Accounts Payable Specialist
Job Description
Job Description
Who are we:
We’re a leading Northeast family-owned food, agricultural products, and agricultural services organization headquartered in Pennsylvania. We provide animal nutrition and feeds; specialty protein production, processing, and marketing; on-farm protein production services; and grain, fertilizer, and ingredient procurement.
We’re a stable company with strong core values, great benefits, competitive wage structure, and a safe and healthy work environment. With over 850 team members, we're a growing company in an essential sector – agriculture!
Learn more here:
What your day looks like:
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Accounts Payable Specialist will perform a wide range of functions within the Finance department, supporting The Wenger Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries. This role is responsible for the timely and accurate processing of payments, validating and administering expense reports, developing reports to support broader business functions, and maintaining workflow documentation. The specialist will lead AP-related projects, support process improvements, and serve as a key resource for cross-functional collaboration.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Process outgoing payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures.
- Perform day-to-day financial transactions, including verifying, classifying, and recording accounts payable data.
- Accurately code, distribute, monitor, and process invoices in Concur.
- Assist in the maintenance of information in Concur including adding subledgers as needed, deleting old vendors, maintaining list of credit cards users, and employee listings.
- Process payments in JD Edwards (JDE) using and analyzing report data.
- Manage and support the company credit card process, including fraud monitoring.
- Collaborate with the Nutrify Team to pre-match and match vouchers for ingredient receipts and resolve discrepancies.
- Maintain and develop documentation for all AP processes to support training and accountability.
- Coordinate with team members to ensure proper training on the Concur invoice process.
- Set up new Vendors in JDE as needed, including verifying EIN and ACH information.
- Review vendor statements and resolve payment discrepancies.
- Pursue aged expense reports, invoices, and uncashed vendor checks to support period-end financials.
- Use bank software to process ACH uploads, send Positive Pay files, and issue stop payments.
- Prepare and provide sales tax exemption forms as needed.
- Void and reissue payments when necessary.
- Assist with year-end Form 1099 preparation and external audit data collection.
- Support implementation of process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
- Perform additional responsibilities as assigned.
- Become cross trained on all AP related duties to act as back up if another team member is out.
- Supply W-9 information when requested.
- Review Bank reports to identify auto drafts and process voucher within JDE
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred (Associate’s degree considered with relevant experience).
- 3+ years of demonstrated experience in Accounts Payable, Finance, or Accounting.
- Strong attention to detail and high degree of accuracy in data entry and documentation.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with internal departments and external vendors.
- High level of confidentiality and professionalism.
- Proficiency in JD Edwards, Concur, and Microsoft Office Suite, preferred.
In addition to our more traditional benefits, we also offer great perks and numerous resources for professional development and team building:
- Promotional opportunities
- Rewards and recognition programs
- Robust onboarding and training program
- Employee Discount Programs (Perks at Work)
- Employee referral program
- Encouraging and collaborative culture
What our benefits are:
- Paid Time Off, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Parental Leave, etc.
- Carebridge Employee Assistance Program
For all full-time members:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Medical Flexible Spending Account
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Life Insurance/Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Pet Insurance
Each team member has the potential to earn a yearly bonus based on the achievement of company goals.
The Wenger Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
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