Alexandra Ashpole
Port Byron,IL
Summary
Accounts receivable accountant equipped with deep expertise in managing receivables, financial reporting, and account reconciliation. Proven ability to enhance cash flow, streamline processes, and maintain accurate financial records. Strong collaborator, adaptable to shifting priorities, and consistently delivers results. Skilled in accounting software, financial analysis, and communication, fostering reliable and efficient team environment.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Receivable Accountant
Springfield Armory
Geneseo, IL
07.2025 - Current
- Manage accounts receivable processes, ensuring timely invoicing and collections.
- Reconcile discrepancies in customer accounts, enhancing accuracy of financial records.
- Analyze aging reports to identify delinquent accounts, driving collection strategies.
- Perform monthly closing activities
- Manage past due balances, financial inquiries and other accounts receivable functions.
- Monitor timely collection and application of account receivable collections.
- Increase department efficiency by developing comprehensive aging reports for management review.
- Identify and implement process efficiency improvements.
- Facilitate audit processes, ensuring all documentation related to accounts receivable was readily available for external audit review.
- Review invoice and system errors in order to make invoice corrections for customer accounts
Financial Analyst
The Boeing Company
St. Louis, MO
12.2017 - 07.2025
- Provide revenue guidance for accurate financial reporting
- Develop and implement enterprise cost structure that drives differences based on business execution
- Ensure contract proposals will support cost structure based on standards and enterprise guidance
- Develop cost structure based on contractual requirements
- Provide cost structure within 10 day service level agreement
- Apply Earned Value Management appropriately according to contract requirements
- Synthesize cost volume and estimating data to executable level
- Establish solid partnership with business partners
- Support development of best practices for creating efficiency
Accounts Receivable Accountant
The Boeing Company
St. Louis, MO
09.2015 - 12.2017
- Create invoices accordingly and communicate with customers
- Identify accounting system issues
- Support internal and external auditors
- Research, analyze, interpret, prepare and reconcile data
- Prepare standard internal and external financial reports
- Review relevant contract terms, conditions and accounting source documents
- Review, analyze, and interpret company directives and regulatory requirements
- Provide both internal and external customer service relative to invoicing
Accounts Payable Accountant
The Boeing Company
St. Louis, MO
01.2014 - 09.2015
- Monitor and verify supplier invoice submittal email inbox and invoice log
- Correspond with suppliers and Supplier Management
- Verify and process invoices through manual mainframe system
- Use mainframe system and Microsoft Access Database to answer payment inquiries from suppliers and supplier management
- Support monthly international wires
- Collaborate with Supplier Management and Cost Accounting on adjusting entries along with customer service support
- Analyze discrepancy, inventory and pricing issues in order to make adjusting entries
- Issue Stop Payment Request to outside business partners for suppliers' un-received checks and work with disbursement control to make void/reissue entries to reissue the check
- Use Microsoft Excel and Access to generate weekly and monthly metrics
Education
MBA - Business Administration Management
Saint Louis University
St Louis, MO12.2017
BBA - Management & Accounting
McKendree University
Lebanon, IL05.2013
Skills
- Proficient in Excel functions
- Data collection & research
- Financial reporting
- Strong attention to detail
Timeline
Accounts Receivable Accountant
Springfield Armory
07.2025 - Current
Financial Analyst
The Boeing Company
12.2017 - 07.2025
Accounts Receivable Accountant
The Boeing Company
09.2015 - 12.2017
Accounts Payable Accountant
The Boeing Company
01.2014 - 09.2015
BBA - Management & Accounting
McKendree University
MBA - Business Administration Management
Saint Louis University