Sharee Coates

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Education

Virginia State University - Petersburg, VA May 2008

BS, Family and Consumer Sciences

Technical Skills

Microsoft Office, Excel, Microsoft Dynamics (Great Plains),Elite Enterprise, Global Exchange, Sales Force, PeopleSoft Financials/CRM, E-bill Roles, Oracle, OnePAY, and Fintech

Professional Experience

Global Franchise Group – Atlanta, GA June 2019-May 2020

Accounts Payable Specialist

Organized a transition into paperless invoice processing by researching and communicating to vendors updated system

Coded all invoices received and input them in Microsoft Dynamics accounting system and checked all pricing

Ran a weekly aging report to make payments by check, wire and ACH for over $800,000

Coordinated with team to ensure utilities, outside services, repairs and maintenance invoices coincides with month end budgets

Reconciled the general ledger at the end of the month

Reviewed rent contracts to process monthly rent, common maintenance area, property taxes and business licenses for payment

Assisted in year-end audits and created a spreadsheet and pivot table to prepare 1099s for vendors

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP - Washington, DC July 2014 – March 2019

Accounts Payable Specialist (final title)

Processed 100+ full cycle invoices in Elite for domestic and international payments while managing three high volume email inboxes.

Reconcile foreign statements and ensured timely payments to international associates by preparing and reviewing bi-weekly international wires using Global Exchange.

Maintained and reconciled firm’s international offices’ operating accounts, by processing utility payments and other invoices to help staff with budgeting and financial forecasting.

Assisted 300+ attorneys and their support staff with concerns related to payments to outside vendors, creating Excel reports detailing disbursements charged to clients.

Issuing checks and ACH payments for court fees, expert witness reimbursements, and various third-party vendor services.

Created new vendors and assessing Sales and Use tax as necessary.

Petty Cash Clerk (promoted to Specialist)

Processed and reconciled all petty cash transactions daily to ensure proper cash levels were maintained.

Handled requests for purchasing foreign currency, daily bank deposits and arranged pickup and delivery via the firm’s courier.

Posted weekly journal entries and soft costs into the Elite accounting system

File Clerk (promoted to Petty Cash Clerk)

Filed checks and vendor correspondence to be accessed for audit purposes or client inquiries.

Reviewed invoice entries for quality control.

Received, sorted, and sent mail for the Financial Services department.

Answered Accounts Payable help line and monitored Accounts Payable email inbox.

Prince George’s County Public Schools - Upper Marlboro, MD July 2013 – July 2014

Accounting Clerk Support

Reviewed vendor checks for assets that need posting in Oracle and research missing information.

Created shells and reconciliation for new Capital Improvement Program (CIP) assets.

Updated asset files from the Public Property Audit Required Updates form received from Internal Auditors.

Served as a backup for front desk, answering and directing calls to the appropriate office.

Network for Good - Washington, DC April 2013 – July 2013

Customer Success Administrator

Used Sales Force, updated customer information and billing for services/donations.

Verified organizations 501(c)(3) status for application and subscription approval.

Maintained clerical/administrative, accounting records and prepared reports.

Corrected Email Now credentials and features for clients.

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