Join National Heritage Academies (NHA) as an accounts payable associate. This position will report directly to the accounts payable team lead and will be responsible for processing vendor payments, vendor statements, reconciliations, filing, scanning and indexing documents. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience in a fast-paced and busy office environment.

About Us

NHA is a charter school management company that operates 80 schools in 9 states. We are committed to our mission of "challenging each child to achieve..." and we pride ourselves on our students' ability to achieve high results in later education based on the foundations gained in grades K-8 at NHA.

In this role you will work out of our corporate headquarters (Service Center) located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The NHA Service Center is where all the behind-the-scenes magic happens. Our 400 brilliant team members are brag-worthy. With a diverse group of departments like admissions, talent acquisition, facilities, legal services, and many more working together to provide top level back-office support. The Service Center is a place of bright colors, smiling faces, and opportunity. We like to gather for events such as the fall crocktoberfest cook-off, the sparkling holiday party full of fun and unexplainable excitement, and our annual 5K Service Center fun run.

Your Role

• Review, sort, and prepare a high volume of vendor payments
• Answer inquiries about payments and invoices from vendors
• Scanning, sorting and saving daily mail and email, and routing invoices to the appropriate accounts payable accountant in our OnBase system
• Analyze invoice issues and communicate with the appropriate person
• Vendor statement reconciliation
• Filing paper copies of invoices
• Assist with 1099 processing
• Administrative support for the Accounts Payable team

Requirements

• Strong organizational skills
• Aptitude for attention to detail with ability to process high volume and consistently meet deadlines
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office - Outlook and Excel
• Ability to provide an excellent level of customer service to internal and external customers
• Ability to communicate effectively and contribute to the success of the team
• Previous experience in an accounting or accounts payable department a plus

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National Heritage Academies is an equal opportunity employer.