Accounts Payable Manager

William H. Graham, III

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Summary

Detail-oriented Senior Director with over 30 years of experience in the Accounts Payable

field. Exceptional communication and organizational skills with ability to work both

independently and as a team member. Experienced in diverse accounting functions

including payables, receivable and payroll. Advanced education and training background

includes an MS in Taxes. Member and Past President of IAPP

Professional Experience

Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.

Philadelphia, PA

Senior Director, Accounts Payable 2006 to November 2008

Director, Accounts Payable 2003 to 2006

Manager, Accounts Payable 2000 to 2003

• Converted over 1 million manually processed invoices to

EDI.

• Installed imaging system that paid for itself in less than two years.

• Set up four way match for checking account and blocked debit charges.

• Revised and continually updated department policies and procedures.

• Partnered with IT to implement electronic Travel & Entertainment system.

• Reduced vendor set up personnel from 135 to 2.

• Partnered with procurement to improve vendor discount dollars.

• Improved P-Card program to over 105 million with a 1.45 million rebate.

• Reconciled Trial Balance to General Ledger and worked with IT to fix Oracle

issues.

General Instrument Corporation 1998 to 2000

Horsham, PA

Accounts Payable Manager

• Redesigned and reengineered the entire work flow process of the department.

• Migrated to 50% paperless system through Optic Disk.

• Structured and maintained a decentralized payment platform into a single

centralized payment process.

• Teamed with Purchasing Department to install key flow alerts which automated

expense purchase orders.

• Worked on the design of a Web page for vendor submission of invoices that

eliminated departmental data entry.

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XLSource (Division of Intelligent Electronics) 1996 - 1998

Exton, PA

Manager of Accounting Controls

• Managed accounts payable, billing and invoice exception areas.

• Redesigned manual billing process to increase data integrity.

• Reviewed, streamlined and automated billing process.

Pep Boys Inc. 1991 - 1996

Philadelphia, PA

Director, Accounts Payable

• Managed a staff of 83 employees.

• Set up PC system to control enhancement dollars and advertising allowances.

• Installed Bell and Howell Microfilm system for record retention and file space

reduction.

Bell Atlantic Business System Services, Inc. 1987 - 1991

Frazer, PA

Manager, Accounts Payable

SEI Corporation 1983 - 1987

Wayne, PA

Accounts Payable Supervisor

Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. 1975 - 1981

Philadelphia, PA

Accounts Payable Supervisor

Education

College of New Jersey 1974

Ewing, NJ

Bachelor of Science in Business

Widener University 1983

Chester, PA

Master of Science in Taxation

References will be provided upon request

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