Office Assistant Life Insurance

JENNIFER M. PASQUESI

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ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE PROFESSIONAL

Experience in analyzing data including invoicing, account reconciliation and processing

Specialize in multi tasking while working independently and as a team player

Maintain strong relationships with staff, management, clients, and vendors

Bi-lingual in English and Italian

Microsoft Office Suite, Mainframe, Oracle, Leasepak, Internet, and 10 Key, AX

EXPERIENCE

Midland Paper 2016 – 2019

Accounts Payable Billing Associate

Maintained open order report for un-received invoices from vendors

Prepared daily report for upper management

Checked the data input in the accounting system to ensure accuracy of final bill

Assisted department by processing check runs, credits and claims

Responded and helped to resolve inquiries from internal departments as well as customers in a timely manner

Randstad – Libertyville, IL

Assignments

Premium Billing Specialist 2015 - 2016

Company worked at Trustmark

Research complex billing issues to determine root cause and perform necessary updates to ensure premiums are applied appropriately

Act as a resource to team associates regarding problem resolution

Reconcile and apply complex premium for various VBS lines of business accurately and timely with limited supervision

Accounts Payable 2010 - 2016

Companies worked at include WMS Gaming, and Assembled Products

Balanced and verified all invoices and credits received

Monitored discrepancies between purchase orders and invoices to allow completion of payment process

Followed up on account statements and inconsistencies regarding payment of accounts, and served as liaison between departments and vendors in the resolution of administrative problems and inquiries

Conducted weekly check run

Research and Rebates 2012 - 2013

Companies worked at include VW Credit and Medline Industries

Reduced turnover of work and implemented process improvements by creating a mail merge document

Resolved customer issues and inquiries by contacting various municipalities or customers with documented follow-up

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Creative Financial Staffing - Riverwoods, IL

Assignments

Office Assistant 2013 - 2014

Worked at Forest Financial Group on a large scale project collecting information on beneficiaries of life insurance policies. Utilized the computer to complete project.

Accounting Contractor 2010 - 2011

Worked at Cosi, Inc. and researched, requested and then processed missing invoices for prompt payment

Revised 200 plus vendor list with up to date information

Ajilon Finance – Deerfield, IL

Assignments

Research and Accounting 2008 - 2009

Companies worked at Beam Global and Vista Health

Processed orders from clients then released invoices

Paid invoices and answered various vendor questions

Hewitt Associates – Lincolnshire, IL 2007 - 2008

Accounts Payable Invoice Administrator

Saved over $2 million by locating and investigating invoicing errors

Created process, controls and innovative solutions for the improvement of duplicate and erroneous invoicing from vendors

Maintained accurate spreadsheets of continuing orders, vendor contracts and their purchase order releases

Assisted in the employee development through training, establishing objectives, and communication of the rules during transition

Developed process innovation while increasing business relationships with internal clients

Communicated with all levels of the organization to receive approvals to process invoices

Financial Client Billing Coordinator 2006 - 2007

Consulted with client analysts on appropriate use in the billing system and policies to produce high quality client invoices

Led project to revise past due disputed client invoices to make client current

Assisted the team while also coordinating and managing individual workloads

Communicated billing issues effectively with client analysts to ensure accuracy

EDUCATION

The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

B.A. in Economics and International Business Certificate, December 2000

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