Florida Crystals · 3 hours ago
Accounts Payable Specialist
Florida Crystals is a leading domestic sugar producer and North America’s first fully integrated cane sugar company. The Accounts Payable Specialist will be responsible for processing, verifying, and reconciling invoices, ensuring timely and accurate completion of all Accounts Payable functions.
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Responsibilities
Perform all aspects of the Accounts Payable function by matching purchase orders to invoices and entering the invoices into SAP; identify errors or discrepancies and resolve before processing
Manage invoice exceptions in Ariba and Invoice Scanning software programs
Reconcile monthly statements and related transactions to vendor accounts
Follow-up internally and externally on invoices and credits and other related issues
Communicate with vendors by telephone, mail or email, resolving a variety of routine inquiries concerning account status, and communicating resolution of discrepancies to appropriate persons
Communicate with internal customers for invoice approvals, PO price and quantity discrepancies, goods receipts, proof of delivery BOL’s, service entry receipts, etc
Reconciliation of general ledger accounts to resolve discrepancies with accounts payable postings
Completes special projects as assigned
Participates in group brainstorming sessions in an effort to identify gaps or areas of improvement within scope of position
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
1 – 3 years of experience in an accounts payable role
High School Diploma with 5+ years accounts payable experience
Strong knowledge of the full Accounts Payable cycle in both a manual and electronic environment
Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook)
Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, gathers and analyses information skilfully
Making customers and their needs a primary focus of actions, developing and sustaining productive customer relationships
Adapts without difficulty to changes in the work environment. Manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events
High degree of personal integrity in all business dealings
Attentive to detail and demonstrated ability to deliver on accountabilities in order to help the business and the team be successful
A great team player with a great attitude, good customer service orientation, and focused on delivering outstanding results to their clients and the business, overall
Strong organization skills, attention to detail and follow-through to resolve any outstanding issues
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; appropriately communicates at all levels of the organization
Preferred
Experience with an integrated Procure-to-Pay ERP module; SAP strongly preferred
Ariba or other invoice management software experience preferred
Associate's degree in accounting, finance or a related field preferred
Company
Florida Crystals
Florida Crystals is a fully integrated cane sugar company that is organic and natural.
Funding
Current Stage
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New Orleans CityBusiness
2025-09-19
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