About The Position

Position Description

The Accounting Associate will be responsible for processing and posting Accounts Payable transactions in accordance with GAAP accounting within the Finance & Accounting team. This position will also be responsible for managing disbursements, ensuring accuracy and timeliness, maintaining vendor financial records for historical and audit purposes, responding to financial questions/concerns to meet business needs, and performing all related accounting work.

Key Responsibilities

Receive, review, and process vendor invoices, ensuring appropriate approvals and proper coding to general ledger accounts.
Prepare and execute payment runs, including checks, ACH, and wire transfers, ensuring timely and accurate payments to vendors.
Work closely with the Procurement Department to verify proper PO documentation and vendor information before processing payments.
Reconcile vendor statements and resolve any discrepancies or issues related to invoices and payments.
Maintain a schedule for recurring vendor invoices to ensure timely payments.
Process employee and member reimbursements through the expense management system, ensuring compliance with company policies.
Generate accounts payable and expense management reports as needed by the leadership team for financial planning and analysis.
Assist in the month-end close process including preparing accruals, posting prepaid expense amortizations, and reconciling transactions.
Serve as an advisor on accounts payable and expense management matters to employees and members.
Challenge data discrepancies and communicate with relative parties to ensure timely resolution.

Minimum Requirements

2 years of accounts payable/accounting or other related professional accounting experience required. 3-5 years strongly preferred.
Will also consider entry-level accounts payable/accounting experience with a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

Critical Skills

Thorough knowledge of applicable accounts payable/general ledger systems and procedures, financial chart of accounts and corporate procedures.
Strong problem-solving skills, basic accounting principles knowledge, documentation skills, research and resolution skills, data analysis and multi-tasking skills.
Intermediate proficiency in Excel (e.g. pivot tables, v-lookups, etc.).
Strong understanding of GAAP/General Ledger Accounting.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
Excellent analytical skills - including the ability to present results.
Excellent organizational skills.
Deadline driven and detail oriented – ability to meet/exceed organizational turnaround times.

Education

High School diploma or GED required.
Associate’s or bachelor’s degree in accounting preferred.

Physical Requirements

General office demands.

About Us

The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) coordinates the nation’s organ transplant system, providing vital services to meet the needs of men, women and children awaiting lifesaving organ transplants. Based in Richmond, Va., UNOS is a private, nonprofit membership organization.

UNOS members encompass every transplant hospital, tissue matching laboratory and organ procurement organization in the United States, as well as voluntary health and professional societies, ethicists, transplant patients and organ donor advocates.

Top workplace in Richmond since 2014

UNOS is a great place to work! We have been named a Top Workplace in Richmond by the Richmond Times-Dispatch for 10 years in a row.

Virginia Values Veterans Certified

UNOS is V3-certified! V3-Certified companies work with the Department of Veterans Services and other strategic partners to support Virginia’s Veterans.

UNOS Benefits

For information on UNOS, including more information on employee benefits, take a look at the UNOS Employee Benefits Summary.

Authorization

Must be authorized to work in the US. Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Agency Statement

No Agencies Please.

UNOS provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. It will not unlawfully discriminate or permit harassment against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, familial or marital status, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, or any other characteristics or classification protected under applicable law (“protected categories”). This policy applies not only to hiring, but also to working conditions, benefits and privileges of employment, training, appointments for advancement, transfers, layoffs, recalls, terminations of employment and all other terms and conditions of employment.

UNOS is also an affirmative action employer. It takes affirmative action to recruit and provide opportunities for advancement to qualified females and minorities, individuals with disabilities, special disabled veterans and other protected veterans. It hires and promotes based on job-related requirements and individual qualifications. Action is taken to ensure the fulfillment of this policy as to all phases of the employment process including hiring, placement, training, upgrading, transfers and/or demotions, recruiting, layoffs and termination of employment.

UNOS invites individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to identify themselves, if they wish to do so. Such communication will be kept as confidential as possible and will be used only in accordance with the law. Candidates may contact the EEO/AA Officer at human.resources@unos.org to self-identify or request an accommodation.

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Accounting Associate, Accounts Payable