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Lake Shore Cryotronics, Inc. Accounts Payable Accountant in Westerville, Ohio
Accounts Payable Accountant Level Experienced Job Location Westerville 480 - Westerville, OH Travel Percentage Negligible Position Type Full Time Job Shift Day Job Category Accounting
Accounts Payable Accountant
At Lake Shore Cryotronics, there are hundreds of different ways our employees help advance science. The groundbreaking contributions that get satellites into space or high-speed rail on a track can all start with YOU. Come join our team and leave your mark in the history of science and technology that benefits humanity!
We are looking for a full-time, experienced Accountant to manage Lake Shore's accounts payable function, ensuring accurate financial transactions, timely supplier payments, and adherence to company accounting standards. This role encompasses advising on accounts payable matters, analyzing financial data, overseeing daily supplier invoices to purchase order reconciliations, and participating in financial audits while collaborating with various departments.
If you have the initiative to plan and implement projects effectively with minimal supervision and can analyze financial matters, investigate discrepancies, and solve problems using independent judgment within established policies, you could be a great fit for this position!
Key Responsibilities:
- Supervise and coordinate accounts payable activities, ensuring timely processing and payment of invoices, proper matching of purchasing and receiving documents, and accurate distribution to general ledger expense accounts to maintain accuracy in financial reporting.
- Ensure invoices and vouchers are appropriately approved, documented, and recorded as incurred.
- Prepare batch check runs, wire transfers, and ACH transactions, reviewing checks and vouchers to verify correct payments before the chief financial officer's signature.
- Handle supplier correspondence via phone or email, receiving, researching, and resolving inquiries concerning account status.
- Collaborate with other departments to trace variances on disputed bills and returned products to provide accurate information regarding charges.
- Prepare guidelines for properly coding invoices to general ledger expense accounts and updates to inventory records.
- Prepare monthly expense accruals from all sources.
- Prepare required reporting documents and assist with month-end closings.
- Supervise the accounts payable section during financial audits and implement any recommendations.
- Reconcile the subsidiary supplier's ledger with the accounts payable total and the general ledger.
- Maintain an organized filing system for all financial documents.
- Assist in the implementation of accounting software upgrades and process improvements.
- Learn, interpret, and apply legal, tax, and procedural requirements
Qualifications:
- Typically requires 4+ years of relevant accounting experience
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance preferred, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience
- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles
- Proficiency with Microsoft365
- Basic proficiency in Excel spreadsheet development
- Familiarity with ERP and accounting software
Lake Shore offers a work-life balance with challenging assignments, a focus on health and wellne
