Job Description

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Samaritans Purse is seeking an Accounts Payable Associate to join the AP team at our location in North Wilkesboro, NC. This key position will process various types of accounts payable transactions including data entry of vendor invoices, employee expense reports, and manual check request vouchers. Additionally, this position is responsible for responding to vendor inquiries, preparing monthly general ledger account closing reconciliations, preparing monthly account reconciliations, documenting control logs, preparing 1099 forms, processing electronic files for positive pay to the bank, and maintaining the vendor master files in the accounting system. You will be supporting North American Ministries with the WNC Mortgage Program. Come join our team and use your gifts for the Kingdom!

A Day in the Life of an Accounts Payable Associate: 

At Samaritans Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotion and spend time praying for each other, our staff, and volunteers who serve around the globe. 

In the role of an Accounts Payable Specialist, you will have the opportunity to: 

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him
• Prepare all purchase order-related invoices, non-purchase order invoices, and reimbursement claims (Travel and Expense Reimbursements) for payment, including checking/reviewing invoices for backup documentation, matching the purchase order, receiving reports and invoices, resolving discrepancies, obtaining approval as needed according to the Commitment Authority Policy, and checking/reviewing the general ledger coding.
• Follow up on unpaid invoices and reconcile billing statements, including the VISA Corporate card and the P-card billing statement.
• Process checks, wires (domestic and international), and other payment instruments and work with banking online programs. 
• Reconcile departmental petty cash reimbursement requests, including reviewing and preparing backup documentation and GL coding.
• Maintain Accounts Payable address book and serve as a backup to other AP staff and Managers as needed.
• Prepares audit and year-end reports.
• Assists in maintaining 1099 files and Sales & Use tax reports and files
• All other duties as assigned

Learn more about serving with Samaritans Purse. 

Qualifications & Experience: 

• High School diploma and one (1) to two (2) years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A background in Accounts Payable or Finance (preferred)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Outlook (required). Strong computer skills
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs

Job Location: North Wilkesboro, NC

Type: Associate Full-Time up to 6 months

Language Requirement: Fluency in English

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Samaritan's Purse Mission Statement:

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Samaritan's Purse Statement of Faith:

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17.
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6.
• We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15.
• We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit.  Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7.
• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life.  John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10.
• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment.  1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15.
• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church.  1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23.
• We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ. Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15.
• We believe Gods plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female. Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9.
• We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism.  Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15.
• We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen. Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10.
• We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person biological male or female. These two distinct but complementary sexes together reflect the image and likeness of God. Rejection of ones biological sex is a rejection of Gods merciful design and creative order.  Genesis 1:26-27;1 Corinthians 6:9; Deuteronomy 22:5