Our client (Large Public Company in Emeryville) is looking for an Accounts Payable Specialist to process high volume data and full cycle with recent SAP for this temporary (3 month) assignment.  The client is looking for someone with at least 2 years experience with SAP and Accounts Payable background.  The person must have used SAP recently handling the full cycle accounts payable for a large type of company to be successful.     Duties Responsible for high volume and full cycle accounts payable including 3-way PO matching, 2-way matching, and check requests Prepare weekly check runs, wire initiation and ACH transfers Reconcile vendor accounts, accrue use tax, investigate and resolve discrepancies or other payment issues with vendors Resolve and respond to vendor and associate inquiries Perform month end activities such as AP accruals, account reconciliations, journal entries and other close activities Set up employee records, review and process employee expense reports Support associates with expense reporting questions Related administrative duties such as copying, filing and maintaining vendor accounts   Skills At least 2 years of SAP full cycle accounts payable experience Must be organized, detail oriented, accurate and have strong multi-tasking skills Should demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to interact professionally with internal and external customers Proficiency with Excel Experience working in a public company General accounting knowledge   Education        College degree a plus   Schedule Notes           3 month assignment initially with the possibility of extending