Accounts Payable Staff Accountant

Louis M. Joseph

**B GREW AVE., Roslindale, MA * 857-***-**** * ***********@*****.***

EXPERIENCE

Senior A/P Specialist 08/2023-03/2025

Finance Office: Boston Symphony Orchestra(BSO), Boston, MA

Process A/P invoices and requests for payment thru Workday

Process ACH payments, Wires thru CashPro, Complete check Run

Maintenance of vendor info, including W-9’s and W-8BEN

Create Leases/Contracts

Create invoice and credit adjustment

Enter credit card payments, perform research and solve discrepancies

Communicate with suppliers and departments

Senior Accounts Payable Assistant 04/2012-08/2023

Office of the VP for Finance: MIT, Cambridge, MA

Track, scan invoices so they can be ready to input in the A/ P module

Process invoices for payment according to rules and regulations

Perform SAP Web search when necessary for proper use of purchasing order

Communicate with vendors and MIT program managers to solve issues.

Performed Stop payments, reversed and reissued checks.

Staff Accountant and A/P Analyst 03/2004 – 06/2011

Center for Community Health, Education & Research, Boston, MA

Prepared 1099 forms, Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return (941 form), Unemployment Quarterly Contribution and Health Insurance Quarterly Contribution Report.

Adjusted and reversed entries, reconciled General Ledger accounts on a monthly basis.

Performed all bank reconciliations and audit of billing contracts.

Processed all cash receipts, bank charges, and receivables.

Created spreadsheets to monitor all receivable and revenue accounts to make sure they match the G/L.

Processed the full cycle of A/P by coding and input accounts payable into system, processing cash disbursements and mailing out checks (Processed 300-400 invoices/weekly).

Prepared billings according to rules and regulations and mailed them to the contractors.

Managed the Reach US Grant by screening all invoices received from consultants and making sure they are in compliance with rules and regulations of the grant. Processed the drawdown requests, made G/L entries for the drawdown and created spreadsheet and log to keep track of all transactions done.

Accounting Clerk and A/P Coordinator 08/1998 – 01/2003

The Home for Little Wanderers, Boston, MA

Processed all A/P invoices and check requests according to rules and regulations (Processed 400-500 invoices/weekly)

Checked figures for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes.

Performed bank reconciliation and maintained a filing system of all documents.

SOFTWARE AND SKILLS:

Coupa, Buy2Pay, SAP, Great Plains, Quick books, Solomon IV, Platinum

Notary Public

Fluent in French, Haitian-Creole

EDUCATION:

B.Sc. in Management with Accounting concentration: University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 1997

A.Sc. in Accounting: Roxbury Community College, Roxbury, MA 1992

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