AR/AP Specialist

Are you looking for a new accounting opportunity? FoodScience is a growing manufacturer of nutritional supplements based in Williston, Waterbury and Colchester, Vermont that offers its employees competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefit package.

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  We consider it a privilege to lend our minds, our hearts and our hands to the work of helping people and pets live healthier lives. It’s what drives us to be pioneering in all the ways that lead to new and better nutritional supplements and products.
• Our internal processes, research and development programs, manufacturing, partnerships and distribution all play a critical role in producing the most effective, easily-available products and programs.
• FoodScience® is closely monitoring COVID and complying with recommendations from governing bodies and health agencies. We’ve implemented numerous policies to minimize any potential risk to our employees and customers.

The Position: We’re looking for a AP/AR Specialist. The Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Specialist understands the urgency of getting the job done accurately and timely. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of the accounting cycle in a professional environment. An understanding of basic accounting principles is required, as well as strong computer and communication skills and a working knowledge of Excel.

Requirements:

• 4-5 years of job-related experience
• Experience with high invoice volume is required
• Accurate data entry at a high speed of rate
• Excellent communication skills required, both verbal and written
• Extremely high attention to detail
• Proficient with Excel, Word and Outlook
• Ability to carry out tasks and bring projects and assignments to closure
• Professional and mature work ethic
• Self-starter with the ability to learn new concepts quickly

Essential Duties:

• Perform full-cycle accounts payable processes – including invoice matching with purchase orders, coding, batching, data entry and processing payments
• Ensure invoices are recorded to the proper accounting periods in accordance with company policy and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Perform routine daily and monthly responsibilities
• Assigns proper GL coding of invoices and expenses
• Resolves purchase order, invoice, or payment discrepancies
• Communicate effectively with vendors and other employees to resolve payment processing issues
• Oversees the maintenance of vendor master files
• Monitors invoice progress from receipt thru approval and payment
• Assists in reconciling and administering monthly expense reports
• Some additional duties may include statement reconciliation and miscellaneous projects as assigned by management

• Process manual credit card payments
• Release sales orders
• Apply wire and EDI payments to customer invoices
• Interact with customer care and sales reps, answering questions and providing information
• Create monthly customer statements
• Process bill only orders and apply credits
• Enter check payments into ERP system
• Prepare check deposits
• Maintain Accounts Receivable files
• Process customer credit applications
• Run Experian credit reports (as needed for vendors)
• Record receipts in spreadsheet

We offer annual pay raises, paid time off, paid plant shutdown, your birthday off, 401k profit sharing, product discounts, paid holidays along with all of our other benefits.