Customer Service Accounts Payable

REM Eyewear Optical Company

April **** - Present

Account Payable Supervisor

Full cycle accounts payable functions

Process expense reports, monitoring of PO's

Process check runs

Process wires

Maintain vendor accounts and relationships

Enter high volume of invoices into accounting system

Research and resolve accounts payable issues with vendors,factories and

internal team

Ensure expenses are valid and analyzed for proper expense coding

Prepare 1099's

Maintain check logs and checking account registers for Post Fund.

Document procedures

Three Hands Corporation

Jan 2008-March 2008

(three month assignment)

Staff Accountant

Process and maintain month-end reconciliations, including prepaid and

accrued expenses

Maintains HR records and payroll information confidentiality

Prepare 1099's

Assist Controller in developing and maintaining company policies and

procedures

Ensure all duties are performed and work is prepared in compliance with

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and company policy and procedures

Prepare and post monthly journal entries

Prepare bank and monthly account reconciliations

Reconciles accounts and statistical data and fully analyzes financial

statements.

Prepares monthly and quarterly operational performance reports

John Hancock Financial

Oct 2002-Sep 2007

Corporate Financial Services-Control Funds

Control Specialist

Processed accounts payable and receivable activity in General Ledger

Process supplier invoices including performing three ways matching of

invoices, PO and receiver.

Perform the check selection and reconciliation of check runs.

Interface with other departments and management during the process.

Preparation and distribution of the daily balance sheet

Reconciled daily cash and wires through Total Reconciliation Solution

system

Processed all general accounts payable and month end close

Processed Checks and wires daily on all departments and assessing internal

controls, including risk assessments and reviews of risk areas

Reconciled assigned suspense accounts on a daily/monthly basis as required

to ensure accurate reporting of all monies

Bank reconciliations and perform manual endorsements or manual check

requests, stop payments, reissues

Prepared journal entries for month-end close

Research and resolve monthly reconciliation variances

Co-ordinate daily department workflow to ensure coverage among Control

Reps. Assist Toronto Treasury in resolving bank to ledger variance and

responsible for internal training of Sr. Control Reps.

Review and validate all redemption checks generated to ensure all

compliance requirements are satisfied

Prepared daily investment and withdrawal proofs and daily detail

reconciliations

Processed and maintain programs with clients invest via ACH and take

disbursements via EFT

TJX Company -Framingham, Boston

Aug 2002

Payroll Coordinator

Enters payroll data into system.

Set up employee direct deposit.

Coordinated with store manager for all time card and vacation questions.

Any deviations from normal procedure are cleared by the supervisor.

Coordinates with corporate and field finance teams to assist in the

preparation of accounting and operating reports based on detailed

instructions or simple procedures.

Provides outstanding customer service to both internal and external

customers based on timely and accurate feedback to appropriate questions

relative to assigned duties.

May provide general office support to branch personnel by filing invoices,

timesheets, expense reports, and customer invoices.

Wal-Mart -Framingham, Boston

Feb 2002

Cash Office

Handle all Cash office duties.

Handle all cash in and out in Cash office

Balance Cash office every 2 hours

Balance each registers.

Prepared cash bags for each register.

MetLife (New England Financial)

1984-2002

Services System Integrity Consultant

Managed daily system balancing and control report (VL fund Account, Cyber

life, Paul Revere, and Vantage)

Performed daily and monthly reconciliation of FDP and Coli

Managed the approval and release of all department checks

Performed bank transmission reconciliations

Monitored and reconciled all general suspense accounts and general ledger

posting

Prepared journal entries daily and monthly closing

Developed key Excel spread sheet and statistical logs

Reviewed key account balances for anomalies and managed required

adjustments and or reported issues to senior management

Collection Services/Reconciliation Consultant

Prepared and Analyzed Financial Statements for General Ledger accounts.

Performed daily Reconciliation for Correction Statement

Assisted with prepared and analyzed of Financial Summary and Direct

Collection suspense errors received and processed appropriate accounting

and transactions to clear those items

Educated new associate to become proficient in the Universal Life

Reconciliation

Reinforcement agencies during Client Collection and Disbursement.

Conversion, and complied with the established transitional

responsibilities

Assisted all agencies with premium collection questions and navigational

Inquiries

Monitored agency submitted each day to ensure each agency is submitting

data on a timely basis and troubleshoot failed submits

Contacted the agencies for re-submits when necessary and provided further

instructions if failed submit continued

Monitored and reconciled all the company General Suspense accounts

Master Services Account (MSA) Specialist

Analyzed and process assigned cycle of all Financial Summary, lock box and

cleared system errors resulting from system processing failures

Processed all requests received to pay premiums by automatic premium

payment with and without cash

Deposited all Universal Life checks received and updated the General

Ledger

Responsible for the monthly reconciliation of all accounts associated with

the ULA product

Analyzed and processed drafts in high volumes

Worked with management to update and streamline return draft processing

procedures

Other Related Skills

20 plus years of Accounting experience

Document Direct System, CTS System, Billing & Collection log Database

System, List Bill System, Disbursement and Reconciliation System

Windows, Microsoft Excel, MS-Word, MS Outlook

Lawson software, Account Payable System, PeopleSoft Financial Systems

Total Reconciliation Solution System (T Recon)

Payment Entry System

Lotus Notes

Vantage One

Automated Work Distributed (AWD) system

Kronos system

Navision, AS400

Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision.

Strong process analysis/problem solving skills, self motivated and able to

work independently while working effectively as a team member

Strong organizational skills with an ability to manage multiple tasks

Strong Interpersonal skills

Strong work ethic

Attention to detail

Track record of effectively working independently.

Education

Saint John's College - Saigon, Vietnam

Business Administration-Concentration in Accounting

New England Financial and John Hancock Financial

Quality Core Training

Team Building Seminar

Achieving Extraordinary Customer Relations Seminar

Preventing Workplace Harassment

Anti-Fraud Training

Anti-Money Laundering

USA Patriot Act

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act

Gain/Loss

Languages

Fluent in Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese) & Vietnamese

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