Accounts Payable Management

Saundra l. Venuto, chfp

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esults-oriented professional with excellent leadership, decision making,

communications and financial skills. An effective self-starter with

extensive experience in Business Administration, Accounting & Finance.

Fourteen years of Financial Accounting skills on high visibility projects.

Experience in executive level presentations, project management, audit

leadership and document preparation.

Key Skills

CASH / ACCRUAL BASED BUDGETING & Strategic Long & Short Term Financial

FORECASTING Planning

Financial Data Reporting & Account Strong Client Relations & Customer

Management Focus

Business Controls / Internal Auditing Finance, Accounts Payable &

Cost Savings/Reductions Analysis Procurement Processes

Project Management & Coordination Leadership & Teambuilding

Quantitative/Qualitative Decision Change Management

Making

Professional Experience

HEALTH QUEST - LAGRANGEVILLE, NY

FINANCIAL ANALYST

2006-PRESENT

. Establish and monitor annual operating and capital budgets to ensure

effective cost control.

. Accumulate and maintain statistical data used to project short and

long term revenues and expenses.

. Prepare and analyze monthly full time equivalent and budget variance

reports in collaboration with senior management to ensure accurate

spending to reach target margins.

. Collect all required data related to third party reimbursement and

prepare annual hospital and skilled nursing facility cost reports.

. Validate information reported on the cost report and support variances

from prior periods.

. Participate in external audits and provide supporting documentation

and analysis.

. Develop monthly patient activity reports reflecting patient days,

discharges, and length of stay by payer.

. Provide computer and software support to hospital personnel upon

request.

. Prepare and submit monthly and annual financial data and assessments

to government agencies. Maintain continuous communication with agency

personnel to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.

grubb & ellis - White Plains, NY

Financial Analyst

2004-2005

. Planned and managed gross-lease and triple-net annual site operational

budgets and financial forecasts.

. Prepared and presented monthly reimbursement packages, financial

trends, contract and salary analysis as well as quarterly and annual

reports to facility-operation senior management teams.

. Acted as financial liaison between client, site personnel and

interdepartmental contacts to provide effective informational

resources and financial solutions.

. Established accounts payable, procurement and finance KPI's resulting

in more efficient process flows.

. Prepared and reconciled year end accruals in accordance with IRS

guidelines.

Business Controls-Internal Auditor

2003

. Conducted monthly, quarterly and annual internal audits of Accounts

Payable, Procurement, Finance and Site Operations across the country

to ensure compliance with client transaction guidelines.

. Central point of contact for the preparation and submission of audit-

ready internal documents for annual audits.

. Published audit results to Senior Vice President and department

managers identifying key performance indicators and trends with

recommendations for continued success and problem resolution.

. Maintained a mandatory process training program for new-hires and

administrative employees. Program resulted in consistent satisfactory

audits with less than 5% client mandated error rates.

. Created Root Cause Analysis forms to accurately identify underlying

causes of non-compliant findings which currently remain a mandatory

protocol for the Business Controls department.

. Designed, implemented and maintained thorough procurement desk

procedures to ensure process compliance and minimize uncertainties.

INN ALPHA MANAGEMENT - Wappingers Falls, NY

Accounts Payable Manager

2000-2003

. Responsible for overseeing accounts payable functions including data

entry, check processing, journal entry, and monthly invoice-aging and

trial balance reports.

. Provided cross-functional accounts payable training.

. Developed payroll reports and controlled distribution of checks.

. Prepared monthly financial reports and development project reports for

senior management.

. Created and maintained annual budgets for multiple hotel properties

across the country.

Education

HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION

Certified Healthcare Financial Professional

MARIST COLLEGE - Poughkeepsie, NY

Bachelors of Science in Accounting

Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity

MBA Candidate

Technical Skills

( MS OFFICE (WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, ACCESS, OUTLOOK) ( KAUFMAN HALL

BUDGET ADVISOR ( MCKESSON HBP ( WINDOWS 95, 98, 2000, XP, VISTA & 7

( IBM ISERIES ( LOTUS SMARTSUITE (WORD, 123, NOTES) ( OUTLOOKSOFT CPM (

MONARCH PRO ( HORIZON PERFORMANCE MANAGER ( VISUAL BASIC PROGRAMMING ( MRI

( MAXIMO ( TABWARE

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