Accounts Payable Purchasing
Resume:
MARGARET D (PEGGY) CHILTON
Willis, TX 77378
281-***-**** cell
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SUMMARY
Twenty-five years of accounting experience, progressing from Accounts Payable Clerk to Director. Good self-starter with a proven track record of successful accomplishments. Interacts well with a wide variety of people.
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
10/09-Present Calpine Corporation Houston, TX
Corporate Accounts Payable Manager
Assisted in moving the accounts payable function from California to Houston.
Hired and trained new staff
Updated all policies and procedures.
Work with internal and external auditors on audit functions
Created metrics to monitor productivity, check volumes, RTV issues, matching issues
Monthly department meetings to go over productivity and issues
Assisted with monthly APR meeting to go over issues with the fleet
Worked with IT to upgrade PeopleSoft 7.5 to 9.0 and again to 9.1
Change imaging system from Prodiago to ImageNow.
Implemented PeopleSoft Expense Management to streamline expense reports and T&E Card transactions.
Created video and hardcopy training guides for PeopleSoft Expense
Setup unclaimed property process.
In collaboration with Supply Chain reduced non PO transactions to 24%.
Assisted with acquisition of fourteen new plants.
Assisted with acquisition of new business line.
Oversee remote location processing
Working with IT on RTV project.
Reduced check payments by 72% by working with vendors to move to ACH payments.
Worked with Tax to setup FATCA procedures.
Processing between 8,500-12,500 invoices monthly
5/05-10/09 Sisters of Mercy Springfield, MO
Director Shared Services Accounts Payable
Worked with IS team to implement Lawson software from legacy system
Migrated 19 locations to the centralized shared services
Implemented non-PO process
Implemented imaging solution
Implemented escheat process
Implemented a PCard program
Built department of 30 to support functions
Wrote policies and procedures and created supporting forms for department
Implemented automated expense solution, Concur.
Processing between 100,000 and 110,000 invoices per month
10/02-5/4/05 Eagle Global Logistics Houston, TX
Corporate Accounts Payable Manager
Manager of domestic and international payables groups.
Managed 3 supervisors and 43 clerks.
Supported 92 domestic locations.
Assisted with Oracle 11i conversion.
Implemented PCard program.
Implemented imaging
Implemented ACH payments for accounts payable reducing printed checks by 80%.
Developed metrics for productivity and compliance.
Assisted in implementing Oracle Purchasing and i-procurement.
Working to implement i-supplier module.
Created budget, reduced overtime 75% through process improvement.
Wrote Sarbanes Oxley procedures for Accounts Payable and Purchasing.
12/99-10/02 IKON Office Solutions Houston, TX
Accounts Payable Manager-Shared Services
Managed 4 supervisors and 64 clerical staff.
Migrations of standalone sites into the Shared Service Center.
Work with General Managers of locations to implement effective migration.
Worked with Oracle and Legacy systems to convert one business line from Legacy to Oracle.
Implemented Positive pay
Functionalize department.
Clean up of $2m/5yr Escheat.
Assisted with implementation of PCards.
Department budget of 3.5M with anticipated reduction of 1.M.
Implemented streamlining to reduce headcount by 19 and reduced overtime by 60%.
Successfully reduced reconciling balance of AP Trade account by $3.1M.
2/98-12/99 Corporate Express Houston, TX
Regional Accounts Payable Supervisor
Supervised of 11 regional accounts payable clerks.
Setup month end accrual system for accounts payable
Documented and cross-trained department on four different computer systems.
Developed procedures for RGA procedure through accounts payable.
Wrote procedures for the accounts payable department.
Worked with the corporate IS department on adding software modules for accounts payable inventory rollforward.
11/94 – 2/98 Warren Electric Company Houston, TX
Corporate Accounts Payable Supervisor
Supervised three corporate accounts payable clerks, eight branch departments and five separate company departments.
3500 checks printed monthly totaling approximately nine million dollars.
Prepare monthly accrual and assist general ledger accountant with journal entries, inter-company account reconciliation’s and direct shipment reconciliation.
Responsible for filing monthly and quarterly sales tax returns, analyzing monthly FIFO report.
Assist IS department in documenting accounting problems arising from the system software.
Work closely with the purchasing department in resolving vendor related purchase order problems.
Testing new software release and developing numerous other cost reductions projects.
Education:
MBA-2006 University of Phoenix
BBA- 1999 Letourneau University
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