Accounts Payable Specialist

About TEGNA

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) is an innovative media company that serves the greater good of our communities. Across platforms, TEGNA tells empowering stories, conducts impactful investigations and delivers innovative marketing solutions. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA is the largest owner of top 4 network affiliates in the top 25 markets among independent station groups, reaching approximately 39 percent of all television households nationwide. TEGNA also owns leading multicast networks True Crime Network and Quest. TEGNA Marketing Solutions (TMS) offers innovative solutions to help businesses reach consumers across television, digital and over-the-top (OTT) platforms, including Premion, TEGNA’s OTT advertising service. For more information, visit www.TEGNA.com.

 

TEGNA is looking for a detail-oriented Accounts Payable Specialist. This is an entry-level position responsible for performing essential administrative duties to support accounts payable processing. This position works on an Accounts Payable team in a shared service environment supporting TEGNA business units with supplier maintenance, invoice processing and other AP payment requests. The AP Specialist will provide quality customer service to suppliers, business units, and customers. This position is a Hybrid position based at our WTHR television station.

Responsibilities:

• Provide accurate responses and quality customer service while maintaining strong working relationships with suppliers, customers, and sites.
• Coordinate flow of invoices in Oracle by working through various queues for assigned sites daily.
• Perform final check of all invoices to ensure invoice accuracy.
• Perform accurate supplier maintenance by creating new suppliers and maintaining existing suppliers.
• Specialized work that could include special handling, processing returned checks, and various supplier maintenance projects.
• Respond to site & supplier inquiries regarding payables.
• Address email inquiries from NSSC AP mailbox and 1-800 telephone line.
• Conduct payables and supplier research (Examples: obtain W-9s, audit supplier statements, validate banking information, process voids or cancellations, etc).
• Process records in the exception queue of Symbeo Online Document Center (ODC) daily to resolve issues preventing the flow and routing of invoices for payment.
• Perform other duties as required including special projects.

Requirements:

• High school degree/GED is required.
• 1-2 years of accounts payable experience in an automated environment with shared service experience preferred.
• Good knowledge of accounting policies and procedures.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Proven attention to detail, good organizational and prioritizing skills and ability to multitask and work in a rapidly expanding and changing environment.
• Ability to be self-motivated and proactive.
• Collaborative approach and experience working well with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written); strong interpersonal skills.
• Experience in the Oracle Cloud environment is preferred but not required.

Benefits: 

TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.

Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.

Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.

TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year. 

* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

EEO statement:

TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email askhr@tegna.com 

Recruiting Fraud Alert:

To all candidates: your personal information and online safety are important to us. Only TEGNA Recruiters or Hiring Managers will reach out to you regarding consideration of your application or background.  Communications with TEGNA employees will either come from a TEGNA email address with a domain of tegna.com or one of our affiliate station domains.  

Recruiters or Hiring Managers will never request payments, ask for financial account information or sensitive information such as social security numbers. If you are unsure if a message is from TEGNA, please email askhr@tegna.com.