Accounts Payable Customer Service

COSTA LEVI PEREPELICA

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EDUCATION:

BARUCH COLLEGE

B.B.A. in Public Accounting, 2001

CPA examinations in progress

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Accounts Payable management; financial reporting; ERP and EDI(web-procurement) systems

implementation and management; nonresident alien tax compliance; corporate purchase cards management;

1099/1042 tax compliance and reporting; personnel training and customer services.

EXPERIENCE:

RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (RFCUNY), NY NY (11/02 – PRESENT)

Position: Manager of Payables & Tax Compliance (1/06 – PRESENT)

Management of high volume Accounts Payable process, ACH/EFT payments implementation, EDI (web-

procurement) transition from paper invoice processing; management of vendor relations; oversight of timely and

accurate processing and payment of invoices, purchase orders, expense reports and credit memos; attending to

external and internal issues within Finance and AP departments; conducting of external and internal training of new

EDI (web-procurement) payment systems users; managing of EDI and ACH/EFT telephone and email hotlines. 1099

& 1042 tax compliance and reporting.

Administration of all AP ledgers reconciliations, journal entries, postings, closings.

Development of Accounts Payable and Nonresident Alien taxation policies and procedures. Maintenance of

the internal controls and performance statistics metrics. Improvement of the accounting processes, elimination of old,

repetitive and unnecessary tasks.

Implemented the IRS-web supported TIN matching procedure, which greatly improved the quality of the

AP vendor data.

Preparation of monthly and year-end AP reporting, 1099 & 1042 compliance and year-end reporting.

Review and processing of close to 2000 forms 1099-MISC per year. Review and processing of close to 250 forms

1042S per year.

Development, implementation and maintenance of new technologies and process automations (including

new EDI (remote web-procurement) payment system and ERP financial system). EDI (remote web-procurement)

payment system is now used to submit and monitor payments by 30 cost centers of the City University of New York.

Conducting internal audits to assure the new AP systems’ compliance with the AP policies and procedures.

Management of large-scale corporate purchasing card program (over 500 Visa-card accounts). Liaison

between JP Morgan Chase bank and RFCUNY. Management of PaymentNet (JP Morgan application) cards database.

Expansion of ACH/EFT payment program to all eligible vendors: data collection, vendor bank and email set

up, daily review and supervision of processing of the ACH/EFT payments via JP Morgan Access. Primary “go-to”

troubleshooter of new payment systems (EDI&ACH/EFT). Implementation of the new payments systems propelled

efficiency gains and significant time-(processing time reduction from four to one week, average) and cost-savings

(cost of check paper, postage, “positive pay” fees and work-time).

Financial management via JP Morgan Access of the Direct Debit Program (monthly collection for Retiree’s

Healthcare and COBRA programs).

Management of Nonresident Alien Tax Compliance Accounts Payable and Payroll Programs: data

collection, tax application, tax treaties and IRS codes applications, tax remittances to the IRS, tax reconciliations and

tax reporting (1042/1042S). Development of nonresident alien tax compliance policies and procedures.

Establishment of IRS-compliant and comprehensive nonresident alien tax processes within the RFCUNY.

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RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (RFCUNY), NY NY (CONT’D)

Position: Financial Projects Administrator (11/02 – 12/05)

Managed full accounting cycles for various New York City and privately-sponsored programs with

emphasis on billing and collections of program and service fees. Managed financial activities of the September 11

Fund, which earned RFCUNY solid service fees and prompted the company to charter a sister-corporation (Grans

Plus Inc.) aimed to provide financial services to other non-profit organizations.

Managed fiscal activities of various projects of New York City departments: budgets set up and

maintenance, billing and collections, journal entries and GL maintenance, month-end closings, cost transfers,

reconciliations, financial reporting.

Managed projects-related Accounts Receivable, T&E reimbursements and Accounts Payable activities.

Maintained payroll’s budgeting and funding. Supervised staff.

TYCO PLASTICS & ADHESIVES, A&E PRODUCTS GROUP, SECAUCUS NJ (6/01 – 11/02)

Position: Accounts Payable Supervisor

Promoted to supervise accounts payable operations for Tyco International, A&E Products Group. Oversaw

payment of invoices, proofing of checks and communication with vendors. Participated in planning and

implementing of business policies and procedures to ensure proper internal controls, including adherence to AP

policies and compliance with tax requirements. Provided effective management of payables service to company-wide

organizations and served as primary backup to accounts payable manager.

Supervised Accounts Payable department. Monitored processing of vouchers, PO and T&E

reimbursements. Maintained and developed Accounts Payable policies and procedures.

Monitored and coordinated AP operations at various companies’ locations in (states) PA, NC, CA and

Mexico.

Oversaw 1099 compliance and reporting, records management, AP customer service. Supervised two AP

clerks.

COCA-COLA AMATIL UKRAINE / UNIVERSAL BEVERAGES INC, KIEV-UKRAINE, BROOKLYN NY (10/92 – 05/01)

Position: Sales Representative

Marketing, sales and product distribution activities in Kiev, Ukraine and Brooklyn, NY.

TECHNOLOGY:

MS Office (Word, Excel), Kuali Financial System (ERP system), QuickBooks, JD Edwards/AS400, AXSOne-Computron,

PaymentNet4, JP Morgan Access, Accero Cyborg.

AFFILIATIONS & PUBLICATIONS:

Member, AAPA (The American Accounts Payable Association).

Accounts Payable in the 21st Century Business Environment: from standard to advanced and most current

AP practices (Author). ISBN-10: 148*******

Nonresident Alien Tax Compliance - What every Accounts Payable professional must know about it

(Author). ISBN-

10: 148*******

1099 Compliance - What every Accounts Payable professional must know about it (Author).

ISBN-10: 148*******

REFERENCES:

Available upon request

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