Accounts Payable Manager

Loretta R. Thomas

*** ********* ******, ***** ******, NY 10550

914-***-**** *******@***.***

Professional Profile

Hands-on accounts payable manager with strong SAP skills.

Resourceful leader with a record of driving consistent improvements in efficiency and accuracy.

Experience

FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation, Valhalla, NY 1993 to present

Accounts Payable Manager (2003 to present)

Direct an accounts payable supervisor and a staff of five accounts payable clerks in processing more than 10,000 invoices and $50 million in payments monthly. Hire, develop, and evaluate staff performance. Manage daily check runs and generate payment summary reports for upper management review. Prepare data for annual processing of 1099s by an outsourced vendor.

• Served as accounts payable business matter expert on the SAP Task Force. Partnered with consultant to customize and test system. Created a presentation for management on rollout strategy for Department. Completed SAP training and implemented training for staff.

• Orchestrated the consolidation of accounts payable from five corporations into three entities. Integrated accounts payable data. Researched and eliminated duplicate vendor accounts and established accounts for new vendors.

• Championed the concept and led the implementation of a direct deposit program for 500+ employees, which resulted in improved efficiency through eliminating the time consuming process of replacing lost checks.

• Developed staff to become more accurate and efficient, consistently achieving excellent audit results. Educated team to place a greater focus on expense auditing in support of the corporate cost containment initiative.

• Currently working with purchasing and IT staff to identify spending on non-stock purchases. Conducted extensive research to identify key areas of indirect spending. Instrumental in creating a report currently under review by management.

• Participated in numerous special projects, which included the following: implementation of an SAP transaction code for drop shipments, a high profile issue for the J-SOX Committee; introduction of a facsimile signature for check issuance; and implementation of a document scanning process using OnBase.

Accounts Payable Supervisor (1999 to 2003)

Senior Accounts Payable Clerk (1996 to 1999)

Accounts Payable Clerk (1993 to 1996)

RELIABLE SPRINKLER, Mount Vernon, NY 1986 to 1993

Accounts Payable Clerk

Awards

2006 Fujifilm Images of Excellence for Outstanding Efforts during SAP Conversion

2009 and 2002 Fujifilm Bronze Awards for Exceptional Customer Service (nominated by peers)

Education

Monroe College, New Rochelle, NY

Associate of Occupational Science in Accounting – 1991

Associate of Occupational Science in Secretarial Science – 1986

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