Accounts Payable Associate - MAT Holdings, Inc

Join our vertically integrated team at MAT Holdings, Inc., a leading global manufacturer with a 40-year history. We're proud to provide employment opportunities for more than 14,000 employees across 12 countries. Headquartered in Long Grove, Illinois, we have over 40 factories on three continents, including 2.1 million square feet of U.S. distribution and manufacturing space.

You will find our products in home improvement centers, big box retailers, hardware stores and automotive chains. They're in the cars you drive, the trailers you tow, and the heavy-duty machinery you operate.

MAT can maintain consistent expertise and solutions across the entire supply chain. We’re experts in engineering, manufacturing, quality assurance, logistics and distribution, marketing, design, and customer service — we don't just make it happen, we ensure it happens with excellence.

We’re more than manufacturing, we’re MAT.

The Accounts Payable Associate is responsible for the accurate and timely processing of vendor invoices, responds to internal requests for payment, and requires extensive work to resolve payment issues.

Principle Responsibilities

• Processes incoming invoices and prepares for SAP entry. This involves: reviewing emailed invoices, forwarding to appropriate personnel for approval, ensuring back-up documentation and purchase orders are attached to invoices.
• Codes all invoices with general ledger and cost center numbers. Verifies proper pricing and quantities match. Enters accounts payable data into SAP system.
• Assists with payment issuance, e.g., pulls invoices for payment, and attaches payment advice copies to paid invoices, and prepares payments with remittances for providing to the vendor.
• Matches A/P payments to invoices and verifies all information.
• Processes credit and debit memos.
• Reconciles monthly statements from vendors and handles any discrepancies.
• Handles vendor inquiries regarding payment information, short pays, etc.
• Assists in monthly closing.
• Audits (in accordance to Company guidelines) and processes employee expense reports.

• Possess excellent computer skills with emphasis in Excel.
• Analytical, self-motivated, able to work alone or within a team in a fast pace environment.
• Requires ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities. 

Education/Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or a related field, or combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 1 year experience in an A/P role.
• Knowledge of Freight Payables a plus.
• Basic accounting skills required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word and Excel.
• Working knowledge of SAP a plus.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.