Accounts Payable Management

Yadira Rivera

EXPERIENCE

April **** - June **** TEMPORARY POSITION

. Associated Asset Management (Ledgent ) - Phoenix, AZ

. HOA Accountant

Nov 2008 - Mar 2010 FONTERRA USA INC. - Rosemont, IL

Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Supervisor

. Manage receivables in line with targets and the investigation

and problem resolution of issues including transmission and

EDI issues

. Liaised with Account managers to manage customer accounts.

. Facilitated meetings with key management staff to identify

and propose risk management strategies according to accounts

receivables.

. Maintenance of effective cash management and working capital

strategies.

. Maintenance and performance delivery of Accounts payable

strategies.

. Staff management and development.

. Analyze Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable performance

to identify trends, opportunities, and risk

. Create and provide value added analysis and recommendations.

. Assist with Opex annual budgeting process

. Credit analysis

. Implemented changes of AP/AR policies and procedures

Aug 2007 - Nov 2007 VARIOUS TEMPORARY POSITIONS

. BB & T PAYROLL SERVICES (Acsys) - Alpharetta, GA

. Staff Accountant

. RELIANCE TRUST (Accountemps) - Atlanta, GA

. Mutual Fund Accountant

Jul 2006 - Jan 2007 HOMELAND SECURITY CAPITAL CORP. /SECURITY INC. -

Franklin, WI

Accounting Manager/Controller (Eliminated Position)

. Perform accounting for 3 Companies that were newly acquired

and apart of a public firm. Create financial statements with

GAAP standards, for submission to SEC.

. Performed Payroll Accruals bi-monthly.

. Assist in creating 2007 budget. Prepared documents for

quarterly 10Q reports.

. Assist in establishing internal control using GAAS. Assisted

with audit guidelines and scope for internal audit.

Performed audit test in compliance with GAAS. Helped assist

and maintain internal control.

. Maintains Inventory, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable,

Cash Receipt and the Payroll Journals for the Companies.

. Used Navision, Peachtree, Prism, Outlook, and Excel to

complete most functions.

Apr 2006 - Jun 2006 CASE NEW HOLLAND - Racine, WI (Kelly Financial)

Staff Accountant-Tax Department

. Responsible for performing inventory retrieve and analyzing

inventory accounts for 18+ locations including assigning the

current Producer Price Index to all Finished

. goods, Work in Process, Raw Materials and Parts inventory

accounts to be used in the Tax LIFO calculations.

. Responsible for utilizing a variety of software packages to

perform tax accounting reconciliation's for 35+ US entities

and 5+ Canadian entities in US GAAP and IFRS standard. This

was performed to comply with FAS 109.

. Performed duties in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley.

. Used Hyperion, Smart Stream, Adobe Reader, and Excel to

complete most functions.

Oct 2004 - Dec 2005 INTERNATIONAL PROFIT ASSOCIATES - Buffalo Grove, IL

Staff Accountant (Position Eliminated)

. Responsible for managing the Financial Accounting for ten

businesses.

. Responsible for month-end closing of all businesses.

Reconciled both operating and payroll accounts for all ten

businesses.

. Performed A/R write-offs.

. Assist the organization's President and CFO in financial

reporting and meeting financial requirements using GAAP

Standards.

. Closed out weekly payroll, periodic accruals, Workmen's

Comp., and health insurance accruals.

. Coordinated and organized year-end audit and prepared

supporting schedule using GAAS.

. Responsible for periodic Inter-company transactions and GL

Postings with currency conversions (Canadian Entity-IBAC) for

final booking to reporting entity.

. Perform analysis on companies' fixed assets and fleet of

vehicles (over 40) to assure proper payment and depreciation

booking.

. Used Great Plaines, Access, and Excel to complete most

functions.

Jun 2004 - Aug 2004 GENERAL BINDING CORPORATION - Northbrook, IL (The

LaSalle Group)

Internal Audit

. Assist the department in complying with Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

. Assist in preparing the audit schedule.

. Processed flows and implement monitoring procedures.

. Help perform site audit testing at all local sites.

. Assisted in the reconciliation of corporate wide risks and

controls using Internet tools and Excel.

SKILLS Excel SAP Access

Great Plains Oracle AS400

Navision Hyperion Lotus notes

Peachtree QuickBooks Outlook

JD Edwards PeopleSoft Smart Stream

Dunn & Bradstreet CAPEX Jenark

EDUCATION Keller Graduate School - Chicago, IL

2007- Present, MBA concentration in Accounting

Expected completion date: September 2010

Columbia College - Chicago, IL

2000 - B.A., Marketing with minor in Business Management

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