Senior Accounting Operations Specialist - Accounts Payable/Vendor Onboarding

Overview

Frontdoor is reimagining how homeowners maintain and repair their most valuable asset – their home. As the parent company of two leading brands, we bring over 50 years of experience in providing our members with comprehensive options to protect their homes from costly and unexpected breakdowns through our extensive network of pre-qualified professional contractors. American Home Shield, the category leader in home service plans with approximately two million members, gives homeowners budget protection and convenience, covering up to 23 essential home systems and appliances. Frontdoor is a cutting edge, one-stop app for home repair and maintenance. Enabled by our Streem technology, the app empowers homeowners by connecting them in real time through video chat with pre-qualified experts to diagnose and solve their problems. The Frontdoor app also offers homeowners a range of other benefits including DIY tips, discounts and more. For more information about American Home Shield and Frontdoor, please visit frontdoorhome.com .

Responsibilities

Summary : Remote Role

As a Senior Accounts Payable Specialist, you will perform a variety of routine and non-routine transactional accounting tasks in accordance with standard procedures in one or more of the following areas: accounts payable, procurement or other related financial area. Review, validate and take appropriate actions to resolve requests for onboarding and maintaining vendor master information and file preparation and issuance of 1099’s.

Responsibilities:

• Applies acquired job skills to complete assigned routine tasks related to Accounts Payable and Vendor Onboarding and Maintenance.

• Ensures customer/vendor information reflects correctly within system records.

• Understand and complete/process internal forms maintaining vendor records and in support of 1099 compliance and reporting.

• Identify and make recommendations to improve and control department processes to ensure performing at optimal levels.

• Provides support on inquires for internal and external customers with effective responses to status of vendor accounts, invoicing, disbursements, and account balance research.

• Gather, review, and provide audit selection documentation.

• Performs and enforces department policies, processes, and procedures.

• Maintain financial security by following internal controls.

• Maintains organized financial records, both electronic and paper.

• May assume other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• Effective Communication, Integrity, Decision making, Working Collaboratively, Detail-oriented, Flexibility, Quick learner.

• Experience with accounts payable activities such as: vendor accounts, invoicing, disbursements, and account balance research.

• Intermediate Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) skills.

• Excellent interpersonal skills.

• Ability to prioritize and work efficiently in a Self-Directed Work Environment.

Preferred Skills:

• The ideal resource would have exposure to Vendor Onboarding processes and/or Vendor relationship management and 1099 compliance and reporting.

• Familiarity and/or utilization of processes and systems such as: JD Edwards (or other Enterprise Resource Planning system), Tax ID Number Validation (via IRS tax site) and Bank Account and Ownership Validation.

Physical Role Requirements : Be seated at a computer intermittently for up to eight hours a day. Move up to 10 pounds occasionally, by lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or otherwise repositioning objects. Sitting for lengthy periods of time while using office equipment such as computers and phones. Repetitive motions using hands and digits, such as movement of wrists, hands and fingers while picking, pinching, and typing during your normal working environment.

Minimum Education, Licensure and Professional Certification requirements: High school diploma or GED required.

Minimum Experience required (number of years necessary to perform role) : 1+ years of prior office experience or specialized related field and/or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Travel: Limited

Other/State Specific

This role pays between $20.68 Hourly to $30.97 Hourly and your actual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, responsibilities, experience, and location.

At Frontdoor certain roles are eligible for additional rewards and incentives. Speak directly to your recruiter to learn more.

Our approach to benefits is holistic, and includes health, wellbeing and financial components including: insurance for medical/pharmacy, dental, vision, life, and disability, weight loss and smoking cessation programs, matching 401(k) and ability to participate in our employee stock purchase plan.

Learn more about benefits (https://frontdoor.jobs/benefits/) at Frontdoor.

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Job Locations US

ID 2024-3510

Category Accounting/Finance

Type Full Time

Company AHS American Home Shield Corp