Billing Administrator Purchasing Agent

Margaret E. Lakofsky

**** ******** **** ***** ******, Ohio 44060 440-***-**** adm0x6@r.postjobfree.com

Enterprising, hard-working and technically skilled accounts payable specialist known for accuracy, attention to detail and timeliness in managing disbursement functions for diverse-industry employers. A/P career spans many years of experience in mining, internal accounting for large national accounting firm, education and other industries and has included accountability for the processing of up to 2,000 invoices per month. Backed by solid credentials (BS in Business Administration) and proficiencies in MS Office Suite, Blackbaud for Non-Profits, Sage Timberline, DejaWin, Great Plains, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Service Now and company proprietary software programs.

Key Skills

•Accounts Payable Processes & Management

•Invoices/Expense Reports/Payment Transactions

•Corporate Accounting & Bookkeeping

•Purchasing Agent for Private School

•Vendor Negotiations & Management

•State Aid Clerk for Public School System

•Reconciliations

•Journal Entries & General Ledger

•Billing and Accounts Receivable

•Spreadsheets & Accounting Reports

Professional Experience

ARC DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS (Graphics Company) – Cleveland, Ohio

Accounts Payable Lead, 9/20 to 1/21

Obtain invoices off internet. Maintain spreadsheet of utility vendors with vendor information, history and coding…Code utility invoices for AP associates to enter. and enter payments in Great Plains. Make credit card and ACH Payments. Reconcile AMEX bills.

ROBERT HALF/ACCOUNTEMPS. (Temporary Agency) – Cleveland, Ohio

Accounts Payable, 2/19--5/19 to present

Processed invoices and credit cards for Non-Profit in Cleveland, Ohio. Duties included all phases of accounts payable including approvals, coding, entering, running checks and matching checks to invoices. Used Microsoft Dynamics SL software.

AMTRUST FINANCIAL SERVICES (Business Insurance) – Cleveland, Ohio

IT Accountant/IT Billing Administrator, 5/15—2/19

Processed IT invoices for IT Department. Duties included getting invoice approvals, coding in Oracle, for office locations throughout the country, using Service Now software. Also reviewed vendor statements and communicated with vendors.

CREATIVE FINANCIAL STAFFING. (Temporary Agency) –Independence, Ohio

Accounts Payable, 2/14--6/14

Processed invoices and expense reports for an engineering consulting company in Shakers Heights. Duties including getting approvals, coding, and entering invoices in Great Plains and entering expense reports in Personal Data Keeper, check runs and EFTs, filing, copying, and scanning, as well as reconciling vendor statements.

ELECTRIC SWEEPER SERVICE COMPANY. (Vacuum Supplier) –Twinsburg, Ohio

Accounts Payable, 12/12-5/13

Processed invoices from vacuum cleaner suppliers and other miscellaneous invoices using Deja Win Software. Process includes matching invoices to receivers that come from warehouses in four locations, coding invoices, entering into system, printing checks and matching. Also filed paid invoices, reconciled statements and communicated with vendors.

Key Results:

•Caught up huge backlog of unpaid invoices because the person who did this job previously had left over a month before.

•Reorganized system of maintaining unmatched receivers and invoices so that when someone needed to see something, it could be found quickly.

ABC MANAGEMENT COMPANY. (Property Management) – Beachwood, Ohio

Accounting Assistant, 9/11 to 8/12

Processed utility bills for over 40 company managed apartment complexes, maintained spreadsheets for regional property managers, bank reconciliations, bill rent for company-owned office building and HOA fees for condominium units, distribute payments to construction contractors and supervisors, and special accounting projects. Used Sage Timberline Software.

Key Results:

•Managed the accurate and timely processing of up to 2,000 utility invoices per month for property management company.

•Updated filing systems and created spreadsheets for tracking various information

LITIGATION MANAGEMENT INC. [Legal Services Firm] Mayfield Heights, Ohio

Accounts Payable Clerk, 1/06 to 9/09

Processed invoices for medical records, reconciled vendor statements, reviewed medical records to find new providers and enter into company database program.

Key Results:

•Eliminated huge backlog of unpaid invoices.

•Aided in update of company proprietary accounts payable program.

•Assisted New Provider Entry Department in eliminating backlog of medical records that needed review.

HATHAWAY BROWN SCHOOL [Private School] – Shaker Heights, Ohio

Purchasing Agent/Accounts Payable, 9/94 to 6/05

Purchased supplies, textbooks, furniture, etc. for Pre-K through Grade 12 private school; accounts payable; state aid clerk; managed school bookstore; handled petty cash; school credit cards; expense reporting; shipping & receiving; vending machines; and other various duties. Used Blackbaud for Non-Profits Software.

Key Results:

•Updated ordering processes, including purchase orders and textbook ordering process.

•Ran school textbook sale and billed students for their books; updated system to include distributing books in classrooms.

•Was able to ensure receipt of textbooks during UPS strike and replaced books destroyed by flood in storeroom.

ERNST & YOUNG [National Management Consulting] – Cleveland, Ohio

Bookkeeper, 9/88-5/93, Accounts Payable Coordinator, 9/88-9/89

Processed invoices; budget-to-actual reporting; reconciled general ledger; general ledger entries; interoffice billing; deposits; maintained chart of accounts and specified projects.

Key Results:

•Assisted National Accounting Office with year-end close.

•Liaison with National Accounting Office after Ernst & Whinney merger with Arthur Young and with other National Management Consulting Offices.

Education

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Columbus, Oh

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Technology Summary

MS Office Sage Timberline, Blackbaud for Non-Profits, DejaWin, Great Plains, Windows. Service Now, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics SL

440-***-**** adm0x6@r.postjobfree.com

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