Accounts Payable Clerk

**No Outside Recruiters Please

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reconciles processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
• Charges expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoices, and recording entries
• Pays vendors by monitoring discount opportunities; scheduling and preparing checks; resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation; issuing purchase order amendments and insuring credit is received for outstanding memos.

• Maintains accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.
• Verifies vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
• Reports sales taxes by calculating requirements on paid invoices.
• Verify and investigate discrepancies, if any, by reconciling vendor accounts and monthly vendor statements.
• Facilitate payment of invoices due by sending bill reminders and contacting clients/vendors.
• Generate reports detailing accounts payables status.
• Understand expense accounts and cost centers. Understand compliance issues around accounts payable processes (W-9, sales tax, etc.)
• Collaborating with internal departments to gather, analyze, and interpret relevant financial data.
• Support accounting team with various projects and tasks as needed.
• Performing recordkeeping and preparing financial reports.
• Keeping informed of regulatory requirements and best practices in accounting.
• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
• Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities.
• Accomplishes accounting and organization mission by completing related results as needed.

Accounts Payable Clerk Skills and Qualifications:

• Associate degree in accounting, finance, or related field.
• At least 2-years’ experience as an accounts payable specialist, or similar.
• Advanced competency in accounting and business management software.
• In-depth knowledge of accounts payable principles, accounting standards, and industry regulations.
• Extensive experience in account reconciliation.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Excellent collaboration and communication abilities.
• Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees, management, and external parties to maximize performance, problem solving, and results
• Ability to think analytically with good problem-solving skills. Strong organizational and time management skills, ability to multi-task and meet deadlines. Desire to learn and grown within the field of accounting, good business communication skills are 
• Assist in the implementation of change within the organization relating to accounts payable
• Assist in the ongoing improvement and refinement of internal control procedures and operational efficiency in consultation with senior management
• A/P employees will be interacting with Vendors, and Internal Customers such as Purchasing, Receiving, and all other employees to resolve invoice discrepancies daily, so it is imperative they are able to interact on a professional manner at all times.

Job Type: Full-time, Non-Exempt 

Wage: $19.00 - $23.00 DOE per hour, We Pay Weekly, every Friday! 

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching, with generous company match 
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance, employer paid 
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount programs 
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance-we offer 2 Medical Plans to choose from 
• Health savings account, with Employer Contributions 
• Company Paid Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• Paid Holidays 

Schedule: 

• 8 hour shift
• Monday through Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Structured annual bonus plan 

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Billings, MT 59101: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

* preference will be given to local applicants 

We HIRE, OPERATE, and FIRE based on these 15 internal operating principles. These will not be just words on the wall, they will be put into action as tools to maintain the highest standard of operational excellence we can offer. These principles will be the standard for EVERYONE to uphold throughout the entire company.

 1      | HAVE GRATITUDE

Be thankful for all that we currently have. We live in the greatest country on earth, we have GREAT CUSTOMERS, we have great teammates, and we have unlimited potential as an individual and as a collective team. There is so much to be grateful for if you take a moment to reflect and say thanks.

2        |  BE  POSITIVE

Always look for the upside in every situation. You control your attitude and how you react to the daily challenges you will encounter. Choose to be a positive influence in whatever situation you are involved in.

3        |  BE  DISCIPLINED

Self-discipline is a powerful tool. Hold yourself accountable and you will not yourself or your teammates down. Do what needs to be done. Do what is required, not just what is convenient. Make sure you know the standards required for each situation you find your-self in and stay the course.

4        | BE LOYAL

Be loyal to the customer, be loyal to your teammates, be loyal to company standards, and be loyal to the standards and goals you have set for yourself. Loyalty = Trust and worthiness. We want everyone who is involved with MRL to know that they can count on us when they need us.

5        | BE GOAL ORIENTED 

Have goals, set goals, crush goals. Goals give you purpose, direction, focus, and destination. Goals give us a target that keeps us moving forward.

6        | BE LEARNING EVERYDAY 

Be a student of life. Show up with the mindset to get better at as many things as you possibly can, every day. This includes making your skill set, mindset, attitude, and perspective better each day. You can learn things from everyone you encounter if you are listening and open to receiving the information they offer.

7       |  TAKE INITIATIVE

Do not wait for things to happen for you, make things happen. Be a leader, be a force for positive change, be default aggressive, and take action. Do not wait for an invitation to take action. Instead ask, “What can I do to help?”

8        |  ACCEPT  RESPONSIBILITY 

Even when your intentions are good, you may make a mis- take. Be a leader, accept responsibility for your actions, and learn from them. Accepting responsibility shows humility and is a character-growth opportunity.

9        | LEAD BY EXAMPLE

Be a leader and do the right thing, even when no one is looking. If you know what is right, be a leader and DO it!

10          | BE SELFLESS

Give more than you take. We are a team, put “WE” before “ME”. Leave everything you touch better than you found it.

11       | PROVIDE VALUE

Make every interaction a valuable exchange for the person you are working with or for. Provide solutions to problems and make people’s lives and experiences positive. Be the value-added just by being you. Look for opportunities to be or do something extra for the people around you.

12         | BE HUMBLE

Do not let your ego get in the way of learning. Be of service and be a student of life. Stay humble and practice humility. Be humble enough to receive information and wisdom as it shows up. When you get good enough at something, people will do your bragging about you. You won’t have

to say a word.

13         |  BELIEVE

What you believe you will achieve. Believe in yourself and whatever you set out to do. Believe your input is important to the mission’s success. Believe you are a value add wherever you are. Believe it at work and outside of work.

1 4 | STAY THE COURSE

You only lose if you quit! Progress is the only direction forward. We will face adversity, and we will have tough days, but we will stick together gather strength from each other, and overcome as one. The obstacle is the way

F.M = Forward Momentum!

15 | CONTROL THE CONTROLLABLE 

You can’t always control what happens to you, but you can control how you react to the things that happen to you.

Make sure you know what is in your control and become great at controlling what is in your control. You and you alone control your thoughts, words, attitude, and actions.

Be sure you are making choices that you will be proud of tomorrow.

ATTITUDE IS A LITTLE THING THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE!