JEI - Accounts Payable Specialist

A Legacy of Excellence

Entertaining Your World

Jacobs Entertainment, Inc. (JEI) is a developer, owner and operator of gaming and entertainment facilities across the United States. Core to the company's value is our commitment to ethical leadership, outstanding training, and open employee communication.

Jacobs Entertainment is currently in search of an "Accounts Payable Specialist" for our corporate office in Lakewood. If you are seeking an opportunity where your contributions and skills will be both valued and your ability to influence change will be immediate, we would love to speak with you.

Our employees are supported with a comprehensive benefits program that include the following:

• $200 Referral Bonus
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 7 paid Holidays
• 80 hours of Vacation after 1 year of employment
• 48 Hours of Sick Time available immediately and renews annually
• We offer a variety of affordable medical, dental, vision and flexible spending account plans after 60 days
• Employee Assistance Program FREE of charge
• Company paid Life Insurance and AD&D
• Matching 401K program after 90 days
• Ongoing learning and development programs
• Work towards your future advancement within the company-most of our supervisors and managers are promoted from within

Essential Job Responsibilities and Duties:

• Review, notify and/or correcting all transactions submitted by properties for accuracy
• Maintain multiple utility spreadsheets
• Properly identify appropriate use tax and sales tax rates are properly assessed, accrued, and recorded
• Review, research and resolve all open items on monthly vendor statements
• Process weekly check runs, daily hot checks and ACH/Wire transactions and initiate Safe Pay process
• Approving POs and attaching a copy with appropriate invoice
• Code, copy and provide invoices to accounting for month end accruals
• Maintain various logs and spreadsheets
• Accounts Payable file maintenance
• Process Truck Stop managers' check processing and monthly reporting to Controller
• Prepare and provide upper management with reports and information as directed
• Provide support for independent auditors as directed

Skills, Education and Other Requirements:

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret all invoices, monthly statements, and purchase orders
• Must be able to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interests, and commissions
• Ability to solve practical problems and to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or schedule from
• Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced work environment
• High School Diploma, GED, or Equivalent Work Experience
• 1+ years previous high-volume A/P experience
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Great Plains experience preferred but not required
• Excellent organizational skills
• Identification that establishes identity
• Identification that establishes the right to work in the United States