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Job Requisition ID:

R00038215

Job Category:

Professional and Technical

Organization:

Accounts Payable Processing

Location/s:

Main Campus Jackson

Job Title:

Accounts Payable Clerk I - Accounts Payable Dept

Job Summary:

To receive, review, verify, post, and process for- payment purchase orders, invoices, statements, vouchers, and/or other check requests. To resolve account discrepancies for goods and services by investigating documentation, issuing stop payments, payments, adjustments, or removal of charges.

Education & Experience

Associate's degree and one (1) year of related experience, or equivalent combination of education/experience.
 

Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required:  N/A

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Computer skills. Verbal and written communication skills. Analytical skills. Reasoning and decision-making capabilities. Ability to operate office machinery. Type 35 WPM. Ability to operate a 10-key calculator by touch. Knowledge concerning tax-reporting requirements for vendor-file maintenance. Knowledge of the purchasing/ receiving/ accounts payable (CAS) system.

Responsibilities

• Enters invoices and verifies validity based on system purchase order and receiving information.
• Requests receiving update from department for goods not shown received. Communicates with vendor or department to determine purchase order number if not shown on invoice. Researches short shipments, over-shipments, or goods not appearing on the purchase order. Communicates with departments and vendors to resolve outstanding problems, following the procedures in place. Takes pricing deductions and advises Purchasing of the discrepancies.
• Researches return-material authorizations and receipt discrepancies; researches credit memos to determine validity and requests refunds from vendors that have no outstanding purchase orders. Works monthly outstanding credit report.
• Communicates with vendors concerning past-due balances and disputed charges on UMMC accounts, negotiating to remove disputed charges, including service charges that are determined to be invalid according to state law.
• Reviews vendor date for accuracy; completes proper forms to update vendor file; analyzes tax forms and codes for tax reporting; monitors for duplicate vendors.
• Develops an expertise in various online CAS inquiries in the purchasing/receiving/accounts payable applications.
• Researches returned and stale-dated checks. Voids the checks in CAS and determines if checks should be reissued or if the voucher should be voided and funds returned to department budget.
• The duties listed are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands
Requires occasional reaching, constant sitting, occasional twisting. (occasional-up to 20%, frequent-from 21% to 50%, constant-51% or more)

Time Type:

Full time

FLSA Designation/Job Exempt:

No

Pay Class:

Hourly

FTE %:

100

Work Shift:

Day

Benefits Eligibility:

Benefits Eligible

Grant Funded:

No

Job Posting Date:

08/23/2024

Job Closing Date (open until filled if no date specified):