Accounts Payable Specialist

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Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World

Whether it be groundbreaking products, best in class solutions or creating a lifelong career, you can do the work that matters at Caterpillar. With a 95-year legacy of quality and innovation and 150 locations in countries around the world, your impact spans the globe.

When you join Caterpillar, you are joining a team of makers, innovators and doers. We are the people who roll up our sleeves and do the work to build a better world. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation. We make it happen. And we are proud of that because it helps our customers build and power the world we live in – the roads, hospitals, homes and infrastructure. Without a dedicated workforce Caterpillar could not effectively meet our customer’s needs. Join us.

Description:

Ensure correct and timely payment of Accounts Payable, administration of Accounts Receivable, and perform miscellaneous accounting duties such as reconciliations and journal entries. The position also handles mailing and filing duties as assigned.

Job duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Accounts Payable duties include – processing all invoices, stamping them with date received, ensure material or services has been received or performed, entering the invoice into the ERP system, ensure dollars and quantities match. Answering supplier questions and reconciling account balances to supplier statements. Prepares payment runs to settle the supplier invoices within the agreed payment terms in order to ensure uninterrupted supply of goods and services, including check/ACH/ and Wire runs.
• Accounts Receivable duties include – Entering the sales invoices. Creating A/R aging schedules and work with the commercial team to ensure the A/R accounts are kept current. Entering all misc. bank deposits.
• Responsible for select journal entries, reconciliations, and monthly closing tasks.
• The incumbent will help maintain financial historical records by filing and securing all accounting documents.
• Coordinates incoming and outgoing mail and other office duties as needed.
• The position manages the completion of its own work assignments and coordinates work with others. Typical internal customers include the accounting work group, supply chain work group, and immediate supervisor. The position's primary customers are internal.
• Must adhere to all internal control policies to help mitigate financial risk to the business.

Basic Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent

Top Candidate Will Also Have:

• Administrative experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• High attention to detail
• Desired: some college-level accounting courses

Additional Details:

• Location: West Fargo, North Dakota
• Relocation assistance is not available for this position. Any relocation costs incurred would be the responsibility of the selected applicant.

Employee benefit details:

Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.

Here you earn more than just a salary, because we value your performance. We offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits [medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401(k)] along with the potential of an annual bonus.

Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).

Final details:

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This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. As a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.Caterpillar.com/Careers

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