Accounts Payable Specialist - Great Bend, Garden City, or Scott City, Kansas

at WHEATLAND ELECTRIC COOP INC in Garden City, Kansas, United States

Job Description

Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc. is a member owned electrical distribution cooperative dedicated to "Delivering Energy for Life" to our communities in western and central Kansas. We have an opening for an Accountants Payable Specialist with five (5) years of accounts payable and/or accounting knowledge or experience. This job can be located in our Scott City, Kansas, Garden City, Kansas or Great Bend, Kansas offices. Our employees are welcoming and committed to your success and to the success of the department. You will be empowered and exposed to situations that will utilize your experiences and knowledge of accounts payable and/or accounting, including invoice coding, payment processing, and processing 1099s. You'll have learning opportunities in multiple aspects of utility accounting.

Opportunities:

• Learn about utility accounting.
• Provide support to achieve the lowest cost, most reliable, and environmentally efficient electricity distribution.
• Enjoy the friendly, hometown atmosphere and give back to your community.
• Be part of a team who is dedicated, inviting, and knowledgeable.
• Receive outstanding benefits including a company funded pension and 401(k) match, low health insurance premiums, paid vacation, sick, and holiday time, company paid group term life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, company paid long term disability insurance, employee assistance program, and a continuing education program.
• Gain experience in an electric utility to further your career, including technical and soft skills.

Summary: With limited supervision, processes vendor invoices, expense reports, and payment disbursements in an accurate and timely manner.

Top Qualifications:

• A high school diploma and five (5) years of accounts payable and/or accounting experience.
• Basic knowledge of double entry accounting for journal reconciliations and strong knowledge of accounting processes for Accounts Payable, including general ledger familiarity for proper expense classification.
• Able to communicate effectively in writing and verbally. Able to listen and interpret what individuals are asking/telling you.
• Able to maintain confidential Cooperative and employee information.
• Able to research 1099 vendor information, new procedures, sales and use tax, and software capabilities using a wide variety of sources including the internet and government publications.
• Able to independently search out learning opportunities to expand and update accounting knowledge.
• Able to evaluate a posed question or problem and make competent decisions within a reasonable amount of time.
• Able to keep files, schedules, and projects organized.
• Able to use mathematics to solve problems.
• Detail Oriented.

Refer to the Job Description for a complete list of qualifications and essential functions.

Wheatland is an Equal Opportunity Employer