Accounts Payable Professional Experience

ELINA POLSKIKH

(P) 713-***-**** *********@*****.***

SUMMARY

Accounting and purchasing professional with oil and gas and international experience. Recognized for proficiently problem solving and process improvement skills combined with accuracy and strong attention to detail. Resolved external and internal queries much more quickly. Known for working well as a part of a team and as an individual contributor with a wide variety of people in a fast paced environment.

SKILLS

Extensive SAP experience Advanced skills with Excel

Proficient in IQ Navigator Outlook

QuickBooks Oracle

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Evaluated and corrected 600 invoices from aging report from 124 supplier agencies resulting in $2.5M being paid in two months in 2015.

Identified cost savings of $350K in HSE equipment rental and in the company provided 24/7 health clinic services in 2015.

Resolved issues and paid aging invoices for 9 critical vendors for ~$7.0M in 4 months in 2014.

Reduced 80% of outstanding Accounts Payable from 180 days to 30 days within 2 months in 2011.

Reduced $500K of Accounts Payable to <$40K in 30 days in 2011.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BHP Billiton January 2013 – January 2016

Procurement Representative/Buyer

- Applied Supply Purchasing processes in alignment to design intent, local operating procedures, audit & Group Level Document obligations.

- Issued purchase orders with multi-million dollar spend annually for equipment services and contractors, ensured orders were in compliance with corporate governance and HSEC guidelines and achieved on time delivery.

- Compiled tendering packages to obtain proposals from suppliers, reviewed clarifications with engineering, strategically evaluated and negotiated cost savings, prepared commercial bid evaluations, formulated commercial

scorecard, and worked with project team to determine successful bidder.

- Achieved significant cost savings by negotiating reduced rates for suppliers, notified category management when spend was close to exceeding contract value.

- Developed and maintained effective relationships with suppliers to track and measure delivery quality and payments are in full and on time.

- Participated in process improvement discussions between category management, inventory management, project services and finance.

- Engaged in supplier management by monitoring PO usage rates, progress, performance and payment review meetings.

Purchasing Administrator

- Responded to queries from suppliers and BHP Billiton employees regarding status of supplier invoices to increase on time payments and reduce blocked and rejected invoices.

- Effectively worked with centralized Payment Services to facilitate processing of non-order invoices, expedite payment requests, and payment exceptions.

- Worked with invoices rejection and provided a high level productivity on processed rejections.

- Worked using excel spreadsheet tools to handle critical vendor’s aging reports with a huge amount of invoices.

- Communicated and collaborated within the team, across Supply, within BHP Billiton, and with suppliers to quickly resolve issues.

- Exceed team goal on SESs creation on regular basis. Created SESs following guidelines including taxability determination as well as allocating cost correctly to well/location. Ensured invoice submission criteria met, proper documentation and approvals exist to entry of SES.

State Television and Radio Company, Tomsk, Russia December 1989- August 2011

Accountants Payable Accountant

-Verified and processed all accounts payable documents.

-Monitored payments and expenditures. Verified and processed employee expense reports.

-Assisted with month-end duties; including accruals, reconciliations and journal entries

-Generated monthly financial reports.

Accountants Receivable Accountant

-Monitored and administrated all customer accounts.

-Prepared customer’s statements, bills and invoices.

-Generated weekly aging reports, researched and analyzed accounts.

-Prepared accurate monthly billing adjustments. Investigated and resolved billing and account discrepancies.

-Managed and resolved customer inquiries, compiled data and prepared monthly reports and statements.

Payroll Accountant

- Processed payroll.

- Ensured tax, legal and company compliance with payroll issues.

- Balanced payroll account by resolving payroll discrepancies.

- Balanced federal withholding and payroll taxes and made appropriate deposits.

- Prepared quarterly and annually payroll taxes reports.

Education

State University of Light Industry, St. Petersburg, Russia

Bachelor’s Degree-Engineering and Economy

Accounting College, Tomsk, Russia

Accounting

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