Accounts Payable Accountant Resume
Objective
Professional with diverse background in accounting procedures andoffice administration that is seeking new challenges. Efficient problem solver, team player and adaptive learner with ability to surpass all expectations.
Communication – Able to develop productive relationships with associates and customers. Clear and concise speaker that is comfortable in various settings.
Determination – Persistent with colleagues and self to produce a most favored outcome in situations, with willingness and selflessness to strive for ultimate results
Work Experience
Accounts Payable Accountant
Confidential- Auburn Hills, MI 11/2011 – Present
- Process vendor invoices for payment in SAP for high-profile vendors according to established procedures
- Verify and post details of business transactions, such as funds received and disbursed,
and total accounts to ledgers or computer spreadsheets and databases - Maintain and resolve invoices with discrepancies and liaise with management as needed
- Reconcile general ledger accounts with various registers and may perform bank
reconciliations. - Extract and analyze general ledger information for use in analysis and reports.
- Research and respond to both internal and external customers regarding inquiries and
resolve issues and discrepancies - Prepare monthly accruals and reconciliation of NRFT reporting system
- Prepare and issue debit and credit notes, and initiate payment runs when needed
- Perform monthly vendor statement and general ledger reconciliation and provide recommendations and justification to management
- Assist with special projects as needed
- Other administrative duties as assigned by manager
Bookkeeper-Contingent
Confidential, Detroit, MI 01/2010-Present
- Apply all customer sales and payments
- Make weekly collection calls to private pay patients, insurance and third party billing
- Process bi-weekly payroll, expense reports, weekly invoicing
- Full cycle payables
Accounting Analyst- Contract
Confidential-Southfield, MI 08/2011-11/2011
- Scan and input high volume of invoices into Basware for daily upload to PeopleSoft
- Reconcile all vendor statements and inquires from the vendor email box
- Assist with monthly and weekly check runs
Lead Accounts Payable Analyst- Contract
Confidential- Troy, MI 08/2010 – 06/2011
- Supervise an accounts payable team through work-flow organization, training & development and performance evaluation in share center environment
- Oversee voucher entry (PO and Non-PO), employee expenses and debit memo processing, verification and GL coding
- Prepare weekly cash forecasts and check runs in share center environment
- Manage all payments: check, ACH, wire transfer, petty cash, advance for travel expenses and credit card charges
- Perform the issuance of 1099 tax forms in compliance with federal and state reporting requirements
- Reconcile all vendor statements and resolve all payment inquires and concerns
- Provide monthly accruals in accordance with the closing schedule
- Maintain tracking sheet of all documents sent to Accounts Payable Department
- International inter-company invoice processing
- Cash Management for US and International bank transactions
- Manage fixed assets (Assets in progress, start of depreciation, physical inventory and write off)
- Prepare Customer Billing and Statements
- Track contracts in progress
- Maintain customer/vendor master files
- Prepare monthly Accounts Receivable reports
- Address client billing and cash application disputes
- Journal Entry audit and redistribution
Senior Accounting Specialist – Long Term Contract
Confidential- Novi, MI 11/2007- 01/2009
- Process invoices for payment according to Accounts Payable policies and procedures ensuring that all financial controls are being met. Code invoices based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulations and guidelines. Ensures the accounting for payments are made to appropriate General Ledger accounts and budgets. Maintain documentation of voucher packages for paid invoices.
- Manage the employee expense tracking and reimbursement reporting system including changes or upgrades to the software. Process employee expense reimbursements using Concur online system.
- Prepare adjusting journal entries based on auditable supporting documentation, to coincide with the accounting closing schedule.
- Analyzes accounts to assure proper accounting of transactions.
- Implement and maintain accounts payable policy and procedures financial controls to assure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley requirements.
- Files the IRS 1099 Miscellaneous Revenue and the 1099 Divs.
Accounts Payable Clerk - Temporary Engagement
Confidential Detroit, MI 07/2007-10/2007
- Three way matching for all vendor invoices and employee expense reports
- Enter invoices for payment
- Auditing check requests
Accounts Payable Supervisor
Confidential, Indianapolis, IN 01/2005 – 02/2007
- Supplied detailed log report of daily customer services provided
- Daily accounts receivable duties include heavy collection calls, data entry, billing, filing, mailingand faxing of customer invoices as well as account inquires and follow-up information
- Evaluateand entered employee expenses
- Reconcile vendor invoices against purchase orders and receiving documentation
- Match, batch and code invoices for entry into Traverse accounting system
- Paid invoices by verifying invoice coding, scheduled disbursements, andauthorization for payments
- Handled as many as 1000 checks permonth
- Verify vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements and related transactions
- Managed accurate AP ledger entries, petty cash and daily y and monthly bank reconciliations
- Processed all customer orders via telephone, e-mail, and fax
- Supervised receptionist and duties i.e. greeting visitors, answering and direct all incoming calls on 10 line switchboard, and conference roomactivities Process monthly remittances received from the customer
- Post cash based on detail received from the remittance
- Reconcile monthly cash receipts received from the customer to the cash sheet
- Research unpaid items immediately after posting cash; reconciliation spreadsheet is done monthly
- Review monthly aging and report unpaid items to A/R Assistant Manager
- Issue debits/credits to inter-company related plants based on debits/credits received by the customer
Lead Billing Coordinator- Contract
Confidential, Livonia, MI 08/2002 – 02/2004
- Print and distribute internalbalance reports to upper management
- Post audit and secondary invoice search and input
- Stamp and forward bills to Commercial Traffic
- Process past due and balance due bills for LTL loads
- Release invoices for payment
- Generate weekly budget reports for submission to Ford Motor Company
Accounts Payable Supervisor
Confidential, Northville, MI 08/2000 – 07/2002
- Participate in various controlling activities including being the backup for monthly financial reporting
- Manage the fixed asset process on a corporate wide basis.
- Manage Treasury function in cooperation with Controller and CFO
- Supervise accounts receivables and incoming customer payments and credits
- Cash Management for US and Canada including signing authorization for banking transactions.
- Have close cooperation with Sales to resolve overdue and accurate customer balance reporting
- Track, adjust and balance lease accounts
- Manage month end closing process in coordination with Plant Controlling and oversee general ledger account analysis
- Inspect and verify appropriateness of purchase requisitions, purchase orders, invoices and shipping documentation
- Full cycle bi-weekly check run
Education
BBA- Accounting/Supply Chain Services
Skills
Lotus Notes
MicrosoftWindows 95,98, 2000, XP, Vista and Windows 7
Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Lotus Notes
Oracle, PeopleSoft,QuickBooks,Traverse,SAP, JD Edwards, Lawson, Great Plains, QAD, AS400, MAS90, Concur, 810 Invoicing, PKMS, Basware, Adage