Accounts Payable Professional Experience

SANDRA GOODEN

***** ******* *** **. ********, VA 22026 571-***-**** ****@****.***

** ***** ** ********** ** the financial services industry. Experience working with Federal government, non-profit organizations, private companies, military organizations, appropriated and non- appropriated organizations. Technical expertise in interpreting policies, and supporting retail and cost environments, payroll, invoice management, accounts payable/ receivable, general ledger, and electronic systems for billing & collections. Processed accounting transactions for single, multi appropriated funds.

Customer Management Financial Analysis/Reporting

Internal Controls Regulatory Compliance

Financial Management System

Account Reconciliation Billing/Invoicing Prompt Payment Act

EXPERTISE AND KEY RESULTS

Accountable for processing payments for more than $25 million in Federal contracts.

Managed a portfolio of more than 20 accounts for Marine Corps Exchange servicing locations in Quantico, California, North Carolina, Hawaii, Japan, Yuma, Barstow and Norfolk.

Created an automated tracking system to monitor weekly accounts payable for more than 20,000 invoices.

General Accepted Accounting Principles

Cost Accounting Standards Joint Travel Regulation

Technical experience with the full accounts payable cycle.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Business and Support Services

Human Resources Division, Quantico, VA

November 2016 – Present

Human Resources Technician

NF-0203-03 (Equivalent to GS-08)

Conducts New Employee Orientation, Open Houses and Out Processing Interviews for all employees upon entering and exiting the organization.

Assist employees daily by providing records and benefit administration.

Circulate new information, providing best available options, rate changes and adjustments in federal law requirements.

Utilize PeopleSoft for personnel and personal information, including records administration, keying actions, data computation, employment verifications, RPA’s, accuracy of checks and other various queries.

Assist in writing, revising, updating and preparing official correspondence.

Prepare award certificates, reports, briefs, organizational handbooks, I-9 forms, SF-75, and other special reports.

Perform arithmetic computations of data such as computing percentages, averages, ratios, determine means, modes, and medians. Support employees, supervisors, and management officials by communicating effectively, both orally and verbally in a professional manner.

Present information in simple bar chart. Use statistical methods to collect, compile and present numerical personnel data.

Review new hire documentation verifying that information is in accordance.

Maintain and ensure accuracy of eligibility, certification and recruitment files.

Take action to resolve problems quickly.

Provide excellent World Class customer service to in house employees as well as to clients with courtesy in a friendly manner.

Successfully passed and currently maintain a National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) to complete duties which require access to classified information, and other personally identifiable information.

Initiates, reviews, and processes personnel security investigations for future and current employees, by accessing classified and confidential information via the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) automated system, Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations (e-Quip.

Accommodate and assist other technicians as needed.

Semper Fit and Exchange Services

Marine Corps Retail Operations Division, Quantico, VA

April 2009 - November 2016

Accounting Technician

NF-0525-03 (Equivalent to GS-08)

Support an organization of 600 employees and more than 10,000 customers worldwide.

Assist the organization with monitoring more than $1 billion annually in non-appropriated funds for exchange services; including Marine Corps exchanges, services, food and hospitality programs/operations, and the retail electronic point of sale system.

Review, process, code and post invoices to the automated financial system and accounting databases. Disburse checks via electronic funds transfer for payment of vendor invoices and other accounts payable. Communicate with vendors for inquiries and responses.

Prepare weekly demand registers and collaborate with 14 sites to reconcile commitments, obligations and shortage of payments.

Verify commitments, transaction date, line-of accounting and vendor name. Process pending payments, and validate open and closed account balances.

Process purchase orders and invoice payments upon receipt and delivery confirmation of products and services.

Maintain accounting ledgers and perform account reconciliation.

Maintain status of funds, perform account analysis and account research to validate expenditure and collection transactions.

Solely responsible for 32 accounts totaling more than $250,000 monthly for 14 sites.

Processed between 2500 – 3000 invoices monthly.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED)

Transaction processing to include the full range of accounting transactions including budgetary transactions, accounts payable, accounts receivable, inventory, fixed assets, and periodic entries.

Applied company internal control requirements in performing accounting processes and procedures.

Hope Aglow Empowerment Center, Woodbridge, VA

April 2008 – April 2009

Accounting/Administrative Assistant

Support a non-profit organization with approximately 350 in members. Performed financial transactions and achieved a broad scope of internal processes encompassing the daily management of billings, collections, reconciliation, general- ledger and month-end closings with a focus on accounts receivable customers.

Prepare financial reports to include posting to accounting journals and accounting software. Monitor debt levels and compliance with debt agreements. Ensure that accounts payable and accounts receivables were completed in a timely manner. Calculated and issued financial analysis of the financial statements.

Allocated and distributed funds to approximately 7 Departments.

Recorded cash receipts and completed weekly bank deposits of approximately $20,000.

Reconciled an average monthly amount of $10,000 in accounts, cash receipts, and supplier invoices.

Tracked expenditures and prepared accounts payable transactions of approximately $6,000 monthly.

Conducted monthly reconciliation of multiple bank accounts, printed and distributed checks for vendors.

Calculated and identified unexpected variances with the budget and advised management of discrepancies.

Organized and managed logistics for large events with more than 300 participants and special occasions including travel and lodging accommodations, honorarium payments, and related transactions.

Prepared reports, internal correspondence and purchase orders.

Maintained the membership database and prepared Tax reports for IRS audits.

Assisted the Administrator with preparing payroll by collecting timecard data and reconciling the payroll account.

Marine Corps Community Services

Personal and Family Readiness Center, Quantico, VA

May 2006 – April 2008

Accounting Technician

NF-525-03 (Equivalent to GS-08)

Accountable for financial management and supporting a non-appropriated organization focused on educational resources and services to enhance the readiness of 12,000 Marines and their families.

Provided client management services for vendors to process and certify receipts and disbursements.

Updated the electronic financial management system and reconciled accounts payable.

Code, process and audited invoices.

Contacted vendors for collection of delinquent accounts and prepared monthly reports/spreadsheets to validate end of cycle statements.

Maintained financial information, files and records to include purchase orders, invoices, shipment verification, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and contracts to ensure availability of documentation and audit tracking compliance.

Managed more than 20 Marine vendor accounts with an average annual total of $1.2 million for the Marine Corps Exchange servicing Quantico, California, North Carolina, Hawaii, IWAKUNI, Yuma, Barstow and Norfolk.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED)

Processed on a weekly basis approximately $20,000 in accounts payable and invoices.

Assisted 8 accounting technicians to eliminate potential backlogs and alternate account coverage.

Assisted in collections and delinquency management for late accounts and clients with missing invoices.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/COURSEWORK/TRAINING

Records Management Annual Ethics Training Lethal Keystrokes

Information Assurance Awareness Equal Employment Opportunity

CompTIA A+ Certificate of Completion December 2016

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Windows: Excel, Word, PowerPoint, QuickBooks, DELTEK, Financial Management Systems, Computron

COGNOS

HRMS Oracle PeopleSoft

SECURITY CLEARANCE

Obtained NACI May 2006 to current

Held Top Secret SCI with Department of Navy, 1994 – 2004

Interim Security Clearance in process as of July 2017.

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