Accounts Payable Specialist

City Experiences is seeking a Accounts Payable Specialist for our operations in Chicago, IL.

About You:

This person will be adaptable, dynamic, and embody City Experiences' RESPECT Service System.

About the Opportunity:

Do you share Hornblower's passion for providing amazing experiences? If you're an enthusiastic team player who thrives in an environment where communication, creativity, and cooperation are encouraged, this may just be the opportunity for you. The successful accounts payable specialist assists in the Accounts Payable function for the assigned cities/business units to ensure consistently high levels of quality, service and focus on profitability.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Inputs vendor invoices and expense reports into the accounting system.

• Ensures all invoices input into the accounting system are mathematically accurate, coded to the proper account and properly approved for payment

• Reviews invoices and expense reports for compliance with Company policies and for assessment of applicable state and city use tax

• Issues checks to vendors in a timely manner

• Maintains filing of support for various invoices, credit card, and local checking account transactions

• Researches & responds timely to all inquiries from vendors and internal staff as it relates to vendor payments and P&L charges

• Supports other members of the AP Team in the printing, packing, and mailing of the Company's weekly check runs

• Assists in the tracking of capital expenditures, repair & maintenance projects, fuel costs, and other cost analyses as requested

• Monitors electronic bank transactions in real time and assists in obtaining and filing support for all relevant transactions processed through the bank site

• Researches Unclaimed Property filings with the AP team and prepares the transactions for filing with the applicable state

• Participates in special projects as requested

• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements & Qualifications:

• Prior Accounts Payable experience preferred

• High school diploma or equivalent required. College courses or degree a plus.

• Work in an organized manner

• Maintains a reliable and consistent schedule

• Strong attention to detail

• Consistently meet tight deadlines

• Communicate effectively in oral and written form

• Manage multiple priorities/tasks

• Work independently

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships as required by job responsibility

• Accurate data entry

• Work with Microsoft Office applications (especially Excel)

About Us:

City Experiences' passion is to provide amazing experiences on land and water. Our 40-year success through organic growth and acquisitions has resulted in a portfolio of over 25+ brands that welcome upwards of 30 million guests/riders annually. If you're an enthusiastic team player who thrives in an environment where communication, creativity, and cooperation are encouraged, this may just be the opportunity for you.

The RESPECT Service System embodies City Experiences' mission, vision, values and operating principles. By creating a company culture that puts RESPECT at its core, we believe it will drive us to achieve our goal of becoming a Global Experiences and Transportation Leader.

City Experiences is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We prohibit discrimination and or/harassment of any type, including but not limited to discrimination and or harassment based upon race, religion, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, pregnancy or relation medical conditions, childbirth, breastfeeding, parental status, veteran and/or military statue, disability (physical or mental) medical condition, genetic information or characteristics, political affiliation, domestic violence survivor status, marital status, or other characteristics prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Additional, City Experiences participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations.

We encourage qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records to apply.