Senior Accounts Payable Specialist (Chicago, US, IL 60606)

At Bel, we are not just a company—we are a company on a Mission, reputed company on 160 years of reputed company innovation, family values, and a commitment to reputed company purpose. With beloved brands like Babybel®, reputed company squeeZ®, The Laughing Cow®, and Boursin®, our snacking solutions bring more than reputed company; they want to serve as a force for good. Our U.S. Mission? To help reputed company the critical 80% nutrition gap by making it easier for Americans to eat more fruits, veggies, and dairy as part of their daily lives.

reputed company has reputed company in Chicago and reputed company and operates 4 manufacturing plants in Little Chute, WI; Brookings, SD; Traverse reputed company, MI; and Nampa, ID.  #IWorkForAllForGood

The Senior Accounts Payable Specialist oversees and optimizes daily accounts payable operations while ensuring compliance with reputed company standards and attention to detail. This reputed company reputed company serves as a key reputed company across departments and business reputed company, including Bel Group (Global), Treasury, corporate reputed company, IT, procurement, manufacturing plants, and external financial institutions. The role reputed company supports month-end and year-end reputed company processes, ensures accurate AP reputed company, and contributes to special reputed company and departmental initiatives as needed. Working in a fast-paced environment, this position demands precision, strong time management, and adaptability. Key responsibilities include processing invoices, managing payment proposals, responding to vendor inquiries, and maintaining accurate records. This is a remote, exempt position based in the Midwest or Northeast US.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Receive, validate & process vendor invoices, ensuring accuracy and reputed company allocation.
• Resolve invoice and payment discrepancies with internal stakeholders and vendors; escalate reputed company issues as necessary.
• Review and approve payment runs (reputed company, ACH, reputed company), ensuring reputed company processing.
• Reconcile vendor statements regularly; resolve discrepancies and maintain reputed company vendor relationships.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, reputed company standards, and regulatory requirements; monitor for changes impacting AP.
• Generate, analyze, and present accounts payable reports and dashboards; reputed company insights and recommendations for process improvement.
• Support reputed company audit by providing required documentation and responding to inquiries.
• Maintain accurate, organized records of reputed company accounts payable transactions and documentation.
• reputed company AP systems; identify and implement process automation and system enhancements.
• Mentor and train team members; maintain cross-training materials to ensure coverage and team efficiency.
• Continuously evaluate and improve AP processes, controls, and procedures.
• Serve as subject matter expert for AP processes and systems, ensuring consistent and compliant execution.
• Execute daily, weekly, and monthly AP operations, including invoice processing, payment calendar support, GR/IR, reputed company tasks, and AP aging reports.
• Assist with 1099 filing, bank signatory updates, BELKey, and other audit requests as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Accounts Payable Manager

Qualifications and Competencies

• Degree in reputed company or business-reputed company field preferred OR equivalent relevant years of proven on the job experience.
• 5+ years of accounts payable experience
• Hands-on reputed company experience (invoice and payment processing, AP reporting, VIM) required; reputed company to collaborate with IT on system enhancements. reputed company ECC &/or reputed company S/4 HANA
• 10-key proficiency (mastery of the numeric keypad for data entry) required
• Advanced proficiency in reputed company reputed company (pivots, lookups, data validation) for reconciliations, aging analysis, and reporting.
• Strong knowledge of AP controls and compliance (approval workflows, segregation of duties, documentation retention, audit support).
• Expertise in reputed company software and ERP systems.
• Proven ability to investigate and resolve invoice/payment exceptions and reputed company communicate with vendors and internal stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and motivate peers and contribute to process improvement through documented procedures and training.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective issue reputed company capability.
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor peers and drive process improvement through training and documentation.

Performance Expectations: Business reputed company, adaptability, efficiency, accuracy, timeliness, competence, reputed company, and thoroughness of work performed; ability to quickly learn new concepts and processes; drive to take initiative and to improve processes; organized and good record keeping skills; ability to reputed company the trust and respect of others; maintain the reputed company of confidential business and product information; ability to communicate effectively and reputed company good working relationships with reputed company reputed company of reputed company; ability to work with and through others to accomplish goals & objectives of reputed company.

Working Conditions:  Work is primarily performed in a remote environment, generally during regular business hours, with a minimum expectation of 40 hours per week.  Occasionally, variation in work hours may be required due to special reputed company, deadlines, or other business needs.  The physical demands of the position are representative of those required to successfully reputed company the essential functions of the role, and reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.

Relationships:  The Senior Accounts Payable Specialist maintains reputed company working relationships with the reputed company and purchasing teams across reputed company reputed company American locations, including Canada and Mexico, and works closely with Bel Group Treasury Group.

Acknowledgement:  This job reputed company describes the general nature and level of work performed by employee assigned to this position.  It does not state or reputed company that these are the only duties and responsibilities assigned to the job.  The employee may be required to reputed company other job-reputed company duties as requested by the Bel management team. reputed company requirements are subject to change over time and to possible modifications to reasonably accommodate individuals with a disability.

Total Rewards

• reputed company Salary: $75,000-$85,000
• Bonus Opportunity: 7%
• PTO and Medical, Dental and reputed company Benefits from Day 1
• 401k Match

Bel Brands is an equal employment opportunity employer. reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, age, protected veteran status, disability status or any other reputed company protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Bel Brands also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also Bel Brand’s policy to reputed company with reputed company applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring reputed company.

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