Account Payable Specialist

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Performs a variety of Accounts Payable financial activities. Adheres to policies and procedures while also keen on efficiencies and productivity. Responsibilities are within the Accounts Payable invoice processing through batching as well as payment processing through various sites in LATAM countries - within a Shared Service Center - Has developed specialized skills or is multi-skilled through job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience - Completes work with a limited degree of supervision - Likely to act as an informal resource for colleagues with less experience - Identifies key issues and patterns from partial/conflicting data - Takes a broad perspective to problems and spots new, less obvious solutions Bachelor/Assoc. degree in related and applicable discipline and min of 5 Yrs of related Exp.
notes:
• Reason for contractor? Open position, backfill, special project, etc.. These will be temp to perm; I have 3 AP invoice posting positions and 2 batch/payment posting positions. Replacing current staff that is being relocated.
• Possibility of extension or conversion? yes

Mandatory and/or minimum requirements:
(1) 5 years minimum experience;
(2) all 5 positions need to be bilingual English/Spanish, 2 need to have Portuguese in addition.
(3) shared service center experience or experience handling multi-country invoice processing
• What are the top 3-5 desirable attributes/qualifications
(1) team-player; able to work with tight deadlines and collaborate with others in same area;
(2) drive to maintain accuracy and productivity;
• What are the required levels experience and/or education? education min Assoc. with more than 5years experience in same AP environment -Bachelor preferred
• Work schedule/Beginning of the work week (if it differs from Monday – Sunday) flexible : 8-5; 8:30-5:30; 9-6 ---- with overtime (rare) as needed and approved
All positions must be bilingual with professional expertise in Spanish.
One positions requires Trilingual expertise: English, Spanish and Portuguese.