CAREER HISTORY

Cadence Pharmaceuticals, Inc Nov 2010 to

Sept 2014

Sr. Accounting Associate: Responsible for accurate and timely processing

of invoices in a high volume environment per corporate policies and

procedures using Great Plains Accounts Payable and Purchasing Modules, new

vendor set ups/vendor record updates, weekly check runs, reconciling vendor

accounts, working closely with the Legal Department and requestors to

resolve contract/invoice discrepancies, issuing purchase orders, completing

month-end tasks including A/P Accruals, A/P Flux, A/P reconciliation to

G/L, issuing 1099s on annual basis, and providing excellent customer

service to vendors and internal customers.

Medimpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. Jul 2008 to Aug 2010

Accounts Payable Supervisor: Review, QA, and post all A/P voucher and

payment batches using MAS500 Accounts Payable and Purchasing modules.

Responsible for month-end duties including accruals, tying A/P Aging to the

G/L, and providing information to Accounting as needed. Various online

banking tasks including positive pay exceptions and initiating wires and

book transfers. Working with Vendor Relations and requestors to resolve

PO/invoice discrepancies and interfacing with other departments to resolve

A/P issues. Responsible for issuing 1099's to all recipients and reporting

to IRS. Supervising A/P staff of 3. Miscellaneous projects as assigned.

Sony Ericsson, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC Oct 2007 to June 2008

Accounts Payable Specialist: Responsible for accurate and timely

processing of invoices in a high volume environment per corporate policies

and procedures using SAP Accounts Payable and Purchasing Modules, providing

excellent customer service to vendors and internal customers, scanning

invoices into Basware system for processing, ensuring the integrity of the

vendor database, reconciling vendor accounts, monitoring holds report to

ensure issues are resolved, working closely with buyers and requisitioners

to resolve PO/invoice discrepancies, interfacing with human resources,

legal, facilities, procurement, shipping and receiving, and other

departments on a daily basis, utilizing excel skills to better manage and

analyze vendor accounts (vlookup/pivot tables), meeting month-end deadlines

and identifying A/P accruals.

Sutor Household, Holly Springs, NC Apr 2005 to Oct 2007

Full Time Mother: Cared for my children until they reached an appropriate

age to enter elementary and preschool. Used my management, organization and

budgeting skills to manage my family's interests. Co-organized the Cary

Stay-at-Home Mom's group to keep my children engaged in fun activities,

promote socialization with others, and provide a social outlet for myself.

Intuit, Inc, San Diego, CA 2002 to 2005

Accounts Payable Analyst: Responsible for data analysis and problem

resolution using Oracle 11i ERP system's Accounts Payable and Purchasing

Modules, assisting and advising A/P staff on daily issues, issuing 1099's

for 10 companies and reporting information to the IRS and State

authorities.

Intuit, Inc, San Diego, CA, Continued

Also responsible for setup and maintenance of vendor and employee

Electronic Fund Transfers in Oracle, uploading weekly Wells Fargo

transactions into the A/P system and reconciling to monthly P-card

statements, reporting escheatments for 10 companies to multiple states,

vendor database maintenance, monitoring expense reports in iExpense

workflow, and following up on backlog of unresolved items to ensure they

are completed.

Played integral role in the relocation of Accounts Payable functions from

Mountain View, CA to San Diego, CA over a 6-month period, from August 2002

through February 2003.

Peregrine Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA 1998 to 2002

Accounts Payable Manager: Responsibilities included managing a staff of

nine, (1 A/P Supervisor and 8 A/P Administrators), establishing and

disseminating policies and procedures to the A/P Department, writing and

administering annual reviews, and interviewing and hiring new staff as

needed.

Served as final escalation point for vendor issues, coordinated monthly

disbursement budget with the Treasury department, ensured inter-company

account detail and A/P accruals were submitted to the G/L team, performed

variance analysis of various expense accounts, and validated and generated

1099s. Department used the PeopleSoft ERP system Accounts Payable and

Purchasing Modules.

Successfully integrated payables from 13 acquisitions, documented

transition plans to ensure assimilation of new payables being transitioned

to the corporate office, engaged and external auditing firm, Profit

Recovery Group, to perform a disbursement audit on all A/P transactions

from April 1998 through July 2001:

. Over 66,000 transactions totaling $374 million were analyzed

. "Overall, 99.9909% of the transactions, and 99.9916% of the

disbursements were processed correctly. Our review indicated

that Peregrine's Accounts Payable function is well managed and

controlled."

- Profit Recovery Group, Narrative Audit Report, March 2002

General Instrument, Inc., San Diego, CA 1996 to 1998

Senior Accounts Payable Coordinator: Responsible for coding, matching, and

vouchering invoices in a high volume, computerized environment, expense

reports (foreign and domestic), processing weekly check runs and manual

checks, month-end A/P accrual, tax accrual, miscellaneous journal entries,

and handling vendor inquiries and problem resolution with professionalism

and expedience. Also responsible for the distribution and reconciliation

of petty cash and travel advances.

Interactive Group, Inc, San Diego, CA 1996

Accounts Payable Processor: Coding, matching, and vouchering invoices,

expense reports, weekly check runs, monitoring petty cash, handling vendor

inquiries, entering and distributing in-house purchase orders, tying out

unbilled costs to the G/L and preparing backup for A/R, and month-end

reconciliations including travel advances and company airfare expenses.

EDUCATION

San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 1995

B.S. Degree in Criminal Justice Administration

Graduated with Distinction in the major - Member of the Golden Key National

Honor Society

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