Accounts Receivable Payable
Resume:
LESLIE G. SMITH
Senior Accounts Payable Specialist Accounts Receivable Specialist Collections Analyst
Katy, TX 77493
Email: ***************@*****.***
Mobile: 832-***-****
CAREER OBJECTIVE
Superior Senior Level Full Cycle Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Specialist/Collections Analyst successful in processing all payables and receivables and Collections with great-detail and accuracy while using solid knowledge and expertise in accounting principles and best practices seeking an opportunity with a cohesive team where I can add value and continue to learn and grow to help drive the company’s success.
KEY SKILLS
Senior Full Cycle Accounts Payables specialist
Senior Accounts Receivable specialist
Credit and Collections analyst.
Cash applications.
Excellent accounting research
and resolution skills
Oil & Gas - E&P-Upstream, Mid and Downstream
Financial Reporting
Journal Entries and General Ledger experience.
Vendor maintenance/Account Set-up
Financial Reporting
Great organization and time management skills
Bank Reconciliations
Sales and Use Tax
invoice portal uploads - SAP Ariba, and many other clients’ specific portals.
Excellent Verbal and Written skills
1099 Processing
Process wires, ACH, checks and
credit card payments.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
01/2023 – 03/2024 TNT Crane & Rigging Houston, TX
Collections Analyst – Lay off
Collecting on accounts that are due, coming due and past due for a vast portfolio encompassing one of the companies’ acquired subsidiaries.
Making customer contacts to obtain status of payment via phone, and email.
Heavy research to obtain PO’s and other documents that are delaying payments.
Communicating with sales, and various levels of management to
Send certified letters to third party attorney for final collection efforts.
Process credit card payments.
Process credit applications.
Run D&B reports.
Achievements:
Successful collections resulting in payments of past due collections (31 and over 120-day collections)
Created AR procedures manual that was utilized by the team.
Received bonuses for meeting collection goals.
11/2020 – 10/2022 ABM Industries, Inc. Houston, TX
AR Resolution Specialist – Lay off
Accounts Receivables Subject Matter Expert
Cash applications, Write Offs
Reverse cash payments and Reapply payments after rebills completed.
Refunds
Match debit/credits.
Intercompany Cost Transfers
Post batches.
Unapplied cash research and resolution
Month end duties
Uploading invoices to portals
Communicating with clients and various levels of management to resolve issues.
Posting cash to GL
Created training documents used for the AR team.
Achievements:
Successfully processed and resolved Portal tickets and all scopes of work in a timely, professional, and accurate manner
Resolved aged Unapplied cash over $1M
12/2018 – 12/2020 Servomex Company, Inc. Sugarland, TX
Senior Accounts Receivable Specialist
Cash Applications- Daily download bank deposits and apply cash invoices.
Collections – Collected on all past due invoices.
Bank reconciliation daily and monthly.
Portal Uploads – Ariba, etc.
Process Credit Card Payments
Invoice distribution by email, mail.
Research POs to resolve issues that are causing payment delay issues.
Process Credit Memo’s,
Process customer refunds.
Month end duties
Filing PO’s and credit memo’s
Assist with audits.
Achievements:
Successful collections resulting in close to $1M in collections. Resolution and payment of 90 -120 days past due,
Created AR procedures manual that was utilized by the team.
12/2016 – 10/2017 Lockwood - Contract Assignment Houston, TX
Senior Accounts Payable Specialist
Entering high volumes of invoices in a fast pasted AP environment
Printing, matching, mailing checks or distributing payment according to customer’s request.
Heavy AP research and clean-up
Filing checks and back up
Reviewing statements to ensure all invoices are entered and paid.
Speaking with vendors to answer questions and resolve issues.
11/2011 – 8/2016 Dow Chemical – Long Term Contract Houston, TX
Contracts Administrator - Gulfstream Project - 01-2015 – 06/2016
Read and become familiar with each vendors’ contracts that were assigned to me regarding the agreed upon billing terms in the contract for equipment, materials, truck and trailer usage, and labor.
Compare invoice rates against the contract to ensure invoice prices were within the terms of the contract.
Obtain proper approvals from management (Construction Managers, Contract Manager, and Project Mangers)
Manage group mailbox at designated times (move invoices and correspondence to the appropriate Contracts Administrators assigned mailbox
Properly assemble completed packages together for submission to Accounts Payable department, Snip tool and PDF software to adding in each document, put in proper order, with the necessary approvals from management to insure prompt payment of vendor’s invoices.
Processed statements to verify all invoices had been received from vendors and processed to avoid late payments to vendors.
SAP Time Processor - SAP Project 12/2014 – 12/2014
Processed weekly hours for Engineers in North America, India, Asia to included:
Extracting and exporting data. Used advanced excel formulas (Pivot Tables, V-lookup, Formulas, Macros, converting CSV files, etc.)
Research cost center issues errors with team members and
Financial Reporter - Energy Project 10/2012 – 12/2013
Created Monthly, Quarterly and Annual financial reports in the hydrocarbons group for the Financial Analyst to report to upper management by extracting data from various sources and updating spreadsheets and charts utilizing SAP, Excel, Nynex, Macros, and other sources.
Achievements:
Served as Contracts Administrator for the Gulfstream Project which was a $6 Billion-dollar project and the largest in the company’s history.
Implemented A/P procedure that resulted in saving millions of dollars and was added to our company procedures manual.
SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
SAP (Payables, Receivables, Billing) - JD Edwards & Oracle (multiple versions) – JD Edwards One world - QuickBooks - Microsoft Dynamics - Great Plains - AMSI - Timberline - Skyline - Infinium - Lawson - Rumba - Lotus 1 2 3 & Notes - Microsoft Excel, Word, outlook - Ariba - Sage - Taleo - AmiPro - PeopleSoft Accounting and HR - AS400 (Accounts Payable and Payroll) - Power Play, Business Objects, Nuance (Dow Chemical)
EDUCATION
Rockhurst University
2002 Certificate, Accounts Payable Management
Bexar County School of Business
1982 Certificate, Data Entry business office
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