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19 Jul 2022

Full-Time Accounting Specialist – Accounts Payable & Purchasing

WMU Homer Stryker MD School of Medicine – Posted by morteg Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Job Description

Overview

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is seeking a Accounting Specialist, Accounts Payable and Purchasing. Responsible for providing all activities necessary to process invoices/checks, and other business expenses through the accounts payable/cash disbursement system for payment of approved expenditures. Will process, place and completes purchase orders that meet the organizations policies and guidelines. Responsible for banking functions as assigned. Responsible to cover other accounting functions, such as receiving and handling all incoming packages, on an as needed basis.

Responsibilities

  • Reviews invoices and supporting documentation for proper approval for payment.
  • Investigate discrepancies by effectively communicating with vendors and others outside the department.
  • Assigns accounts numbers to all items to be processed through the accounts payable system.
  • Issue, process and place purchase orders that meet policies and guidelines.
  • Process, place and complete orders for non-stock office, medical or other supplies as assigned.
  • Provide administrative support to the Director of Accounting & Controller as needed.
  • Provide coverage for the receiving docks as needed.
  • Perform various ad hoc reports
  • Availability to work occasional overtime on weekends or evenings to complete time sensitive projects.
  • Acquires knowledge for new technology and policy/procedure revisions.
  • Perform physical inventories on fixed assets and storeroom items as needed.
  • Processes all storeroom transfers as assigned.
  • All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Associate’s degree or equivalent in accounting plus minimum two years accounting/bookkeeping experience in general office environment.
  • Advanced knowledge of personal computing systems and basic to advanced knowledge of accounting software packages including Excel or other spreadsheet programs also required.
  • Ability to operate automated standard office equipment such as multi-line phone system, calculator, copier, fax machine, shredder, etc.
  • Ability to type at least 50 wpm.
  • Ability to use a numeric keypad with a speed of at least 12000 keystrokes per hour.
  • Ability to effectively communicate with others verbally and in writing.
  • Ability to meet assigned deadlines.
  • Ability to interpret, comprehend, and transmit complicated and detailed instructions accurately.
  • Demonstrates the ability to recognize priorities in organization of work flow.
  • Able to perform duties independently, with a minimal need for direct supervision.

About Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) is an exciting environment to pursue and academic career. The medical school is a collaboration of Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo’s two teaching health systems, Ascension Borgess and Bronson Healthcare. The medical school is a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation supported by private gifts, clinical revenues, research activities, tuition, and endowment income. Building upon the $100 million foundational gift in 2011, WMed received a philanthropic commitment of $300 million to support the mission of the medical school in June 2021. WMed contributed to the creation of 1,600 new jobs and an economic impact of $353 million in Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties in 2020.

WMed is fully accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the Higher Learning Commission. WMed offers a comprehensive, innovative four-year Doctor of Medicine degree program and two Master of Science degree programs in Biomedical Sciences and Medical Engineering. There are more than 200 residents and fellows in 10 residencies and five fellowships accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. To support its mission to educate and inspire lifelong learners, WMed has Joint Accreditation for interprofessional continuing education, which incorporates accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

WMed Health is the clinical practice of the medical school with more than 300 providers offering comprehensive primary care and specialty services in several locations throughout Kalamazoo, Portage, and Battle Creek. The Department of Pathology faculty serve as the Office of the Medical Examiner for counties throughout Michigan and northern Indiana.

The W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus located in downtown Kalamazoo serves as the primary educational facility with faculty and administrative offices, student study and social spaces, team-based learning halls, a state-of-the-art Simulation Center accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, basic science research labs, as well as toxicology and forensic pathology labs.

WMed is building upon Kalamazoo’s century-long foundation of drug discovery and medical device development with a strategic investment in clinical, laboratory, community, and educational research. The Center for Immunobiology, Center for Clinical Research, WMed ForenTox, Research Histology Lab, Innovation Center, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Human Research Protection Program contribute to the medical school’s advancement of knowledge through innovation and discovery.

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer of females, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans, and actively strives to increase diversity within its community. We provide a drug- and tobacco-free workplace.

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