Andre Sattaur
New York,USA
Summary
Professional, hard-working and technically skilled Accounts Payable Supervisor with 20 years of experience in the accounting field. Known for accuracy, attention to detail, multi-task, prioritizing and timeliness in managing disbursement functions for diverse-industry employers. Strong interpersonal and analytical skills. Known for building external and internal working relationships with vendors and across various departments within an organization. Highly skilled in working with various paperless accounting ERP systems.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Payable Analyst
NYC Dept. of Homeless Services
10.2024 - 06.2025
- Process Invoices/Advances in Passport
- Perform quality assurance review of vouchers ensuring they are thoroughly reviewed for accuracy and processed, approved, and disbursed through Passport, FMS, and CARES within the prescribed period.
- Reconcile monthly claims and maintain a claim-control register to ensure the accuracy of reimbursement.
- Provide payment data to the Accounting Unit regarding payment recoupment/assignment of outstanding cash advance balances
- Address payment issues and the correction of errors in FMS vouchers by investigating payment and billing discrepancies and responding to written inquiries.
- Maintain liaison with DHS program offices, providers and outside vendors to resolve matters concerning payments; perform research and analysis as necessary.
- Validate and ensure that a complicated funding allocation is accurately followed and coordinate with staff from the Comptroller’s office, DSS DHS Office of Budget Administration and the NYC Office of Management and Budget.
- Monitor the invoices against the approved budget, expense report, encumbrances, and other fiscal documents, and perform calculations and spreadsheet analysis.
- Perform calculations for advancements and recoupments based on registered contracts and submitted expenses.
- Monitor and maintain FY closeouts in accordance with the Comptroller’s directives.
- Provide the requested documentation to internal and external auditors for ongoing audits.
- Assignment of special projects/assignments as required.
- Strong oral and written communication skills; strong analytical, research, and organizational skills.
- Working Knowledge of MS Office which includes MS Word and Excel
- The ability to work independently in an ever-changing work environment while handling multiple high-priority projects and assignments simultaneously, to shift fluidly among them, when necessary, towards creative problem solving.
- Possess strong work ethic; self-motivated with a desire to take initiative and look for ways to improve processes and create efficiencies.
- Exercise a high degree of professionalism and diplomacy in interactions with all levels of the organization.
Accounts Payable Analyst
Apollo Global Management
07.2022 - 05.2024
- Manage all aspects of day-to-day activities and deliverables of AP function.
- Administer invoices and process invoice payments in various currencies for various entities globally.
- Set-up and maintain vendor profiles in Peoplesoft, execute watchlist reviews.
- Maintain and route AP US Inbox and AP Euro Inbox invoices, vendor updates and new vendor creation requests.
- Assist with Journal Entry reclass.
- Ensure invoice and expense allocation approvals. Enter invoices and route for approval.
- Manage and resolve invoice related issues from vendors and departments.
- Deliver 1099 tax documentation to vendors and IRS.
- Participate in process automation/transformation effort in AP including reviewing process documentation.
- Collaborate with team members to conduct day-to-day activities and deliverables.
- Assist and manage ad-hoc projects as needed.
- Analyze and request requisite forms for new vendor onboarding and vendor updates. (Banking confirmation, W-9 Forms, W-8 Forms & VAT compliance, SOX Compliance, GL codes)
Accounts Payable Specialist
Innovations for Poverty Action
01.2021 - 05.2022
- Ensure all invoices and payments are processed in a timely and accurate manner. Enter and process all invoices from central AP Inbox email relating to expenses for overhead, unrestricted (for global finance and country offices in 23 countries) and grant sub-awards.
- Review onboarding documents for new vendors and set-up vendor record in NetSuite for payments of services and grant sub-awards (Salesforce).
- Request, review and verify documentation to ensure all payments are in accordance with GAAP, the company’s accounting policies and procedure (SOX Compliance).
- Research, investigate and resolve invoice discrepancies, vendor and employees’ inquiries.
- Review employee expense reimbursements and import bi-monthly from Replicon via Excel into NetSuite and ensure expenses are appropriately supported, coded and approved accordance to company approval matrix. Coordinate with payroll function for reimbursements to be included in bi-monthly payroll.
- Prepare and process payments via ACH and wires in various foreign currencies. Provide appropriate support to enable payment authorization.
- Monitor vendor accounts to ensure payments are processed within vendor terms and contracts.
- Prepare and maintain vendor files including banking information, tax identification W-9 and W-8 status. Prepare, analyze and submit 1099 annually.
- Reconcile and process company corporate Amex.
- Ensure sales tax compliance.
- Provide various analysis, reconciliations and schedules for year-end financial audit and single federal audit and Form 990.
- Prepare and support month end process and closing.
- Ad-hoc projects are designated by Assistant controller and controller.
Accounts Payable Supervisor
Building Service 32BJ Funds
02.2018 - 01.2020
- Manage day-to-day operations of Accounts Payable including monthly, calendar year and fiscal year closing of A/P and ensuring unprocessed workflow (outstanding invoices) is current.
- Single-point owner for accounts payable and standardizing and maintaining accounts payable processes throughout the organization.
- Responsible for end-to-end strategic and transactional accounts payable processes relate to finance, operations, people and technology.
- Provide excellent customer service by proactively managing issue resolution.
- Drive process improvement and re-align accounts payable procedures toward a standardized process.
- Worked closely with staff accountants to ensure proper posting of A/P G/L batches.
- Hire and train Accounts Payable Administrators
- Reviewed a high volume of invoices digitally as per contractual agreement and ensured proper approvals, budget codes and supporting documentation prior to payment by check or ACH. Invoices can be either allocated or unallocated expenses or fixed assets.
- Create/update vendor master files in multiple funds/companies with either check or ACH payment type.
- Process and oversee 1099 and quarterly sales tax for various funds/companies and ensure invoices are processed with sales tax compliance.
- Worked on ad-hoc projects alongside the controller, finance director and staff accountants.
- Processed and reviewed a high volume of investment, actuarial and legal invoices based on contractual agreements.
- Provided auditors with all A/P requests for both calendar year and fiscal year funds.
- Spearheaded the upgrade of both the digital approval system for invoices (Doc link) and the accounting software Accpac/Sage 300 while integrating processes to enable more paperless functions.
- Answer all inquiries from vendors, departmental directors, administrative assistants and executives.
- Reconciled outstanding checks more than 120 days.
- Send invoices based on expense policy to Trustees for approval.
- Assist with bringing the charter accounts uniform across funds in the organization.
Accounts Payable Clerk
Hadassah Women’s Zionist Organization of America
10.2010 - 02.2017
- Reviewed invoices, purchase orders, wire transfers, reimbursable expenses to verify correct payment amounts, correct budget codes and supporting documentation.
- Verified with freight forwarders the delivery of medical supplies/equipment to Hadassah Medical hospital.
- Entered all A/P invoices with purchase orders, check requests, wire transfers in various currencies into accounting software Epicor.
- Verify and match all invoices with purchase orders prior to authorized signatories signing checks.
- Filing and maintenance of paid invoices/vouchers using Laserfische paperless filing
- Assist A/P Supervisor with annual audits, 1099 preparation and ad-hoc projects.
- Compose and prepare ad-hoc reports for management.
- Interface extensively with departmental directors, vendors nationally and internationally in resolving A/P inquiries.
- Recorded and coded fixed assets, prepaid expenses and accruals for calendar year close.
- Reviewed invoices for sales tax compliance.
Education
Bachelor of Science - International Relations
St. John's University
Jamaica, NY12-2000
Bachelor of Science - General Studies
York College
Jamaica, NY01-1998
Skills
- Able to adapt to various accounting ERP systems
- Epicor
- Strong Interpersonal Skills
- Strong Analytical and Problem-solving skills
- Pivot Table
- Google Sheet
- Google Calendar
- Analytical
- Peoplesoft
- Perceptive
- Smart client (Doc-link)
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Concur
- NetSuite
- Sage 300 (Accpac)
- SAP
- Salesforce
- Replicon
- Passport 63
- FMS (Financial Management System)
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Accounts Payable Analyst
NYC Dept. of Homeless Services
10.2024 - 06.2025
Accounts Payable Analyst
Apollo Global Management
07.2022 - 05.2024
Accounts Payable Specialist
Innovations for Poverty Action
01.2021 - 05.2022
Accounts Payable Supervisor
Building Service 32BJ Funds
02.2018 - 01.2020
Accounts Payable Clerk
Hadassah Women’s Zionist Organization of America
10.2010 - 02.2017
Bachelor of Science - International Relations
St. John's University
Bachelor of Science - General Studies
York College
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