Description

Company Overview: At Pacific Power Group, our mission is to sustain the momentum and energy that drives the world forward. Within the marine engine and backup power generation sectors, we offer comprehensive maintenance, repair, and overhaul services. Our highly skilled team comprises field service technicians, engineers, and workshop professionals who are in constant demand to ensure operational stability across vital industries such as military and defense, first responders, and global supply chain providers—covering everything from raw materials to consumer goods and food products. Join us now and become part of a team dedicated to making a meaningful impact on the world.

Job Summary: Pacific Power Group is looking for an Accounts Payable Specialist to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will handle the daily management of processes associated with the input of invoices, ensuring the accuracy of the entire process as it relates to vendor payment, processing of purchase orders, receiving, invoices and payment of invoices, and communication with buyers. This position ensures company policies and procedures are being adhered to as they pertain to accounts payable. 

Benefits Include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 15 days PTO, 10 Paid Holidays, Life Insurance, AD&D, Short/Long Term Disability, 401K with Company Match, Pet insurance, Optional Supplemental Insurances, Legal Assistance for Identity Theft, Health Advocate, Tuition Assistance, Maternity and Paternity Leave, Adoption Aid.

Requirements

 Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Completes payments and controls expenses by receiving, processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices.
• Reconciles processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
• Charges expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports, recording entries.
• Process normal monthly rents, company services, utility bills, and their applicable payments.
• Analyze and process freight invoices, matching to automatic drafts in a timely manner.
• Pays vendors by monitoring discount opportunities, verifying federal id numbers, scheduling checks, and resolving purchase order, contract, invoice, or payment discrepancies and documentation.
• Pays employees by receiving and verifying expense reports and requests for advances, preparing checks.
• Maintains accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.
• Verifies vendor accounts across multiple divisions and companies by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
• Respond to all vendor inquiries, reconcile statements, research, and correct discrepancies.
• Protects organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
• Accomplishes accounting and organization mission by completing related results as needed.
• Ensure new vendor documents are obtained prior to payment and determine status for year end 1099 process.
• Exercise analysis, problem solving, and prioritization to meet deadlines.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Possess strong organizational and time management skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook and Teams), Accounting ERP Systems preferred.
• Strong work ethic and ability to work independently or with a team in a fast-paced, high-volume environment with emphasis on accuracy and timeliness
• Versatile and able to multitask, handling multiple projects or responsibilities at once.

 Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field preferred
• 3 years’ experience in a high-volume AP department

Work Environment & Physical Demands

• This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopies, filing cabinets, printers and scanners.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

All offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screening.

Motor Services Hugo Stamp (MSHS) and Pacific Power Group (PPG) shall abide by the requirements of 40 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a).

MSHS and PPG will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Pacific Power Group will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

MSHS and PPG will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because they are a disabled veteran, recently separated veteran, active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran, or Armed Forces service medal veteran (hereinafter collectively referred to as “protected veteran(s)”) in regard to any position for which the employee or applicant for employment is qualified.

MSHS and PPG will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of physical or mental disability in regard to any position for which the employee or applicant for employment is qualified.

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