Job Information
Illinois Tollway Accounts Payable Representative in Downers Grove, Illinois
This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/12391318
Essential Job Functions
Position Responsibilities\ Payment review and processing:\
- Ensure all required documentation is received with the invoice. This may include receiving reports, purchase orders, usage reports, payroll amounts, direct cost expenses, receipts, etc.
- Perform in-depth, insightful review of supporting documentation to ensure it agrees with the invoice amount.
- Validate invoice amounts by performing supporting computations.
- Understanding of general ledger expense account numbers including the terminology associated with payment and purchase order processing.
- Prepare payment correction documents as needed by the Illinois Comptrollers office.
- issuing checks from the locally held bank accounts
- Monthly review of vendor statements and subsequent follow-up to determine and correct errors
- Process travel vouchers for payment
\ Computer System:\
- The incumbent must possess expertise to establish, utilize, maintain and troubleshoot Excel spreadsheets to accomplish the responsibilities of the position.
- SAP Accounts Payable experience.
- Microsoft Windows, Excel and Outlook experience.
- Adobe Writer
- Catapult
\ Outside Department Communications:\
- Work with other departments within the Tollway for clarification of invoice and supporting documentation.
- Regular follow-up to resolve problems so payments can be processed on a timely basis
- Confirm information entered in the system to ensure proper processing of the invoice in Springfield.
- Resolving payment issues with the vendor, when necessary, by telephone, fax, and/or e-mail\
Other duties:\
- Distributes the mail twice a day
- Prepares invoice files for items paid through the Comptroller\'s office and locally held funds
- Coordinate preparing files to be sent to CIS (Central Information System)
- Keep management informed of issues and problems as needed.
- Provide management reports/information as requested
- Understanding of Illinois Comptroller coding and verbiage as it relates to the payment process
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Qualifications
Education (Required)
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Some college level accounting courses
\ Skills and Experience (Required)
- Minimum of one-year accounts payable experience
- Possess excellent written and oral communication skills as part of overall organizational skills
- Be detail-minded
- Have an aptitude for figures
- Take initiative
- Computer experience with Windows, Outlook, Excel and Adobe
- Previous Accounts Payable ERP experience
- Understanding of 3 way match and other payment processes
- Experience performing accounts payable function remotely
\ \ The Illinois Tollway is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, national origin or ancestry, disability, unfavorable discharge from military services, age, order of protection status, military status, sex or sexual orientation.