Accounts Payable Customer Service

DANIELLE M. SANTARELLI

**** ***** ******, #***

303-***-****

Arvada, CO 80002

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OBJECTIVE:

To obtain a position as an Accounts Payable Supervisor that utilizes my AP

experience, organizational skills and ability to take on new

responsibilities.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

CPI Card Group, Littleton, Colorado

Accounts Payable Specialist/Purchasing Agent, December 2007-Current

. Prepared policies and procedures for check disbursement, purchasing

card, travel and entertainment, corporate card, and purchasing

. Reconciled month end accounts for Accounts Payable, Purchasing, and

Use Tax

. Worked with manufacturing team at month end to track and count raw

material for inventory

. Processed invoices, wires, checks, receipt batches, purchase orders

daily

. Teamed with IT on implementing new software system - still in progress

. Maintained supplier database and processed year end 1099s

Intrawest Shared Services, Golden, Colorado

Purchase to Pay Analyst, July 2006-October 2007

. Prepared and analyzed monthly performance measurements for accounts

payable and purchasing departments and provided results to all

leadership personnel

. Lead project to restructure the receipts not vouchered policies &

procedures which improved invoice discrepancies from 12% to 2%

. Performed monthly accounts payable closing activities that included

reconciliations, invoice accruals, journal entry submissions, and

analyzing reporting of monthly results

. Utilized Lean Six Sigma Green Belt knowledge to start new projects

within purchasing and Accounts Payable

. Supervised and trained temporary employees within purchasing and

accounts payable

Purchasing Agent, January 2005-July 2006

. Performed analyses of historical data and identified opportunities to

leverage spend, which resulted in savings of 10% to 20% for critical

commodity groups

. Issued purchase orders (standard and blanket) to suppliers in

compliance with established procedures

. Contributing member in Lean Six Sigma accounts payable project which

improved invoice cycle time from paying 60% within 60 days to 95%

within 30 days while increasing processor accuracy from 88% to 99%

. Administered the procurement card program by tracking limit changes,

providing training and customer service to cardholders, auditing

monthly statements, and integrating system data

. Teamed with accounts payable personnel to resolve invoice

discrepancies and evaluated root causes while leading efforts to

reduce or eliminate them

. Prepared weekly expediting reports to ensure delivery of materials

when promised

. Achieved promotion from purchasing coordinator to purchasing agent

Accounts Payable Processor, December 2002-January 2005

. Processed invoices daily for twelve major entities including the

weekly processing of checks

. Delivered comprehensive and effective training to all new team members

while maintaining ownership of the day to day procedures manual

Specialty Sports, LLC, Denver, Colorado

Assistant Buyer, March 2002-October 2002

. Responsible for the purchasing of soft goods and hard goods for all

retail stores

. Designed new order templates for all buyers which eliminated order

discrepancies and inefficiencies

Accounts Payable, Payroll, Sales Audit, November 1996 - August 2000

. Liaison between purchasing and accounts payable in order to resolve

invoice discrepancies

. Processed bi-weekly payroll for all divisions

. Audited daily sales figures to ensure accuracy of cash deposits and

credit card statements

Qwest Network Construction Services, Golden, Colorado

Construction Support Manager, August 2000-January 2002

. Responsible for all material and equipment purchasing for the regional

construction projects including expediting and maintaining the budget

for each project

EDUCATION:

Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, Colorado

Bachelor of Science, Accounting

Expected completion May of 2013

International Accounts Payable Professionals (IAPP) Member

Certified Accounts Payable Associate (CAPA), completed October 2007

Lean Six Sigma

Green Belt Certification, completed August 2006

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