Manager Accounts Payable

Education December **** University of Houston Houston TX

Bachelor of Business Administration--Accounting

Professional experience 5-2008 – Present General Electric Houston TX

Accounting Manager

Reconcile and post accounts receivable reports and cash receipts

Process credit card payments

Audit and process expense reports.

Complete month-end reports and journal entries

Research ways to make the department more cost effective and run more efficiently – saved the company $250K annually by doing so

Reconcile Accounts Payable and Payroll operating accounts.

Process and transmit internal billing to various entities thru ERP

Lead monthly meetings of various employees to clean-up general ledger

Help Controller with month end duties

Bank reconciliations

Oversee Accounts Payable department of 4 employees

Manage P-Card payments and reconciliations

Audit AP invoices for accuracy

Schedule annual audit and pull necessary documents

Implement SOX guidelines

5-2007 – 5-2008 Westwood One Houston TX

Accounts Payable Manager

Oversee the full cycle Accounts Payable process – 10,000 invoices monthly and 2,000 checks weekly

Audit invoice batches to ensure proper coding, authorized signatures and amounts.

Responsible for 8 employees – training, hiring, firing and scheduling

Implemented a new invoice process that helped department become more efficient – lead to process being cut down by 40%

Created an employee evaluation program that the company would later adopt.

Responsible for maintaining general ledger and ensuring it balances

Processed journal entries at month end and quarter end that included accruals

Helped Controller with month end duties

Completed reconciliations for many of the balance sheet accounts

Implement SOX guidelines

2-2005 – 5-2007 KB Home Houston TX

Land Accounting Manager

Processed monthly budgets for over 40 projects

Oversee the Accounts Payable process and staff of 3

Developed a comprehensive vendor program that would save the company $1M

Process journal entries on a weekly and monthly basis

Organized and paid annual taxes on all properties

Processed weekly payments to vendors

Completed forecasting numbers for future projects

Entered in all addresses into system prior to houses be built and sold

Resolved issues with vendors and home owners

Pull necessary records to process bond packages

5-2004 – 2-2005 Woodforest National Bank Houston TX

Assistant Branch Manager

Was responsible for 6 employees and branch quotas

Opened customer accounts

Processed daily transactions

Balanced vault on a daily basis

Responsible for scheduling and staffing branch

Dealt with employee and customer relations

5-2001 – 5-2003 Minute Maid Co. Houston TX

Accounting Specialist

Maintained and processed accounts for over 50 vendors.

Dealt with trade accounting in excess of $15 million

Maintained and managed a budget of accounts for over $40 million

Volunteer experience I am an active alumnus for Omega Delta Phi and the University of Houston. I do over 70 hours of community service in a calendar year.

Software

Viewpoint

Lawson

AS/400

J.D. Edwards

Oracle

ACCPAC

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