Description of Company

Barr is a consulting company that integrates engineering and environmental expertise to help clients develop, manage, process, and restore natural resources across North America and around the world. We have been employee owned since 1966 and trace our origins to the early 1900s. Today, we have more than 900 employees across the U.S and Canada who work with clients in the mining, power, fuels, public, and manufacturing sectors, as well as attorneys, developers, and others with complex challenges.

Why Choose Barr?

If you are looking for an employee-owned company that fosters a collaborative environment, focuses on providing exceptional client service, offers the opportunity to work on challenging projects, and makes employee safety a top priority, Barr is the place for you. In addition to a highly competitive benefits package, we offer mentor and coaching programs to help our employees develop and grow their careers, along with opportunities for volunteering and community involvement.

Summary

The person in this position will assist with the company’s accounts payable functions, working in a team environment to assist with the timely and efficient processing of vendor invoices. Responsibilities also include maintaining vendor files and providing quality customer service to internal and external clients.

This position will be primarily based in our Minneapolis office, following our safety protocols for on-site work.

Responsibilities shared within the team include:

• Receiving incoming vendor invoices, routing invoices for approval, and tracking invoices to help ensure all are accounted for
• Reviewing invoices ready to be entered into the accounting system, determining the appropriate general ledger account number to be charged, and applying sales and use tax
• Entering vendor invoices into the accounting system via manual data entry and electronic data imports
• Coordinating the processing of multiple check runs each week, including printing checks, gathering and matching supporting documentation, and uploading positive pay files to the bank
• Gathering expense documentation that will accompany client invoices. Tasks will include locating the documentation—which will be made up of vendor invoices and receipts submitted with our employee expense reports—in our accounts payable paper file system and making copies in the format needed by our billers
• Filing and maintaining the accounts payable paper file system
• Assisting with the review of weekly timesheets
• Auditing and approving employee expense reports and issuing payments
• Willingness to be trained in ancillary functions to increase redundancy on key functions
• Acting as a point of contact for internal and external clients for all accounts payable related issues

Minimum Qualifications

• Associates degree in accounting or two years of work experience in accounts payable or a similar accounting role
• Working knowledge of an accounting software package and accounts payable methods and procedures
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and experience working as part of a team
• Demonstrated proficiencies in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel and Outlook
• Effective task management, dedication to high-quality service, and thorough attention to details
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Enthusiasm for working with many internal clients and the ability to prioritize client expectations
• Proven problem-solving skills
• Legal authorization to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship
• Acceptable driving record

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Deltek Vision
• Ability to create and edit PDFs in Adobe Acrobat
• Work in a multi-company/multi-currency environment
• Work in a paperless environment