Overview
The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), Center for Computing Sciences, located in Bowie, MD, has an immediate opening for a Part-time as needed Accounts Payable Specialist role.
This opening is located at IDA's Center for Computing Sciences in Bowie, Maryland (CCS). IDA offers a superior professional working environment. The Part-time position verifies and prepares invoices for payment for the CCS facility, ensuring that all forms are complete and are in accordance with all applicable IDA practice and procedures.
Responsibilities:
- Utilizes Costpoint to conduct quality assurance checks on incoming vendor invoices for compliance, accuracy, and structural completeness.
- Facilitates prompt vendor payments by verifying source documentation, reconciling balances, and accurately processing invoice batches through the general ledger.
- Reconciles check registers and balances general ledger accounts, resolves routine operational discrepancies, and escalates unresolved system issues to management.
- Manages data processing, physical-to-digital scanning, and localized information archiving systems. Maintains internal network integrity by securely transferring financial records to designated corporate storage drives and shared infrastructure.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent, and four years of work experience performing any combination of general accounting and/or office support.
- Demonstrated ability to follow prescribed procedures in a timely and accurate manner, with discretion.
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively under deadlines with tact and diplomacy.
- Previous experience using Deltek Costpoint Accounting System required.
- Ability to obtain and maintain necessary security clearances.
- MANDATORY REQUIREMENT: U.S. Citizenship is required.