What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounts Payable Specialist position at Novant Health Urgent Cares LLC?
Position Title: Accounts Payable Specialist
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Who Are We?
Part of the Novant Health family based in North Carolina, Novant Health Urgent Care (formerly Doctors Care) provides exceptional healthcare through our network of more than 40 urgent care centers and 17 physical therapy facilities across South Carolina. Our Columbia-based headquarters delivers non-medical management and administrative services to support these locations. For decades, we have been committed to delivering exceptional, convenient, and affordable healthcare experiences to families and communities throughout the Palmetto State.
What Are We Looking For?
We are currently seeking a Accounts Payable Specialist to join our Novant Health Urgent Cares team. The Accounts Payable Specialist is responsible for performing accounting and clerical tasks for processing accounts payable transactions and maintaining vendor records. Primary duties include processing payments, reconciling sub ledger balances, onboarding new vendors, and maintaining existing vendor agreements.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Opens mail, sorts invoices, and prepares support needed to process payments.
- Codes invoices, expense reports, check requests, and other documents.
- Captures transactions in the accounting system.
- Prepares batch check runs and ACH transactions.
- Maintains filing system for both open and paid vendor files.
- Handles all vendor correspondence via phone or email to address vendor inquires and disputes.
- Performs weekly and monthly reconciliations of accounts payable sub ledger balances.
- Maximizes cash on hand by utilizing payment term discounts and/or floats.
- Performs other duties as needed to support monthly close procedures and department projects.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 2 years accounts payable or general accounting experience.
- High school degree or equivalent.
- Competent with Microsoft Office applications, including Word and Excel.
- Written, oral and presentation skills.
- Interpersonal skills; must be able to communicate well with wide variety of individuals within the organization and work well in a team based environment.
- Strong organizational abilities, including the ability to work in a fast paced environment with multiple tasks, strong ability to attend to detail.
- Analytical skills, including the ability to research, interpret and report on complex data.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Preferred Qualifications:
- 3-5 years accounts payable or general accounting experience.
- Prior experience with ERP software