Manager Accounting

https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephcomers/

Accounts Payable Manager

SUMMARY

·Passionate Accounts Payable Professional with proven ability to pivot quickly, transition over 5 million a month in payables to a remote work environment, lead/develop/mentor staff and cultivate their skill sets, meet deadlines, work efficiently with vendors, communicate effectively, improve timely payments, and deliver accurate accounting reports. Member of International Accounts Payables Professionals Organization and an effective Project Manager.

SKILLS

Professional

·Fourteen successful years in accounting across multiple industries, as well as two years in procurement. Exceptional customer service, proficient communicator, progressive thinker, self-starter, and quick study. Background includes hands on experience with ERP and EDI implementations, A/P Automations, cloud-based repositories, green initiatives, paperless environments, developing KPI’s, desktop procedures, and process improvements. Well versed in providing mentorship, leadership, & collaborative efforts in order to meet deadlines and build a sustainable culture. Experience with multi-book accounting as well as international payments and currencies. Tech Savvy and progressive thinker and problem solver.

Software

·Outlook, Excel, Word, Power Point, Intacct, NetSuite, Concur, Oracle, Great Plains, Basware, QuickBooks, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams

EXPERIENCE

11/2018 – 11/2020 Accounts Payable Manager, American Career College/West Coast University

·Improved on time payments from no known metric, to identifying an average of 50% paid on time, to increasing the number of paid on time invoices to over 75% in under a year and a half

·Decreased the number of exceptions and manual interactions with invoices while simultaneously increasing the number of auto-routed invoices in addition to increasing the automatic matching percentages for PO related invoices by 30% in each category.

·Mentor, develop, and cultivate a team of two in the full cycle A/P process which processes roughly 4k invoices per month while pivoting to remote working environments leveraging Microsoft Teams and Zoom applications to keep the team engaged and connected

·Developed the Accounts Payable Policy and Procedures documentation for the A/P department

·Ensure proper coding for all expenses as they relate to business activities in order to maintain proper GAPP requirements and ensure compliance

·Improved and optimized the configuration of our Payables system to allow for increased automated matching of invoice(s) to PO’s, invoice routing for review & approval, and standard SVG rules

·Manage the yearly 1099 process

·Concur expense Administrator for the entire organization made up of over 5K users

·Develop KPI’s pertaining to the use of our Automated A/P Software which streamlines the bill to pay process.

·Curated multiple training videos to assist users with navigation of the Payables system

·Reduced the processing time in our 3rd party AP Automation platform per invoice

·Updated the Job descriptions for the department to clearly outline the expected requirements and activities of our staff

·Delivered all requested A/P audit deliverables and ensured accuracy upon completion.

·Created & implemented the A/P accrual process for PO items received but not matched in addition to monthly A/P Non-PO related invoices

·Developed audit controls, identify risks and pain points in the Bill to Pay process, and decreased exceptions in order to allow for a more streamlined and efficient process.

11/2016 – 11/2018 Accounts Payable Supervisor, Kevin.Murphy

·Implemented stability, professionalism, customer service, and excellent work habits into a department that was in dire need of these qualities.

·Supervised, developed, mentored, and on-boarded a team of four within a span of ten months.

·Shortened month end close by five days as a result of exemplary organizational skills, effective time management, and accurate invoice entry.

·Increased bandwidth for team members and managers by accurate Accounts Payable entries and timely payments.

·Organized/Administered and maintained the Global Corporate Credit Card Program as well as out of pocket expenses.

·Responsible for the timely payments of two thousand invoices per month in over ten different currencies

·Responsible for the reconciliation of pre-paid expenses, inventory accounts as well as the A/P ledger to sub-ledger.

·Maintain excellent internal and external relationships.

·Assisted with the successful implementation of a cloud based ERP system.

·Delivered accurate audit worksheets and exam list.

05/2011 – 11/2016 Lead A/P and Travel, Telogis a Verizon Company

·Develop, train, educate, and on-board new team members in a successful manner in order to execute the day to day functions of the A/P process.

·Anchor the daily activities of Accounts Payable disbursement process.

·Responsible for the accurate recording of liabilities and the timely distribution of reports to management which provides visibility in order to make informed business decisions.

·Manage the employee expense reimbursement process while simultaneously ensuing proper compliance to the company T&E policy.

·Manage the project accounting process and distribute weekly reports to provide increased visibility to spend pertaining to each project.

·Implemented the automatic check selection process which directly reduced the amount of time necessary to execute the weekly A/P disbursements.

04/2007 – 05/2011 Accounts Payable Lead, Western Digital

·Responsible for leading seven direct reports in the timely payment of approximately ten thousand invoices per month.

·Reviewed and reconciled inventory/non inventory purchase orders for accuracy as they pertained to the invoices submitted against them.

·Successfully integrated four separate companies into the global payables organization and trained site staff on the WD process in the U.S. and Thailand.

·Provide audit documentation, completed scheduled and interviews for internal SOX compliance and Board of Equalization auditors which resulted in 100% compliance score.

·Developed proposal to automate the payables process using OCR and EDI solutions to increase visibility and decrease manual effort as well as the DPO.

·Recovered over 200K due to the company by managing the E-payables process.

·Successfully proposed and implemented the procure to pay process which streamlined the inventory receipt to payment process.

EDUCATION

2014 – 2015 Accounting – Undergraduate Focus, Saddleback College

2008 – 2009 Accounting – Undergraduate Focus, University Of Phoenix

2001 – 2002 Accounting – Undergraduate Focus, Cal State Long Beach

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