Accounts Payable Clerk I (Remote)

Summary

California FAIR Plan Association is seeking an Accounts Payable Clerk I to support daily accounts payable operations. The role processes invoices and transactions, reconciles accounts, assists with closing and audit activities, maintains vendor records, and responds to vendor and broker inquiries.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, process and post invoices timely and accurately
• Assure that financial accounts are reconciled timely and accurately
• Support timely and efficient month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
• Perform account analysis to identify and explain variances
• Maintain proper documentation and file supporting documents, including approvals
• Assist with internal and external audit requests
• Liaise with the bank and other parties as required
• Perform backup duties within the department as required
• Record and process daily transactions in accounts payable (i.e. obtain approvals and issue checks)
• Assist with accounts payable email queue and electronic file organization
• Assist with printing daily premium refund checks and monthly commission checks
• Assist with vendor maintenance in the general ledger, including set up of payment locations and creation of new vendor request forms and/or change forms
• Assist with maintaining and keeping current W-9 documents for Accounts Payable vendors
• Respond to vendor inquiries and assist with research of vendor payment discrepancies
• Assist with processing employee garnishment, broker garnishment and broker’s backup withholding
• Assist with monitoring company credit card, ensuring all transactions are approved with proper receipts submitted
• Assist with uploading disbursements
• Respond to internal and external broker commission inquiries

Skills

• High school diploma required
• 0 to 1 year of relevant work experience (Accounting Clerk I)
• Exceptional typing and 10 key by touch skills required
• Excellent oral and written communication
• Strong attention to detail and ability to operate with a high degree of accuracy
• Microsoft Office suite experience required
• Intermediate Excel skills preferred
• Microsoft Dynamics GP experience preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• High school diploma required
• 0 to 1 year of relevant work experience (Accounting Clerk I)
• Exceptional typing and 10 key by touch skills required
• Excellent oral and written communication
• Strong attention to detail and ability to operate with a high degree of accuracy
• Microsoft Office suite experience required

Nice to Haves

• intermediate Excel skills preferred
• Microsoft Dynamics GP experience preferred