Accounts Payable Specialist

Sunrise Farms is a group of companies with primary focus in the poultry industry. From our hatcheries to our “ready to eat” state of the art cooking facilities we service customers in the retail, food service and industrial sectors. We are proud of our support of the Canadian farm as well as our investment in the latest equipment and technologies at our facilities across Canada. Our test kitchens have the most current cooking equipment replicating that used in commercial establishments, to facilitate precision testing. This way you know the product you receive will perform to your expectations. We are proud of our long-standing partnerships with family-owned Canadian chicken farmers to produce high quality products.

Reporting to the Manager, Accounts Payable and Receivable, the Accounts Payable Specialist is a key member to the finance operations team in processing, tracking and recording payments in multiple entities and locations accurately and efficiently on a timely manner.  The Accounts Payable Specialist will also support the company in process and system optimization initiative in finance operations.  

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for full cycle accounts payable for multiple companies and locations, including processing standard vouchers, 2-way match and 3-way match invoices in ERP system and ensure adequate supporting working papers are maintained.
• Prepare cheque runs and EFT/ACH payments.
• Reconcile payments on bank statements to cash book on a weekly basis as part of the bank reconciliation process.
• Build strong relationship and communicate with vendors and suppliers when needed
• Follow company/department procedures and policies, and communicate with manager with any significant deviations or concerns.
• Work with other internal departments and vendors to resolve issues or escalate to manager as required.
• Ensure paperwork is accurately organized and filed.
• Cover receptionist duties during lunch hour (shared duty between AP and AR).
• Other various related duties as assigned by management.

Requirements:

• 2 years previous accounts payable experience required.
• Strong data entry skills with experience dealing with high volume of invoices.
• Experience in SAP Concur or any AP automation tools an asset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with great attention to detail.
• Ability to work well within a team and other departments within the organization.