high accuracy and basic PC and mainframe experience/skills.

· Ability to adjust in a changing environment.

· Basic math skills.

· Ability to work overtime as requested by management at month end or year end.

Preferred skills for this job:

· Knowledge of basic accounting principles.

· SAP/Ariba experience.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $23.00 - $26.00 per hour

Physical setting:

• Office

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

• Please describe in 2-3 sentences as per the minimum requirements/preferred qualifications. How is your previous experience relevant to this role? Why are you a good fit for this job?

Experience:

• Accounts payable: 2 years (Preferred)
• Accounting: 2 years (Preferred)
• SAP: 1 year (Preferred)
• Ariba: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Speak with the employer
+91 628-265-0081

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