Accounts Payable Clerk

Job Description SCOPE OF POSITION: Responsible for properly performing all financial activities related to the Accounts Payable Department in accordance with established policies, procedures and controls.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The following is a list of the main duties and responsibilities.
However, other duties may be assigned as deemed necessary by management.
All duties must be performed in accordance with Tribal, Federal, and other applicable requirements, organizational specific policies, procedures and practices.
Process invoices for payment to vendors by coding invoices, checking invoices for accuracy, resolving discrepancies and entering data into Accounts Payable system.
Ensure that all vendor invoices are processed and paid accurately and in accordance with deadlines established by the department.
Communicate with all departments, as needed, to resolve invoice discrepancies.
Analyze and review monthly vendors’ statements for accuracy, resolving outstanding balances or discrepancies in a timely manner.
Maintain vendor relationships.
Maintain all Accounts Payable vendor files.
Adhere to regulatory, departmental and company policies.
Attend all necessary training and meetings.
Provide exceptional guest service and communicate in a pleasant, friendly, and professional manner at all times.
Maintain a professional work environment with supervisors and staff.
Assist in other projects, as directed.
Maintains the highest level of confidentiality.
Responsible for maintaining a consistent, regular attendance record as outlined in the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Attendance Policy.
Outstanding example of and a credit to FireKeepers Casino Hotel.
Job Requirements MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS An applicant’s education, training and experience must be sufficient to demonstrate that the applicant possesses the ability to successfully perform each of the essential duties and responsibilities satisfactorily.
FireKeepers reserves the right to verify the sufficiency of a candidate’s education, training and competencies through the interview process, testing and methods.
The requirements listed below are generally representative of the education, experience, and skills and/or abilities required to enable one to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities: High school Diploma or GED.
One year combination of education and Accounts Payable experience.
Data entry experience, with a proven high level of accuracy.
Must possess effective communication and organizational skills.
Must have the ability to deal effectively and interact well with customers and Team Members.
Must be computer-literate.
Must be at least 18 years of age.
GENERAL OR PREFFERED QUALIFICATIONS Associates Degree in Accounting.
MS Office applications experience, along with knowledge of Great Plains software.
LANGUAGE SKILLS Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instruction, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimal, and work with mathematical such as probability and statistical inference.
REASONING ABILITY Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this position, a Team Member is regularly required to talk or to hear.
The Team Member is also regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to handle or feel objects, tools or controls.
A Team Member is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, and to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Work is performed throughout all areas of the facility where the noise level varies from quiet to loud depending upon business.
Must be able to work in a smoke filled environment.
INDIAN PREFERENCE Indian preference will be applied in the selection of qualified applicants in accordance with the NHBP Indian Preference in Employment Code, which affords employment preferences to NHBP Tribal citizens, parents or spouses of NHBP citizens and other Native Americans.
For purposes of this preference, NHBP law defines "Native American" as: (a) an enrolled member of any other federally-recognized Indian tribes; (b) an enrolled member of a Canadian Indian tribe or First Nation; or (c) an enrolled member of the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians or the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa/Chippewa Indians.
FireKeepers Casino Hotel reserves the right to make changes to the above job description as necessary.