Accounts Payable Specialist (739)

BakerRipley team members impact the lives of more than 500 000 people every year through our community development work, which has inspired and supported our Neighbors for more than a century.

We believe our neighborhoods are bridges to opportunity, that people can transform communities, and that everyone has something to contribute.

Our unique backgrounds and experiences help us deliver innovative support to uplift our Neighbors.  As one of the largest nonprofits in Texas, our success is fueled by our Mission: Connecting Neighbors and communities to resources, education, and opportunity.

As a member of the Child Care Services team, you will join an incredible talented and hardworking department dedicated to serving early learning programs that care for children with child care scholarships to advance BakerRipley’s vision to disrupt inequities by maximizing the assets of the communities we operate.

The Accounts Payable Specialist accurately processes provider payments and reconciles financial records to ensure all transactions are correct. They also provide support to early learning programs, helping them resolve any payment concerns and maintain smooth financial operations.

Expected Positive Outcomes:

To be successful in this role, the Accounts Payable Specialist will:
1. Process accurate payments to ensure early learning programs receive payments timely.
2. Have strong relationships with early learning programs by providing excellent customer service.
3. Be engaged in enhanced internal controls to promote audit readiness.

Essential Functions:

• Administers and processes all adjustments related to changes in funding, parent share of cost and care extensions/recertifications
• Monitors accounts to ensure payments are up to date
• Resolves invoice and payment discrepancies
• Generates financial reports and programmatic reports associated with payments
• Corresponds with, and responds to inquiries from vendors, child care providers and parents
• Review of all shortened schedules in KT to ensure payments were correctly adjusted
• Review of all duplicate payments resulting from system or processing errors
• Review of all missing payments resulting from system or processing errors
• Performs proactive analysis and implements controls to prevent overpayments and improper payments, with a focus on identifying root causes stemming from both staff data entry and system-related errors.
• Extensive, detailed record keeping of all established processing issues.

Additional Responsibilities:

Manages the identification, tracking, and resolution of system errors by maintaining detailed records and recommending improvements to the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)