Accounts Payable Scanning Spec
Job Description
Disbursement documents flow from university departments to the Accounts Payable section of the Controller's Office. Accounts Payable is responsible for researching and interpreting policies pertaining to university expenditures and then training university personnel so they can use them to make payments to university vendors and to answer questions from vendors about the payments. This section pre-audits these documents in accordance with state and university policy and procedures and makes decisions regarding the payment of the invoices or if additional support (documentation) is needed to support the business purpose of the public funds expenditure. This section also handles special transactions such as foreign draft requests and electronic wiring of funds to vendors.
The accounts payable scanning specialist is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the imaging system for accounts payable documents. The primary responsibilities of this position are:
- accurate indexing of the images for an estimated volume of over 176,000 documents annually;
- auditing and investigating accounting payment documents including interpreting and applying policies and procedures;
- interacting and communicating with the academic and administrative departments regarding online images and processed vouchers;
- opening, sorting, processing, and distributing office mail; and
- providing backup support for related positions as needed and other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- Administrative and/or accounting experience
- Experience with web-based applications
- Proficient utilizing various computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, electronic mail and databases
- Working experience with document imaging/scanning hardware and software and familiarity with creating electronic copies of documents in a high volume environment
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to provide customer service in a courteous manner and work effectively with diverse groups of people
Preferred Qualifications
- Fiscal/administrative assistant experience in a high volume business environment
- Working knowledge of the university Banner Finance system or similar relational database software
- Knowledge of or experience with HokieMart
Pay Band
3
Review Date
September 6, 2019
Additional Information
The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check
About Virginia Tech
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