Accounts Payable Specialist

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Department of Community Affairs (A State of Georgia Agency) September2025 to October 17,2025

Accounts Payable Specialist

Responsibilities

Reconciling credit card and bank statements.

Maintaining accurate general ledger journal entries.

Preparing and coding accounts payable invoices.

Making payments promptly.

Providing support for audits.

Collaborating with other departments to handle accounting issues.

Preparing expense reports.

Genuine Parts Company March 2022 - to August 1, 2025

Accounts Payable Specialist

Complete accounts payable disbursement runs including checks, wires, and ACH

payments.

Process vendor payments for special projects.

Respond to vendor inquiry and communications via Service Now in a timely manner.

ProFi 2020 CPAs March 2021 – February 2022

Accounting Services Professional.

Categorizing bank transactions on QuickBooks online from Bank Feeds.

Bank and Credit Card reconciliations.

Payroll entries.

Fixed assets schedules

Depreciation & Amortization schedules.

End month close.

Year End close.

Running the Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statements using QuickBooks Online, Nitro and Fathom.

Cox Automotive April 2019 – to January 2021

Accounts Payables & Receivables Specialist – Cash Applications

Posted daily deposits, checks and wire transfers using Oracle and Workbench.

Processed incoming mail concerning billing and invoicing.

Communicated with clients about billing discrepancies and questions.

Engaged management over any AR problems.

Initiated collections on past-due accounts.

Maintained accounting ledgers as required.

Tosoh Specialty Chemicals USA, Inc. November 2017 to January 2018

Billing AR and AP Specialist (Contract)

Keyed in invoices from vendors after comparing them with the purchase orders and goods received note.

Paid the vendors every week on Wednesdays taking advantage of early pay discounts.

Reconciled the vendor’s statement with the general ledger.

Opened new vendors and customers accounts.

Reconciled bank accounts and credit cards.

Processed daily invoicing for multiple facilities using multiple systems.

Ran accounts payable/receivables reports.

Daily Invoicing for A/R

Recorded and processed sales expenses and prepared reports

Maintained customer files manually and electronically

Balanced supply and demand for Raw Materials, Work in Progress and Finished Goods to avoid excess or shortage of goods. Used the FIFO( First in First Out) costing method.

Marriott Group of Hotels, Norcross, GA March 2017 – October 2017

Payroll Administrator (Contract)

Prepared and processed biweekly payroll for over 23,000 employees using Kronos Software.

Reviewed and ensured accuracy of approved timesheets, track, deduct all garnishments and other special payroll deductions.

Coordinated efforts between payroll, human, resources, budget and other departments to ensure proper flow of and maintenance of employees’ data.

Running and distributing overtime, leave balances, head count and retirement contribution reports.

Handled the administration of electronic timekeeping system.

Established and maintained employees’ records and ensured that employees’ changes were entered correctly.

Master Cars Auto Group, Doraville, GA January 2014 – February 2017

Accounts Payable/Receivable Specialist

A/R & A/P processing using QuickBooks and Great Plains.

Received and deposited customer cash, checks, money orders, credit cards and EFT’s.

Customers’ ledger posting and journal entries.

Answered all client queries.

Managed weekly check run.

Handled bank and credit card reconciliation.

Filed copies of checks, invoices and all correspondence pertaining to accounts payable.

Generated monthly reports, cash receipts, sales journal, sales tax reports and aging schedule.

Posted deposits to customers’ accounts.

Reviewed customers’ aging accounts.

Reviewed and input invoices.

Cut checks once a week for invoices due.

Processed and mailed checks.

Added new vendors, customers and bank accounts.

Reviewed and processed W2’s and 1099’s annually.

Ran drug tests and background checks for new hires.

Processed biweekly payroll for 50 employees.

Assisted with payroll and monthly physical inventory audits.

Deposited checks.

Input billing adjustments.

Reviewed and input invoices.

Processed checks weekly and mailed out.

Added new vendors and customers.

Entered new bank accounts.

Mersereau, Lazenby, & Rockas, LLC, Suwanee, GA January 2010-December 2013

Accounting Assistant

Daily collections for accounts over 30 – 90 days.

Investigated and solved customer inquiries.

Reviewed and entered invoices.

Cut checks once a week.

Added new vendors, customers and bank accounts into accounting software.

Reviewed and processed 1099’s and W2’s.

Individual and corporate tax preparations.

EDUCATION

Gwinnett Technical College, Lawrenceville, GA

Associate Degree in Accounting (May 2014)

Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA

Bachelor’s degree in accounting (currently enrolled) 2026

COMPUTER SKILLS

Teamworks, AOD, Workday, People Soft, QuickBooks, Great Plains, Sage, Finance Express, Kronos, Excel (V-Lookups, Pivot Tables), Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Share Point, Tax Wise, ProSeries, One Note, Mas500, Oracle

VOLUNTEER

Lawrenceville Cooperative.

Serving food to the needy.

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