Accounts Payable Specialist

Come Join Our Team

Klondike Cheese Company, a family-owned leader in the cheesemaking industry, proudly marks its 100th anniversary in 2025. Since its founding in 1925, the company has remained committed to producing high-quality cheeses, blending tradition with innovation to create award-winning dairy products enjoyed nationwide. Over the past century, the company has evolved into a powerhouse of dairy craftsmanship, producing an extensive range of specialty cheeses, including its renowned Odyssey feta, Greek yogurt, dips, sour cream and labneh as well as Buholzer Brothers Havarti, Muenster, Gouda and Brick cheeses. Now led by the fourth generation of the Buholzer family, Klondike Cheese Company continues to uphold the same values of quality, sustainability, and innovation that have defined its legacy.

The Accounts Payable Specialist will be primarily responsible for the accounts payable processing cycle from 3-way match to vendor payment and reconciliation. The Accounts Payable Specialist will also provide accounting support to other financial accounting and administrative support areas as needed.

Job Duties will include:

• Accurately enter high volume of vendor invoices into company specific systems.
• Schedule and process semi-weekly vendor payments and create credit memos as needed.
• Match receiving paperwork with incoming invoices and POs and work with receiving personnel to resolve discrepancies.
• Code invoices to proper general ledger account, fixed asset number, or purchase order and obtain proper approvals.
• Maintain system vendor master records including supporting documentation such as W-9s
• Reconcile and verify all company invoices and monthly statements, assign payments to applicable cost centers.
• Make and track appropriate sales and use tax payments on invoices as needed.
• Work with external vendors and internal purchasing personnel to resolve any invoice problems or inaccuracies.
• Monitor vendor agreements, identify opportunities for discounts.
• Ensure all accounts payable processes meet applicable compliance guidelines and corporate standards.
• Reconcile or note and report discrepancies found in records.
• Process annual 1099 reporting
• Collaborate with other departments and accounting team members.
• Assist with audits and other financial reporting requirements.
• Serve as backup support for reception and other accounting functions.

• Other tasks as assigned by management.

• Associate degree in accounting or related discipline preferred, or equivalent work history.

• Knowledge of accounts payable accounting practices.
• Knowledge of office administration and procedures.
• Knowledge of general bookkeeping procedures.
• Knowledge of general accounting principles.
• Proficient in relevant computer software.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Efficient organizational skills.
• Proficiency with information management.
• Problem analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to be an effective team member.
• Perform duties with a sense of urgency.
• Possess the tenacity to bring closure to outstanding issues.
• Excellent customer service skills.

How to Apply:

Please go to the company website, to complete an application online, click on the Careers tab to navigate to open positions. If you are unable to complete an application online, paper applications may be picked up in our Main Office at W7839 State Road 81, Monroe, WI 53566, anytime Monday through Friday, 7:30am-4:30 pm (excluding holidays).

Additional Information:

The information in this job posting/description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Peripheral tasks, only incidentally related to each position, have been excluded. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by Supervisors as deemed appropriate. Job descriptions are not intended as and do not create employment contracts. The company maintains its status as an at-will employer.

Klondike Cheese Company is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

Klondike Cheese Co. is a drug-free workplace. Drug testing is a condition of hire, and employment by the company is contingent upon receipt of satisfactory results of a drug test. Employees, volunteers, vendors and guests of the company are prohibited from the use, sale, dispensing, distribution, possession, manufacture, or being under the influence of drugs that are illegal under any federal, state or local law, including marijuana, prescription drugs without a valid prescription, inhalants, or narcotic substances, on the company's premises.

E-Verify is used to confirm the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.