Accounts Payable Specialist
Company: DuPage Housing Authority
Category: Accounting/Finance
Wheaton
Type: Full Time
The DuPage Housing Authority is hiring for an Accounts Payable Specialist. This The Accounts Payable Specialist will be responsible for processing accounts and incoming payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures. Pay range is $25.00 – $30.00 an hour. Benefits: Medical; Dental; Vision; Life Insurance; 401(a) & 457(b) Retirement Plans; PTO; Paid Holidays; Tuition Reimbursement.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Completes administrative payments to third party vendors and adheres to budgetary guidelines to process, verify and reconcile invoices.
- Records and pays landlords Hou sing Assistance Payment subsidy through ACH or manual checks on a bi-monthly basis and reconciles records for accuracy and completeness.
- Accurately identify any missed payments to vendors and communicate any errors in the invoicing process.
- Assist in the 1099 process prior to submitting to the IRS.
- Investigate and resolve any issues regarding tax identification numbers or levy payments.
- Create manual payables related to missing payments for landlords.
- Track Reliacard payments and create cards related to Utility Reimbursement Payments (URP) to tenants.
- Process any invoices or create payables to ensure a timely check run.
- Research create payment holds for landlords listed on IRS notices.
- Identify any checks that have not been cashed and maintain a log of outstanding checks.
- Help maintain an organized filing system in digital and paper mediums.
- Process any credit memos created through returns from the Organization.
- Record interest and reconcile the tenant balance from the Family Self Sufficiency Program monthly and keep accurate records for retention.
- Set up third party vendor information in the Yardi system.
- Obtain and verify W-9 Form and ACH information for new and current vendors.
- Protects organization’s values by keeping information confidential.



