Job Information
Aston Carter Accounts Payable Specialist in LEE'S SUMMIT, Missouri
Job Title: Accounts Payable Specialist
Job Description
As an Accounts Payable Specialist, you will be a key player in our office operations. Your responsibilities will include greeting visitors, answering phones, managing mail distribution, scheduling office vendors, and ordering supplies. You'll also handle a high volume of payable invoices, ensuring accurate approvals and job costing, and scan documents for electronic filing. Additionally, you will issue purchase orders, reconcile vendor statements, address discrepancies, respond to payment status inquiries, process weekly check runs, and enter ACH payments in our accounting system. Maintaining payment tracking spreadsheets, onboarding new vendors, managing credit applications, and collecting updated Certificates of Insurance from vendors are also crucial parts of your role. You will perform other duties as required to support our accounting team.
Hard Skills
3+ years of full cycle AP experience
Construction industry experience preferred
Job Type
This is a Contract-to-Hire position.
Work Site
This is a fully on-site position in Lees Summit, Missouri.
Work Environment
This role is based 100% in-office in Lees Summit with typical hours from 8-5, offering some flexibility if needed. You will join a friendly team of 6 in the accounting department and sit at the front desk to greet customers and handle light traffic, which constitutes about 10% of the job.
About Aston Carter:
Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® double diamond winner for both client and talent service.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At Aston Carter, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:
Hiring diverse talent
Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
Ensuring growth opportunities for our people
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com (%20astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com) for other accommodation options.