Specialist, Accounting - EPCO Corporate

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. Our services include: natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage and import and export terminals; crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and terminals; petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage and terminals; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems. The partnership's assets include approximately 50,000 miles of pipelines; 260 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity. Tap into the professional possibilities of the largest publicly traded energy partnership that features one of the most diversified cash flow streams in the midstream segment of the energy industry. With dynamic career opportunities and a creative and supportive environment, our unique midstream energy organization offers the chance to share and be recognized for your ideas. Join our team and increase your opportunities for success. The Accounting Specialist utilizes Paperstream functionality to scan accounts payable invoices to the Oracle A/P sub ledger for processing and eventual payment. The specialist will be responsible for handling HELM software and Maintenance PO System to assist in coding and routing invoices. In addition, the chosen applicant will oversee HELM functionality to create and process account receivable invoices and will other software to aid in completion of other job duties. The Accounting Specialist's responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Prepare invoices (matching delivery tickets and other support) for scanning into Oracle A/P.
• Printing invoices from electronic sources or processing from the mail.
• Verify remittance information for vendors and amounts billed by vendors once they are in Oracle A/P.
• Further processing (proper coding with g/l code, commodity code, location code and identifying approval sequence) of invoices in Oracle A/P.
• Prepare manual payment request with supporting documentation for payments that need immediate disbursement.
• Clearly communicate with controller, other departments, team members and vendors to resolve billing/payment disputes in a timely and professional manner.
• Prepare sufficient documentation showing actions taken to resolve any accounts payable issues (which may include retaining copies of e-mails, records of phone conversations and other documentation as deemed appropriate/necessary).
• The ability to reconcile vendor statements and follow up on discrepancies as needed.
• Take direction from other team members, act as a backup for co-workers and perform other duties on an as needed basis.
• Tracking of certain invoices weekly and at month end.
• Prepare Invoices daily to customers (freight and misc. billing) .
• Input Rebillable account payable invoices into HELM to assist in preparation of misc. billing invoices .
• Scan all account receivable invoices and then email to customers .
• Approve rebillable account payable invoices in Oracle for payment .
• Assist in preparing and file various Compliance and Tax reports and adhere to deadlines.
• Assist in preparing month end reports to assist in the monthly close process.
• The ability to perform the task of the Accounting Specialist and review work of others in the account receivable Department.
• Assist with monthly account receivable review meetings with internal groups as needed .
• Providing information to cash applications group to assist in posting cash receipts correctly as needed .
• Deal with customer issues and research discrepancies as required and determine a resolution including resolution of payment issues.
• Work closely with other departments and team members to optimize the billing process.
• Contribute to implementation and roll out and issue resolution of future system enhancements,
• Other duties/projects as maybe identified/developed.
• Assist other team members, act as a backup for co-workers and perform other duties on an as needed basis.

The successful candidate will meet the following qualifications:

• A minimum of a high school degree or G.E.D. is required.
• Three or more years’ experience processing accounts payable and accounts receivable is preferred.
• Oracle and HELM software experience is preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Software including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook is required.
• A general understanding of how an accounts receivable and accounts payable systems works is required.
• The ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment is required.
• The ability to effectively multi-task, prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Excellent analytical skills and ability to communicate detailed information required.
• Must satisfactorily pass background and drug screen.