Accounts Payable Specialist

Accounts Payable Specialist - Remote or Hybrid, Cary NC

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About the job

The Accounts Payable team is looking for an Accounts Payable Specialist to maintain and manage vendor master data to ensure accuracy and compliance with business standards, process and reconcile automated payment runs in Oracle Fusion.

As a Accounts Payable Specialist you will: 

• Partner with the SAS community and external vendors to create, update and maintain vendor master data in compliance with business requirements.
• Audits, administers or processes vendor payments, and/or other accounting operations data entry.
• Researches, processes and verifies the accuracy of applicable accounting information.
• Maintains accurate accounting records and compiles reports, as needed.
• Communicates with vendors, internal and external customers concerning invoices and payments in a timely manner.
• Performs data entry of accounting information with a high level of accuracy.
• Reconciles accounting information.
• Performs complex clerical and entry-level accounting activities.
• Performs entry-level bookkeeping and accounting tasks.

Required Qualifications 

• Minimum four years of experience in general accounting or bookkeeping, including data entry experience and accounts payable/receivable experience, depending on area of responsibility.
• Associate’s degree in business/accounting or equivalent
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.
• Good communication skills
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office products and accounting systems and ability to leverage systems towards better performance.
• Excellent data entry skills
• Must be able to perform complex reconciliation of accounting information
• You’re curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous working experience with Oracle Fusion

World-Class Benefits  

Highlights include...

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
• Medical plan options include...
• PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
• HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
• An industry-leading 401k plan.
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

Diverse and Inclusive

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it’s essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.

Additional Information:

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights. Also view the Pay Transparency notice.

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