Accounts Payable Specialist

MPR Associates, Inc. (MPR), a thriving multi-discipline, specialty engineering services and consulting firm, is actively seeking a capable and motivated Accounts Payable Specialist to join our accounting team. If you are seeking a unique, challenging, and rewarding career opportunity, MPR may be the right company for you.

Founded in 1964, MPR has a wide and growing client base in the fields of power and energy, federal services, and health and life sciences, in the United States as well as internationally. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, we also have offices in East Lyme, Connecticut, Burlington, Massachusetts, and Salt Lake City, Utah. MPR makes challenging projects successful, delivering safe and reliable technical solutions across the entire project or product life cycle to benefit our clients and society as a whole. We hire the best and brightest, which results in a high-performance, high-respect culture built on trust and respect, making MPR an exceptional place to work.

General Job Description

The Accounts Payable Specialist will work closely with the Assistant Director of Accounting to process all phases of the Accounts Payable function from receipt of invoice to payment (manual checks, ACH and wires), obtain approvals, ensure payment within terms, create payment files and supplier set up.

This is a hands-on position that will be an integral part of the accounting department that will focus on Accounts Payable. This is a full-time, exempt position in MPR's Alexandria, VA office.

Receive vendor invoices, process vendor invoices, record Vouchers in Vision (Deltek), obtain approvals, ensure payment within terms, and create payment files.
• Setup vendors and maintain vendors' (master file) information in Vision (Deltek).
• Ensure compliance with tax reporting requirements (W9 & 1099 forms).
• Assist with month-end close processes, including accruals.
• Interact in a professional manner with senior management, company employees, finance staff, and external parties.
• Review and process employee expense reports, ensuring compliance with client requirements and company policies.
• Provide information and create schedules and reconciliations for external audits including F/S audits.
• Perform additional assignments, as directed.

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or a related field, or a minimum of five (5) years of hands-on experience in the accounting field.
• At least one (1) year of experience processing accounts payable.
• Working knowledge of basic accounting principles.
• Experience of Deltek (Vision/Vantage point) is preferred.
• Experienced with Elevia's Electronic Invoicing and/or Payables Approval & Tracking is preferred.

• Ability to work collaboratively across functional teams.
• Exceptional time and project management skills.
• Must have sound interpersonal, communication, organization and analytic skills.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• High degree of accuracy, attention to detail and confidentiality.
• Logical problem solving and demonstrated ability to organize and move project tasks forward in an orderly and structured fashion.
• Demonstrated aptitude in designing and maintaining electronic spreadsheets.
• Effectively communicate issues/ problems and results that impact timelines, accuracy and reliability of financial/ billing data.
• Proficiency in MS Office suite; specifically, MS Excel.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Motivated to expand skills and knowledge, as well as tackle new problems and take on new responsibilities.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, set priorities and see tasks through to completion.
• Persistent, questioning attitude and ability to accept that in others.

MPR Associates, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, who participates in E-Verify. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any other classification as required by applicable law. MPR is a certified Virginia Values Veterans (V3) employer.