Barbara Cooks
Email: *********@********.***
Address: *** ******** *** **** ***
City: Jersey City
State: NJ
Zip: 07304
Country: USA
Phone: 201-***-****
Skill Level: Management
Salary Range: 84
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260 Harrison Avenue, 107
Jersey City, NJ 07304
Cell 347-***-****
E-mail *********@*********.***
Barbara Cooks
Professional Experience
6/2008-9/2012 Titan Worldwide New York, NY
Manager, Accounts Payable
Manage, supervise and train the A/P staff Responsible for all payables in nine (9) markets within the US and Canada. Manage the A/P ledger, including oversight of processing coding; monthly reconciliation of A/P to G/L Manage online based expense reporting tool Manage American Express Purchasing card Research vendor payments and queries and prepare ad hoc reports as needed. Transmit wires both foreign and domestic Work with Controller to establish policies and procedures in accordance with SOX Verify that all expenses are accurate and in compliance with company policies and procedures. Responsible for writing and updating company TE Policy
2002- 3/2008 Register.com New York, NY
Manager, Accounts Payable/Payroll Managed, supervised and trained the A/P staff Managed the A/P ledger, including oversight of processing coding Researched vendor payments and queries as necessary Prepared ad hoc financial reports as needed Processed and filed annual 1099s Prepared mid-year and year-end evaluations for staff Transmitted domestic and foreign wires Participated in the development, implementation and maintenance of policies and procedures; implemented new technology in order to establish increased efficiency Managed and the automated expense reporting tool Verified that all expenses were accurate and in compliance with company policies and procedures. Extracted and imported reports into Oracle Accounts Payable Module Responsible for writing and updating company TE Policy Processed bi-weekly and bonus payroll runs for 150 + employees Set-up new hires and maintained employee records Prepared bi-weekly and ad-hoc reports from Report writer Transmitted 401K contributions to Fidelity via online portal Ensured that employee YTD totals were accurate for W-2 purposes Entered exercised stock into Equity Edge and updated employee payroll records accordingly Reconciled ADP totals to General Ledger at month-end
2000-2001 Universal Music New York, NY
Manager, Travel Payment Systems Trained and managed new Travel Payment staff Responsible for the implementation, tracking and payment system for all air, hotel and car expenses for all artists and employees Reconciled approximately $8 million monthly for American Express, Car rentals and Limo services
1996-2000 TVT Records New York, NY
Manager, Accounts Payable Maintained extensive purchase order system Managed and trained A/P staff Acted as a liaison between GM, vendors and staff to resolve any discrepancies and non-reimbursable expenses Created and maintained a variety of monthly excel repots, identifying trends in employee and corporate expenditures Reviewed weekly check register and allocated royalty payments Documented and maintained a running spreadsheet of staff disputes with American Express
1993-1996 Guilford Publications New York, NY
Accounts Payable/Assistant to Office Manager Performed all duties relating to Accounts Payable, including semi-annual royalty payments, employee expense reports and coding invoices Processed biweekly payroll, payroll taxes and bank reconciliations Balanced several accounts to the General Ledger Administration of company policies, special projects as necessary
Education
September 2002 Bernard Baruch College New York, NY
Bachelors of Business Administration- Operations Management Minor- Accountancy/Law
Skills/ Accomplishments
Accpac, JDE, Solomon, GreatPlains, Oracle, ADP Payroll for Windows, ADP PayeXpert, JPMorgan Access, Amex@work, Equity Edge, Microsoft Office Successfully converted from GreatPlains to Oracle and trained Staff Implemented Amex@Work Automated Expense Tool Converted payroll software from ADP for Windows to PayeXpert