What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Payable Specialist position at Meruelo Group?
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Primary duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Support AP Team
- Everything clerk (1,2 and 3) does and the following
- Maintain cash requirements
- Pay vendor invoices and track bank account balances.
- Monitor all vendor payment agreements to find discounts that can be used to reduce invoice amounts
- Responsible for paying sales tax to various jurisdictions on appropriate invoices and keeping accurate record of payments made.
- Run weekly check and banking needs
- Weekly CIP reports and check runs
- Retail processing
- Register construction
- Work with construction management
- Send needed reports to upper management and owners.
- Stands in for manager
- Schedules Staff
- Keeps AP aging clean
- Assists with closing AP monthly
- Run balance nightly
- Assists in closing AP quarterly
- Verify proper coding
- Ensure receivers are current
- Trains new team members
- Audits invoices
- Verify all cash requirements
- Other tasks as assigned
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES
- Previous casino experience a plus
- Infinium knowledge preferred
- High School diploma required, Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required
- Experience in accounts payable preferred
- Proactive in identifying problem and taking actions to resolve
- Must have a reasonable level of proficiency with Excel and Microsoft Word
- Must have experience in coding.
- Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee: must be able to maintain physical stamina and proper mental attitude to work under pressure in a fast-paced, casino environment and effectively deal with customers, management, team members and others. Is regularly required to sit; stand; walk and move through all areas of the casino; speak and hear; use hands to finger, handle, or feel. May reach with hands and arms above shoulder level; bend/stoop, squat, balance, kneel, lift and push/pull. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance visions, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.
Work performed indoors, in climate controlled environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Employee may be exposed to odor and secondhand smoke.
