Accounts Payable Receivable

Barbara N. Wilen

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Sewell, NJ 08080 *********@*******.***

Accounts Payable Specialist

Summary of Qualifications

Highly motivated professional with over 15 years’ experience in Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable. Determined self-starter with strong leadership, communication, teamwork, and multi-tasking skills.

Accounts payable Accounts receivable

Collections General ledger

Bank reconciliations Journal entries

Non-profit Month-end closing

Cash Expense variances

Professional Experience

Pathways to Housing PA Philadelphia, PA 2012-2015

Senior Staff Accountant

Selected as primary financial contact for client accounting operations.

Processed accounts receivable for client and operating accounts.

Coded and processed all accounts payable for the finance department.

Reviewed expenditures for proper coding and classification to ensure conformance with all

regulatory guidance and internal policies & procedures.

Processed all check requests for representative payee accounts based on monthly client spending.

Prepared and maintained general ledger entries for many entities.

Performed monthly closing process as directed. Ensured that all journal entries were booked

accurately and timely.

Documented and maintained supporting data for all housing and accounting ledgers

Prepared monthly balance sheet reconciliations in a timely manner for cash, accounts receivable,

inventory, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities.

Prepared monthly internal financial reporting for client operation for Finance Director and 4+

management teams.

Assisted Finance Director with documenting policies, procedures and workflow for assigned areas

of responsibility.

Coordinated and resolved client accounting issues with Team Leaders at monthly client meetings.

Prepared assigned schedules and audit samples for the annual external and interim audit.

Processed journal entries for monthly expense accruals for month-end closing.

Assisted in review of monthly P&L variances to budget and provided details on significant variances.

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Five Below Philadelphia, PA 2011-2012

Accounts Payable Coordinator

Processed invoices for vendors on a daily basis including invoices for high volume vendors including

Coca-Cola, Frito Lay, American Greetings, Utz, Herr’s, and others.

Utilized unmatched receipt report to manage timely payments from vendors.

Processed journal entries for monthly expense accruals for month-end closing.

Processed wire payments for overseas accounts importing goods into the Distribution Center

and confirmed receipt of goods prior to processing payments.

Created schedule of wire payments to keep track of prepayments in order to match goods received

to unmatched receipts.

Issued checks on a weekly basis, matched with the invoices, and submitted for approval to the CFO

Submitted weekly remittances to vendors with a weekly cash payment status and sent weekly emails

advising them of their account status.

Performed monthly closing process as directed. Ensured that all journal entries are booked accurately

and timely.

Prepared monthly balance sheet reconciliations in a timely manner for cash, accounts receivable,

inventory, and accounts payable.

Reviewed expenditures for proper coding and classification to ensure conformance with company

policies and procedures.

Reviewed monthly P&L variances to budget and provided details on significant variances.

Submitted weekly remittances to vendors with a weekly cash payment status and sent weekly emails

advising them of their account status.

Ozburn Hessey Logistics (OHL) – Barthco Philadelphia, PA 1999-2010

Staff Accountant

Processed 300-400 invoices including expense reports daily for 25 offices throughout the US.

Reviewed vendor statements for office expenses and took advantage of discounts.

Funded U.S. Customs Duties through Wachovia Bank and posted journal entry.

Researched and reviewed expenses for accurate billing and worked with vendors to reduce monthly

rates based on a discretionary spend initiative.

Designed and implemented quality controls for duplicate billing to curtail duplicate payments.

Created an Excel spreadsheet to list scheduled monthly payments of recurring expenses.

Processed journal entries for monthly expense accruals for month-end closing.

Reconciled general ledger accounts.

Assisted with year-end closing and annual external audit.

Processed and reviewed payment list created in AS400 system.

Input daily cash receipts which included over 4 million from lockbox.

Posted Accounts receivable and Accounts payable adjustments.

Created a daily spreadsheet which summarized all outgoing payments to vendors, US Customs, etc.

which saved approximately 2 days when reconciling the bank account at month-end.

Educational Qualification

Rowan University, BS, Accounting, 1990

Computer Skills

MS Office, Peachtree, MacWrite 6.0, MS Dynamics Great Plains, AS400, NuView, Quickbooks, Cargowise

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