CAREER SUMMARY

Thirty plus years of experience specifically in pharmaceutical, life sciences and healthcare industries. My expertise has been gained by accomplishing organizational goals, delivering values and continually surpassing expectations.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Novavax (Contract Position) December 2021 – May 2023

Gaithersburg, Maryland

Remote Accounts Payable Specialist

Remote Accounts Payable Specialist:

Process invoices for approval and matching invoices to related Purchase Orders and Receipts for 2- and 3-way match utilizing SAP

Help provide and prepare supporting documentation for external auditors and other consultants

Follow up on invoicing issues and payment inquiries with internal/external customers

Communicate with end users regarding funding increases

Communicate with Procurement regarding PO issues, i.e., incorrect quantity and amount

Communicate with Receiving regarding proof of deliveries

Provide accurate and effective document preparation and records management

Participate in the month-end close process

Assist with monthly account reconciliations and analysis for vendors

Assist with year-end A/P duties, including filing of Form 1099s, etc.

Perform other duties as required to support the Finance Department

Emergent BioSolutions (Contract Position) June 2017-December 2021

Gaithersburg, Maryland

Senior Clerk, Government Accounting

Senior Clerk, Government Accounting

Responsible for maintaining the Work Authorization Management (WAM) accounting system and preformed various accounting tasks within SAP operating system.

Update daily the Work Authorization Management (WAM) system

Coordinate with Accountants when WAM uploads failed

Assist Accountants with WAM troubleshooting issues

Generate supporting documentations

Convert vendor invoices into pdf for government vouchers

Support audit requests from SOX, government grants and others government audits

Performed additional duties as assigned

Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals, Inc. February 2010-January 2017

Gaithersburg, Maryland

Accounts Payable Specialist

Accounts Payable:

Provide account support to financial department in Indianapolis IN for over 120 employees

Process mail and scan invoices for approval

Process incoming PO invoices in Miro

Process incoming non-PO invoices in FB60

Process outgoing payment wires

Deposit incoming checks to bank

Run report for total of outgoing checks and match to SunTrust Paid Check Report

Run & review A/P report to select invoices for payment and check requests & expense checks for Wednesday check run

Process checks, matching to invoices and remittance advice

Obtain management signature(s)

Stuff checks for mailing

File paid checks & remittance

Review PO invoice issues with PO Processor for errors

Review incoming statements for outstanding invoices, email vendors for copy of missing invoices.

Process vendor labels for New Year

Follow up to vendor calls when necessary

Pull & scan all requested invoices to Director of Finance to Indianapolis office

Select requested invoices & information for auditors

Process 1099’s & mail them out

Run end of month reports - always in balance

Process positive pay file

Backup for other accounts payable department personnel

Process employee expenses via Expense Watch

Process incoming invoices for STPI

Review and initial accounts payable checks from STPI Accounting Department

Process new vendor requests to have them set up in system

Accounts Receivable:

Process incoming checks & wires

A/R of Microsoft Dynamics SL for STPI

Additional Expertise:

Extensive knowledge in coding invoices with correct account codes

Pulling invoices for auditors

processing checks for vendors and employees

Able to multi-task on various projects

Special skills in problem solving, W-2 preparation, producing checks for travel reimbursement, clerical duties to support accounting department, handling collection calls from vendors

Strong skills in auditing activity reports, data analysis and account records, posting accounts receivable unapplied cash items

Achieved a reputation for being resourceful with coding all spreadsheets, managing ASR-pulls and sends coding and entering 700-1000 invoices per week as well as preparing daily bank deposits.

Aerotek (Contract Position) March 2009 – December 2009

MedImmune, Incorporated

Gaithersburg, MD

Accounts Payable Processor

Reconcile invoices before check run for various companies

Process over 100 -150 checks weekly

Send files to Bank of America Positive File Transfer after each check run

Provide backup for ACH Runs, Wire and Xign

Check in posted batches for next day check run

Mail out checks

File invoices

ACSYS Redefining Professional Staffing January 2009 – March 2009

Human Genome Sciences, Inc.

North Potomac, MD

Accounts Payable Specialist

Provide senior level accounting support to accounting department processing invoices and purchase orders, providing labels for filing folders and providing support with utility spread sheet

Middlebrook Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated January 2006 – December 2008

(formerly Advancis Pharmaceuticals)

Germantown, Maryland

Senior Accounts Payable Specialist

Provide senior-level accounting support to financial department and companywide

Checks and verifies records, prepares invoices and vouchers, posts ledger and general journal entries and/or balances accounts payable and accounts receivable records

Generates reports, conducts specialized research projects and responds to inquiries as required by company staff or outside auditors

Reconciles difficult accounts and is responsible for a complete and systematic set of transactions in a specific phase of accounting

Generates expense and vendor checks; distributes payroll checks, updates vendors and consultant’s listings as necessary

Handles and delivers bank deposits for the company on a monthly basis

Creates and maintains an accounting filing system on an ongoing basis

Works on assignments that are extremely complex in nature in which independent action and a high degree of initiative are required in resolving problems and developing recommendations

Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on new assignments and may supervise the activities of other individual contributor personnel

Requires specialized administrative support experience, intermediate arithmetic skills, the ability to use automated office equipment, read difficult instructions, and maintain written records

Accounts Payable Specialist December 2003 – December 2005

Provide accounting support to the financial department and companywide

TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENTS – 1995-2003

Telesec Core staff January 1995 - December 2003

Account Temps - Rockville, Maryland

Advantage Temp Agency - Rockville, Maryland

Accounts Payable Specialist

During my assignments I gained extensive knowledge in the Accounting/Financial field. I worked for several pharmaceutical, life sciences and healthcare companies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Proficient with Microsoft Office, WordPerfect, Windows, Peachtree, QuickBooks, LSCPro400

SBT Pro Series, Quattro Pro Series, Power Term, Oracle and Microsoft Great Plains. SAP Software, Microsoft Dynamics SL.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

Bronx Community College, Bronx, New York

Business Math

D.C. Training Center, Washington, D.C.

Data Entry

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