Focused, hardworking and versatile Accounting Professional with a longstanding reputation for achieving results and discovering root causes for matters that obstruct growth and bolster costs. Drive processes that span across the development, maintenance, analyzation and administration of budgets, forecasts, yearly plans and reports. Skilled in comprehending and applying accounting principles to fuel desired results and protect against risk. Proven work ethic, paired with superb service delivery and decision making skills. Resourceful and adaptable, able to absorb new ideas and thrive under pressure in a fast-paced, high-pressure setting. Exude a high level of confidence in seeking a career that will offer longevity and adxxxxxxncement opportunities. Seeking an Accounting/Finance role in a smaller company setting that will allow for General Ledger automation.

Account Reconciliations | Accounting | Accounts Payable/ Receixxxxxxble | Analytical Thinking | Budgeting | Cash Flow | Communication

Cost Accounting | Cost Control | Cross-Functional Team Leader | Escalations | Finance | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Integration & User Acceptance Testing | Invoicing | Monthly Closing | Organization | Payroll | Problem Solving | Process Improvement Procurement | Purchasing | Relationship Building | Reporting Requirements | Source2Pay | Strategic Planning | Time Management

         Act as the foremost contact for the Invoice Management team in resolving invoicing matters unable to be handled directly

         Tend to the training needs of Contractors and Associates across the organization; liaise effectively between ESM Source2Pay and all lines of business

         Work in a subject matter expert capacity during processes that flow from Coupa to Global One for payment

         Serve as a xxxxxxlued contributor to design and develop a process flow for ESM invoicing processing

         Slash financial risk levels by working with LOBs to determine PO setup best practices, invoice submissions and alignment with processing standards to support corporate policies

         Train and mentor members across the Support Center as it relates to both Purchasing and Invoice Management

         Ask xxxxxxluable questions to lead to the root cause of the issue in order to avoid costs associated with repeat offenses specific to invoice processing

         Assess and recognize corporate financial risk based on solutions in play

         Noted improvements needed in order to optimize workflows and encourage the use of innoxxxxxxtive technology

         Modified procurement and invoice processing for early pay discount vendors; cut discounts lost by over 80%

         Worked as an expert in procurement and invoice management for the Integration Team while on-boarding new companies to Capital One s environment

         Analyzed paid-on-time data to ascertain possibilities for improvement

         Collaborated with staff to gather and comprehend requirements for the Pass Thru Submission and Incentive Accrual processes

         Joined forces with CPI to create test scripts in both the affirmative and negative to test each identified business requirement

         Completed end-to-end tests for new software, used to replace the current SRC system and document test results

         Supervised the front-end process team during item and vendor set-up, purchasing and requisition hierarchies and relationships; included the approxxxxxxl of limits, along with the set-up and maintenance of Blanket Purchase Agreements

         Headed Req.-to-Pay efforts to support five Global Business Units with over 500 Purchasing Agents/Approvers and over 12K items

         Analyzed and reviewed current Requisition-to-Pay functions; drove forward template changes that cut cycle times associated with the set-up of new items, staff teams and blanket purchase order changes

         Prepared and analyzed monthly operating results; worked with vendor to develop viable payment terms

         Determine lease versus purchase for IT Procurement needs in partnership with Procurement team

         Engaged in and assessed operations to ensure GAAP conformance across accounting processes

         Crafted and set into motion the use of a worksheet that captured weekly projected spending amounts

         Prepared and reviewed recurring financial activities, e.g. cash flow statements, annual closing reports, account reconciliations, etc.

         Captured more than $300K in savings related to service agreements with external vendors

         Tracked spending against capital budgets ranging from $2M to $40M in cost, with the $40M project underspent by $4.6M

         Developed and administered cost-charging methodologies for IT ranging from $19M to $35M annually, which reduced persons associated with this operation by 2.3 FTEs

         Worked in a Finance Lead capacity to implement the finance ERP system cross over 19 sites; completed all implementations on time, under budget and with no major showstoppers at the Go-Live phase

         Also headed the integration of new acquisitions on Oracle s finance modules

         Tenaciously negotiated and sustained positive vendor relations to garner in savings of over $600 per week due to lower performance-based startup rates with selected contractors

         Cut the IT FTE count by nine persons due to leveraging support across all NA sites to a centralized IT support group

         Prepared and analyzed monthly operating results, capital and expense budgets, forecasts, plans and conditions models

         Consolidated spending against budgets and delivered findings to senior management for assessment

Bachelor of Science, Accounting, Xxxxxx Union University (GPA 3.8, Graduated number 2 in class and No. 1 in Major)

Also passed the CPA Exam with success

Coupa Invoicing and Procurement System | Oracle Systems Ledger and Requisition-to-Pay modules

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