Accounts Payable

Fantastic opportunity to join a strong team and exciting work environment. We are currently seeking an Accounts Payable person to be based out of our Valencia, CA office. This position reports directly to the Controller.

Who We Are:
JT Wimsatt Contracting, Inc., a building industry leader founded in 1992 with the desire to deliver projects with superior quality, on time and within budget for our clients. JT Wimsatt serves both public and private sector clients with a range of commercial, industrial, residential, government and specialty construction projects.
We offer a competitive package and encouraging work environment.

Our Benefits include:
Medical, dental, & vision coverage
Life Insurance
401k plan with company match
Flexible spending and dependent care accounts
Excellent PTO program, including 8 paid holidays

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Performs and manages general Account Payable
• Review, verify and enter invoice workflow for approval and payment with correct coding
• Be able to understand a complex Company and Accounting structure and works well under pressure.
• Prepare disbursements through check, online ach or other means, ensuring proper documentation and controls are maintained.
• Reconciles vendor accounts monthly, answers AP questions by reviewing subledger detail.
• Maintains accurate intercompany balances between companies
• Participates in the development of accounting procedures by recommending changes when appropriate.
• Assists and supports accounting department as needed.
• Collect and maintain W-9
• Matching invoices to purchase orders, receivers/inventory reports
• Resolve quantity, price discrepancies with vendors and other departments
• Gather receipts, review and enter expense reports to comply with company policies
• Correspond with vendors and respond to inquiries
• Reconcile statements and payment records
• Assist with month-end closing
• Provide supporting documentation for audits
• Occasionally special projects such as researching uncleared checks and fulfilling general audit requests will be assigned.\
• Strong excel - maintain schedules
• Maintain insurance certificates for vendors
• Responsible for collecting releases i.e., vendor payments
• Check signoff and check runs

Qualifications

• A minimum of 3 of years of experience

• Experience in the Construction industry highly desirable

• Strong written and verbal communication
• Proficient with Microsoft Suite (Word, Outlook)

• Strong Excel experience to include with Pivot Table and VLOOKUP
• Customer service mentality for both internal and external customers
• Excellent interpersonal, problem solving, communication, organizational and analytical skills
• Ability to work well in a collaborative environment with high attention to detail
• Ability to meet deadlines and prioritize multiple requests
• PO reconciliations and 3-way match

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