AR AP Specialist

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<p class="ignore-global-css"><span class="ignore-global-css" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong class="ignore-global-css">Please note: </strong>This position is hybrid and requires you to be on-site in St. Clair Shores, Michigan</span></p>
<p class="ignore-global-css"><span class="ignore-global-css" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong class="ignore-global-css">Why join GroupeSTAHL?</strong></span></p>
<p class="ignore-global-css"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="ignore-global-css"><span style="color: rgb(21, 103, 243);"><em class="ignore-global-css">We value work/life balance.</em></span><br class="ignore-global-css">As a family-owned business, we know our work family is just one aspect of life. We offer flexibility in the workplace to accommodate life outside of work. We offer generous PTO packages and opportunity to earn additional time off throughout the year.<br><br></span><span class="ignore-global-css"><span style="color: rgb(21, 103, 243);"><em class="ignore-global-css">We take health and wellness seriously.</em></span><br class="ignore-global-css">We offer comprehensive benefits packages with low premiums and front-end deductibles. Contribute pre-tax dollars to your FSA or HSA accounts. Earn additional PTO by participating in healthy activities!<br><br></span><span class="ignore-global-css"><span style="color: rgb(21, 103, 243);"><em class="ignore-global-css">We don’t believe in just getting a job; we believe in careers.</em></span><br class="ignore-global-css">With ongoing training and opportunities for personal development, we believe in fostering career growth. Looking to take your career to the next step? We offer tuition reimbursement!<br><br></span><span class="ignore-global-css"><span style="color: rgb(21, 103, 243);"><em class="ignore-global-css">We believe in making a difference (and having fun while doing it).</em></span><br class="ignore-global-css">Whether we’re eating hot dogs to celebrate Coney Day, or playing hockey with Detroit Red Wings Alumni to raise money for Michigan Disabled Veterans. We’re a family-owned company who has family-friendly fun year ‘round! We’re all about having fun and making a difference.<br><br></span><span class="ignore-global-css"><strong class="ignore-global-css">Need more reasons to join GroupeSTAHL? Read more about other benefits and perks <a class="ignore-global-css" href="https://www.groupestahl.com/careers/" target="_blank">HERE</a>!</strong></span></span></p>
<p class="ignore-global-css"><span class="ignore-global-css" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong class="ignore-global-css">What we do:</strong><br class="ignore-global-css">GroupeSTAHL is a leading international manufacturer, distributor and direct supplier in the field of custom textile printing.<br></span></p>
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<p class="ignore-global-css"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong class="ignore-global-css">What you'll be doing:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We are seeking a detail-oriented and growth-minded Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable Specialist to support accounting operations across multiple divisions of the enterprise. This role is responsible for accurate, timely processing of receivables and payables, maintaining clean financial records, resolving discrepancies, and supporting month-end close activities. The ideal candidate has strong core accounting competencies, understands the importance of internal controls and documentation, and is eager to grow beyond transactional tasks into broader accounting, reporting, process improvement, and cross-divisional finance support.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Key Responsibilities</span></p>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Process customer invoices, cash receipts, payment applications, credit memos, and account adjustments accurately and in accordance with company policies.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Monitor accounts receivable aging, follow up on past-due balances, research customer payment discrepancies, and communicate professionally with internal teams and external customers.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Review, code, route, and process vendor invoices, employee reimbursements, and payment requests while ensuring proper approvals and supporting documentation.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Prepare and support vendor payment runs, reconcile vendor statements, investigate discrepancies, and maintain positive vendor relationships.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reconcile accounts receivable and accounts payable subledgers to the general ledger and assist with bank, credit card, and balance sheet reconciliations as needed.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Support month-end and year-end close by preparing schedules, researching variances, assisting with accruals, and ensuring transactions are recorded in the proper period.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maintain accurate customer, vendor, and accounting records across multiple divisions, entities, departments, or business units.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Coordinate with operations, purchasing, sales, customer service, and divisional finance teams to resolve billing, receiving, payment, coding, and documentation issues.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Follow established accounting policies, internal controls, approval workflows, and audit documentation requirements.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce manual work, strengthen controls, and increase consistency across divisions.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Provide backup support for other accounting functions and take on additional accounting responsibilities as skills and business needs evolve.</span></li>
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<p class="ignore-global-css"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong class="ignore-global-css">What we are looking for:</strong></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Associate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field required, or equivalent combination of education and relevant accounting experience.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business preferred, especially for candidates seeking long-term growth into broader accounting responsibilities.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Two or more years of experience in accounts receivable, accounts payable, bookkeeping, accounting support, or a similar finance role preferred.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Solid understanding of GAAP-based accounting foundation, including proper account classification, revenue and expense recognition concepts, accruals, reconciliations, documentation standards, period-end accuracy, and the relationship between subledgers and the general ledger.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience using accounting software or ERP systems required; experience with Microsoft Dynamics GP / Great Plains, multi-division, multi-entity, manufacturing, distribution, service, or enterprise environments is a plus but not required.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and the ability to organize, analyze, and validate financial data.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong attention to detail, accuracy, follow-through, confidentiality, and deadline management.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to communicate clearly with vendors, customers, internal departments, and divisional stakeholders.</span></li>
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<p>Core Competencies</p>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>GAAP-based accounting</strong><strong> foundation:</strong> Demonstrates practical knowledge of financial transactions, account classification, reconciliations, supporting documentation, accrual concepts, cutoff procedures, and period-end accuracy in alignment with generally accepted accounting principles.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Accuracy and accountability:</strong> Takes ownership of assigned work, verifies information carefully, and resolves discrepancies through timely research and follow-up.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Enterprise mindset:</strong> Understands that AP and AR activity affects cash flow, vendor and customer relationships, divisional reporting, and overall financial integrity.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Cross-functional collaboration:</strong> Works effectively with multiple divisions and departments to obtain approvals, clarify issues, and support consistent accounting practices.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Process improvement orientation:</strong> Looks for ways to streamline workflows, improve documentation, reduce rework, and support better use of systems and reporting tools.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Growth potential:</strong> Shows curiosity, willingness to learn, and readiness to expand into broader responsibilities such as reporting, reconciliations, close support, analysis, and special projects.</span></li>
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<h1><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Preferred Experience</span></h1>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience supporting accounting activity across multiple divisions, locations, departments, or legal entities.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Exposure to month-end close, journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, or financial reporting.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with ERP systems, invoice approval workflows, electronic payments, customer portals, or accounting automation tools.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience in a high-volume transaction environment with competing deadlines.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Demonstrated interest in developing a broader accounting career path beyond AP and AR processing.</span></li>
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<h1><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Work Environment and Expectations</span></h1>
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<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Works collaboratively with accounting, operations, purchasing, sales, customer service, and divisional teams.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Manages confidential financial information with professionalism and discretion.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Balances daily transaction processing with deadlines related to collections, payments, reconciliations, and close schedules.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Adapts to changing priorities and supports process consistency across the enterprise.</span></li>
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<p class="ignore-global-css"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong class="ignore-global-css"><em class="ignore-global-css">Apply today and join the fun!</em></strong></span></p>
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