Accounts Payable Customer Service
Resume:
Fasika Mekonnen
*** **** ***** *** #*** Alexandria,
VA, 22314
********@*****.***
Career Summary:
Experienced professional with a high degree of professionalism and strong problem resolution in all phases of the accounting cycle, especially in the Accounts Payable section. Maintains 100% accuracy in processing invoices. Proficient at vendor management and thrives in challenging, fast- paced environments.
February 2021 – February 2025 Georgetown University Washington, DC Accounts Payable Agent
• Managing accounts payable using accounting software and other programs.
• Responsible for processing high volume and wide range of financial transactions • Review and process for payment all properly authorized University expenditure.
• Ensuring bills are paid in a timely and accurate manner.
• Processing transactions and performing accounting duties such as accounts maintenance, recording entries and reconciling books of accounts.
January 2020 – December 2020 Vets USA ll, Inc.
Falls Church, VA
Accounts Payable Clerk
• Review invoices for appropriate documentation approval prior to payment.
• Answer vendor inquiries and entering vendor’s bills into system.
• Ensure bills are coded to the proper cost center.
• Resolve cost as well as quantity discrepancies with suppliers’ internal departments.
• Provide customer service to vendor’s internal departments.
• Interface with vendors to obtain documentation regarding bills.
• Perform filing/coping/scanning of the documents. February 2018 – October 2019 ACC Family Adult Companion Care Alexandria, VA Care Coordinator
• Manage and oversee the entire team of care provider.
• Communicate effectively with caregivers, clients, families and other parties.
• Manage caregiver schedules and requests for time off.
• Manage all client schedules; ensuring care plans are being met. January 2017 – January 2018 Tyco Integrated Security LLC Alexandria, VA Data Entry / Billing Specialist
• Reviews pertinent data from source documents and performs detailed edit checks of input for quality assurance purposes.
• Corrects entries where required.
• Maintains appropriate records, files, documentation, etc. June 2016 – June 2017 DRYVER Alexandria, VA Personal Assistant
• Providing clients with reliable transportation to a variety of locations around the Washington DC metropolitan area.
• Provide superior customer service with a sense of urgency, safety and kindness.
• Drive clients to various destinations upon request, with knowledge of various cities and efficient routes.
• Maintained and managed activities, commitments and deliveries.
• Efficiently managed telephone calls, emails and collected/ sort mail.
• Core skills acquired; adaptability, planning and organizing, and good communication skills. July 2015 – May 2016 Petroleum Marketing Group (PMG) Woodbridge, VA Billing Specialist
• Support the Accounts Receivable team on a daily basis by promptly responding to inquiries on past due invoices.
• Printing Invoices from the vendor website and entering Invoices to the Accounting System.
• Suggested process improvement to ensure all billings are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
• Made sure all billing deadlines are met, which resulted in timely AR payments.
• Performed analysis and reconciliation of unbilled amounts.
• Demonstrated excellent problem-solving skills and communication skills.
• Evaluated requests to adjust client invoices and took corrective action as needed.
• Approved and processed credits, refunds, and adjustments to clients’ accounts.
• Creating and Posting Billing batch at the end of the day. April 2015 – June 2015 National Industries for the Blind (NIB) Alexandria, VA Data Entry Specialist
• Entering sales data in to Accounting Software.
• Printing batch report for the Accounting group.
• Reporting errors to the immediate supervisor.
January 2009 – January 2014 Truland Service Corporation Alexandria, VA Accounts Payable Assistant
• Receive all incoming A/P invoices via email or fax.
• Review invoices for accuracy and completeness.
• Match invoices with validation forms.
• Enter invoice data for A/P supervisor to review or retrieve.
• Respond to vendor inquiries and direct them to the appropriate manager.
• Respond to employee inquires regarding invoice orders/receipts and approval status.
• Fax or email invoice issues to Project Managers.
• Maintain and organize A/P file systems.
November 2006 - Aug 2008 Delbe Real Estate Company Inc. Washington, DC
Accounting Assistant
• Assisted/ back up accounts payable, including coding and entering invoices, matching invoices with checks, check stuffing.
• Assisted/ backup accounts receivable, including preparing deposit slips, record, check counts in Excel, and deposit checks.
• Maintained accounts payable files.
• Updating owners/tenants information of real estate properties managed by the company on the computer system.
• Perform other administrative duties including phone answering, generating mailing labels, stuffing mails. Education:
IT Security Certificate 2015
Cyber security, FISMA and Security Assessment & Authorization (A&A) Bachelor of Business Administration 2003
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia
Computer Skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access) Other Data Systems: COINS (Construction Accounting System) Timberline, Oracle, PDI. QuickBooks, AppZen.
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