Accounts Payable Apply
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) hires and promote great people with a wide range of backgrounds to continue to create and maintain a diverse and inclusive worksplace. We are seeking to hire a full-time employee for accounts payable,this person may be hired at either the associate or specialist level. This person would perform a wide range of daily general accounting activities that relate to handling purchase request and processing invoices for payment.
Duties/Responsibilities:
Organizational Stewardship:
- Ensures timely processing all remittance beginning with reviewing instructions to check runs ACH transactions.
- Investigates and resolves problems associated with processing of invoices and purchase orders.
- Ensures all purchase requests are aligned with budget allocation, reviews, and approves all purchase requests.
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Communications/People:
Handles all vendor correspondence via phone or email.
- Confirm such items as invoices, vouchers, expense reports, check requests, etc., contain the correct codes confirming to standard procedures to ensure proper entry into the financial system.
- Receives, researches and resolves a variety of routine internal and external inquiries concerning account status, including communication the resolution of discrepancies to appropriate persons.
Execution/Project Management:
- Prepares bank reconciliations at month end for review by supervisor.
- Ensures vendors, that are paid directly online, are up to date with payments on a monthly basis.
- Reconciles various accounts by identifying errors in position or omissions.
Subject Matter Expertise/Technical Skills:
- Assists with audits by gathering invoices and reports as requested.
- Assists with monthly status reports, and monthly closings.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- N/A
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Ability to communicate effectively with people and other departments.
- Knowledge of policy and ability to apply that to unique situations.
- Ability to make objective decisions using sound judgment.
- Ability to post accounts and to perform mathematical computations with speed and accuracy.
- Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates and vendors.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelors degree (in field or related field), 2 years (directly applicable) professional experience, master's degree preferred
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Prolonged periods of sitting.
Occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force
Associate: $57,746 - $70,739
Specialist: $66,409 - $81,351
If you are unable to complete this application, or need an accommodation under the ADA, or have questions, please contact CMAP Human Resources at hr@cmap.illinois.gov or 312-386-8774.
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