Accounts Payable Specialist

Accounts Payable Specialist

Ensures for appropriate processing of Sentara payables. This includes administering Sentara policies and procedures, electronic matching, ensuring proper back up and approval for processing employee reimbursements, travel and authorization for payments. Also performs invoice research works closely with Materials Management, departments and vendors to administer contracts.

This position will set up and monitor recurring payments, determine and calculate sales tax, collecting 1099 information. Ensures for proper set up, accruals, entering and balancing journal entries to general ledger, processing and reconciling manual and void checks and placing stops, conducting audits on out of town travel, and communicating with all levels of management on accounts payable related issues and concerns.

This position also works with transmitting invoices via excel file, CD and EDI along with EFT and ACH transactions.

Knowledge of (1) State sales tax rules and Sentara's taxable and nontaxable entities, (2) 1099 regulations, and (3) accrual accounting and the general ledger system.

• High School diploma or equivalent

• no required certs or licensure

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Knowledge of (1) State sales tax rules and Sentara's taxable and nontaxable entities, (2) 1099 regulations, and (3) accrual accounting and the general ledger system highly preferred
• Three (3) years of strong Accounts Payable experience required
• Tax knowledge strongly preferred
• Hybrid position at Sentara Park--two days Work From Home and three (3) are required in office
• Normal schedule for this position 8-5pm