Accounts Payable Project Management

Rashunda Browner

405-***-**** • ********.*******@*****.***

Professional Summary

Dedicated Accounts Payable professional with over 20 years of experience, successfully leading teams to achieve a 20% increase in productivity and reducing processing errors by15%. Skilled in providing excellent leadership and demonstrating a strong work ethic. Proficient in project management, coordinating resources, and administrative support to keep operations smooth while boosting team productivity. Proven experience partnering with senior executives and key stakeholders across global organizations to drive results. Well-versed in corporate systems, policies, processes, and procedures. Areas of expertise include developing and managing workflow automation, enhancing processes, client services, finance operations, process implementation, and managing Global Shared Services. Key Skills

• Commercial ERP systems: Oracle, Ariba, SAP (SME), Workday (SME), Deltek (VantagePoint, Vision, and Ajera)- successfully implemented and managed ERP systems to streamline financial operations.

• Experience with Concur, SpendHQ, SharePoint, SalesForce, CashPro, American Express and Regions card programs.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.

• GAAP – ensure compliance with GAAP standards in financial transactions.

• Coding and developing process/workflow automation (WinAutomation (SME) and Dataloader (SME)) – developed automation processes that resulted in significant cost savings

• Strong analytical skills – applied analytical skills to identify and resolve financial discrepancies

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams

• Strategic planning with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment while prioritizing critical base-line duties

• Ability to demonstrate strong leadership skills, including integrity, ethics, and communication Work History

Manager, Accounts Payable/Expenses/Corp Cards Ryan, LLC Dallas, TX July 2020 – August 2024

• Overseeing international (includes Canada, Europe, India, South America and Asia) invoice transactions for Accounts Payable, T&E, and the corporate credit card program with approximately $368.2 million in annual spending – Global Shared Services (GSS).

• Manage global expenses for seven countries. Handle an average of 20,000 PO invoices, 10,000 non-PO invoices, and 150,000 expense reports annually in multiple currencies.

• Implemented the American Express card (AmEx) purchase program with transactions for 2K employees spanning across five countries: using Workday, SpendHQ, and CashPro systems.

• Led multi-country onboarding program for new employees from acquired entities, focusing on accounts payable, credit card, and expense transactions.

• Prepare and review weekly AP Aging and reconciliations reports.

• Align with key stakeholders to maintain strategy goals and ensure compliance with company policies and legal guidelines.

• Identify and manage external and internal audit support initiatives' risks, escalations, and controls.

• Ensure accurate records of financials, employees, and clients, are maintained by performing monthly accruals, analyzing financial information, and maintaining an authorization matrix.

• Project Lead for Payments and Expense Teams ongoing Workday re-implementation efforts.

• Maintained, prepared, and filed vendor records in full compliance with Federal 1099 regulations, ensuring accuracy by correcting data mismatches.

Supervisor, Accounts Payable Ryan, LLC Dallas, TX

September 2017-July 2020

• Managed 8 employees, including non-US based staff.

• Developed guidelines for properly handling and coding invoices to maintain general ledger expense accounts, inventory records and generated cash flow reports.

• Ensured timely coding and payments of supplier invoices and expense vouchers while maintaining accurate records and control reports.

• Analyzed expense reports and other invoices for accuracy before submitting them for approval and payment.

• Verified payments before the Treasurer's signature was added by reviewing checks and vouchers and led the month- end Accounts Payable close process.

• Created and maintained invoice coding entries, including supplier invoices and employee expenses, across seven countries for payment processing.

Rashunda Browner

405-***-**** • ********.*******@*****.***

• Audited invoice transactions, vendor statements, and purchase orders to resolve discrepancies.

• Respond to internal and external AP email inquiries.

• Created settlement runs for customer refund payments and distributed checks accordingly.

• Performed additional duties as required by the VP of Treasury and the Chief Accounting Officer.

• Printed and mailed AP checks, including those that required special handling.

• Functioned as the Project Lead for the Workday ERP implementation and participated in special projects as needed.

Supervisor, Accounts Payable WageWorks Irving, TX

October 2016 – August 2017

• Responsible for training all new associates in four HSA/FSA platforms: WageWorks, Choice, MHM, and Conexis, as well as continuous improvement initiatives.

• Oversaw and analyzed process procedures to identify areas for improvement and created desktop procedures for the Cash Applications team.

• Developed metrics and reporting for the Cash Applications team to support goals and identified process efficiencies for the ‘cash pass-yield’ rate.

• Trained incoming managers in Accounts Payable, Cash Applications, and Collections processes. Worked with each manager to develop tools to assist their direct reports and reduce cash processing time.

• Improved and simplified the Escheats process by working with the Tax team.

• Responsible for learning new processes due to company acquisitions and downsizing of other WageWorks divisions across the US.

• Reported to the Director of Shared Services and assisted with developing our newly created Shared Services division within the Irving campus.

• Provided weekly updates on pending project assignments and generated several Ad Hoc reports for the Director of Finance.

• Created and implemented a new reporting process for our SharePoint cases for the accounting team located in San Mateo, CA.

• Heavily relied on my working knowledge of Access and Excel to create and generate reports required for the Director and the VP of Shared Services.

Supervisor, Accounts Payable IBM/PepsiCo Plano, TX November 2010 – March 2017

• Developed and hosted Oracle and SAP training sessions for new hires in Accounts Payable and Customer Service.

• I collaborated with KPMG auditors to ensure all data was provided for annual audits.

• Created and tested coding for automations in Oracle and SAP using WinAutomation and DataLoader, resulting in significant annual cost savings.

• Demonstrated system automations and provided tutorials during quarterly town hall meetings for IBM leadership.

• Managed, researched, and resolved numerous workflows within SAP and provided period close, weekly, and ad- hoc reports.

• Managed a critical supplier queue (Outlook) to resolve or process high-priority issues or invoices for payment.

• Reviewed and processed various foreign currency invoices for payment.

• Collaborated with high-level Executives to resolve billing issues for immediate payment and maintained accuracy and volume, exceeding company guidelines.

• Completed weekly audits of all SAP/Oracle Accounts Payable employees according to SOX procedures to identify training and development opportunities.

Education:

2001-2003 Vatterott College Computer Programming, AOS OKC,OK 1997-1999 Metro Techs Vo-Tech Accounting Services, Certificate OKC, OK References are available upon request.

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