Accounts Payable- Temporary

Work under general supervision of the Controller (or designee) to prepare and process all accounts payable for Sage Memorial Hospital. Work in a team effort to accomplish the Finance Office goals and objectives by planning, organizing, and implementing assigned functions required to operate and maintain departmental activities and services. Work with Meditech accounting system to ensure the accurate recording of General Ledger data for Sage Memorial Hospital and its subsidiaries.

Maintains confidentiality of all privileged information. This list of duties and responsibilities is illustrative only of the tasks performed by this position and is not all-inclusive.

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• Complete payments and controls expenses by receiving, processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices.
• Reconcile processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.
• Charge expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports, recording entries.
• Pay vendors by monitoring discount opportunities, verify federal ID numbers, schedule and prepare checks, and resolve purchase order, contract, invoice or payment discrepancies and documentation.
• Ensure credit is received for outstanding memos.
• Issue stop-payments or purchase order amendments.
• Pay employees by receiving and verifying expense reports and requests for advances, check preparation.
• Maintain accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.
• Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions.
• Maintain historical records by filing documents.
• Protect organization’s value by keeping information confidential.
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities.
• Accomplish accounting and organization mission by completing related results as needed.
• Perform other duties as required. Qualifications

• High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma.
• One (1) year of experience in Accounts Payable, hospital experience preferred.
• Must be able to successfully pass the Employee Health Program requirements and background investigation. Knowledge, Abilities, Skills, and

• Skill in attention to detail, thoroughness, organization, and analyzing information.
• Knowledge of tracking expenses.
• Knowledge of general math skills and accounting.
• Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with vendors.
• Ability to communicate effectively in the English language both verbally and in writing with staff and the public.
• Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with individuals of varying social and cultural backgrounds and with co-workers at all levels.
• Ability to speak the Navajo language and/or familiarity with the Navajo Way.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to interpret applicable federal, state, county, and local laws, regulations, and requirements.
• Skill in operating business computers and office machines, including working in a Windows environment, specifically Word, Excel, Access, presentation software (such as PowerPoint), PC-based computerized accounting software, and data entry.
• Skill in analyzing problems, projecting consequences, identifying solutions, and implementing recommendations. Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly is required to sit; use hands to reach and grasp objects; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk. The employee occasionally is required to stand; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Work Environment: Work is generally performed in an office with moderate noise level. Extended hours and irregular shifts may be required.

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High School