Accounts Payable / Accounts Payable Specialist / Accountant
Camden, NJ 
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Posted 15 days ago
Job Description
Duration: 3-6 Months contract
Shift Timings: Monday-Friday 8 Am – 5 PM
BG/DT Required: Yes

Job Description:
  • Assists in the facilitation of PATCO's payment process and ensures compliance with the Authority's accounting policies by researching, reviewing and verifying all invoices and supporting documentation and gathering authorizations to issue payment.
Role & Responsibilities:
  • Reviews vendor invoices for compliance with purchase order stipulations, ensuring that each item's commodity code on the purchase order matches up exactly to the item being billed on the invoice (item number, dollar amount per item, size and quantity).
  • Reaches back out to the departments to obtain additional supporting documentation or to alert them to discrepancies between the supporting documentation and the vendor invoice. Checks to see if the proper workflow for approval has taken place and reaches out to the departments to obtain additional approval when needed.
  • Provides guidance or seeks out information regarding the appropriate payment procedure to follow when a purchase order has not been initiated (finance voucher, expense reimbursement etc.). Checks to see if receiving has been done correctly for three-way match POs in order to allow for payment processing.
  • Reviews the contract, discount and freight terms of the PO against the invoice to ensure all terms are adhered to and to apply the appropriate freight and discount amounts when applicable.
  • Helps ensure accurate processing of payments and compliance with Authority's s accounting policies by verifying signatures, amounts, discount, payment and contract terms and supporting documentation. Verifies account coding of invoices.
  • Contacts departments regarding discrepancies with coding, billing terms and/or vendor data. Contacts all new vendors and current vendors with address or name changes to obtain a W-9 form to ensure all vendors who are 1099 applicable are marked off correctly in the system.
  • Updates vendor master file for new vendors or changes to existing vendors as directed by Lead Accounts Payable Specialist, Senior Accountants or Director of Finance.
  • Performs ( as directed by the Senior Accountant/Director of Finance) the biweekly check run and sends out the positive pay files to the bank, performs the daily check reconciliation using the bank file or manually when not available or when there are errors with the bank's file.
  • Issues stop payments with the bank for incorrect and misplaced vendor and employee checks and reissues payment if applicable.
  • Communicates with the bank regarding discrepancies in the check file and reviews positive pay exceptions to assess whether a check should be cleared or stopped if it represents possible fraudulent activity.
  • Other related duties as assigned.

About our Company: -

22nd Century Technologies, Inc., is one of the fastest growing IT Service Integrator and Workforce Solution companies in the United States. Founded in 1997, 22nd Century Technologies is a Certified National Minority Business Enterprise with 6,000+ people including 600+ Cyber SMEs nationwide supporting our customers in all 50 states, Canada, and Mexico. With HQs in Somerset, NJ and Mclean, VA, 22nd Century has 14 offices throughout the United States. As part of our unrelenting focus on quality and compliance, 22nd Century Technologies’ delivery is based on Certified Matured Processes including CMMI L3 Dev & SVC, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, and ISO 9001 quality processes. With a strong focus on the public sector, 22nd Century currently holds government contracts with 14 out of 15 Federal Executive agencies including DoD, 37 other Federal agencies, 50 States, 115+ Local agencies, and 37 School Districts. In the last three years, we have expanded our services to Fortune 500 and other commercial clients and currently support 80+ commercial clients.

Recognized among “Best Company to Work For” by Forbes, 22nd Century Technologies, Inc., consistently exceeds our clients’ expectations by focusing on their absolute satisfaction with jobs while keeping our employees motivated.
“22nd Century Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer" and “US Citizens & all other parties authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply."

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

 

Contact Information
Sandeep Gill |Hiring Manager sandeepg@tscti.com |O: 804-372-0705 Ext. 2130 |Cell: 804-429-3261
Job Summary
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Salary and Benefits
Pay rate: $20/hr on w2
Required Education
High School or Equivalent
Required Experience
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