Sr. Accounts Payable Representative

Carrols Restaurant Group, headquartered in Syracuse, NY, is a subsidiary of Burger King Corporation. Carrols operates over 1,000 Burger King® locations across 23 states and approximately 60 Popeyes® locations in 6 states.

Carrols currently employs over 25,000 people in our restaurants and our Home Office. We've been in the quick service restaurant business for over 60 years, so we know a little bit about success.

We're all about finding talented people and giving them the tools and knowledge to make it to the top.

We are excited to bring on a new team member at our Corporate Office and are currently recruiting for a Sr. Accounts Payable Representative to join our team.

The Sr. Accounts Payable Representative will a udit and verify the work of AP Representatives. Assist A / P management team with researching and reviewing of accounts and performing higher level representative functions.

Key Job Responsibilities :

• Review, verify and code certain types of transactions such as travel, petty cash and payment requests to ensure compliance with Carrols policies and procedures relative to approvals and supporting documentation.
• Sign into Transcepta to review transactions for proper coding and approvals prior to data entering the PeopleSoft AP Module.
• Processing to include recurring vouchers, vendor invoices, expense reports, petty cash disbursements, journal vouchers, voucher deletes, closures and corrections, and vendor statements.
• Work closely with the Legal department to ensure timely coding, processing and approval of legal invoices / check requests.
• Audit accuracy of AP Representatives processing relative to vendor names, unit numbers, addresses, invoice number, invoice date, account codes, invoice amounts, tax amounts, payment terms, and approval levels.
• Research and resolve AP issues for vendors, stores, Supervisors or clerks in a timely manner.
• Set up new vendors as needed to include obtaining a W9 and searching the IRS site to ensure accuracy of vendor names and tax numbers.
• Submit requests for voids, reissues and stop payments of checks as needed.
• Reconcile vendor statements and follow up on discrepancies.
• Delete control groups as needed.
• PDF invoices to supervisors and / or corporate office for approval as needed.
• Assist with mail on a daily and / or weekly basis.
• Run queries prior to check runs to ensure all control groups have been approved and verified, are in balance and that no vouchers are in a recycled status.
• Provide back up for other representatives as needed to assist with vacation coverage.
• Assist with check distribution.
• Other duties as assigned (may be specific to concept)

Requirements & Qualifications :

• High school diploma required.
• Comparable Accounts Payable experience (2-4 years) required
• 2-year degree in Accounting, preferred but not required
• Must have the ability to express ideas persuasively and clearly.
• Must have good written and oral communication skills.
• Must have good customer service skills.
• Must have the ability to organize and present material in a manner to gain agreement or acceptance.

The pay range is $20.00 -23.00 per hour depending on experience. Compensation to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.