Annette Torres-Ortiz
San Antonio
Summary
Dynamic Accounts Payable Specialist with 20+ years experience working with broad array of accounts. Committed to on-time payments, maintaining detailed records and vendor management. Detail-oriented worker with proven resourcefulness and reliability.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Payable Specialist
South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics
09.2022 - Current
- Ensured timely payments for all invoices, maintaining strong relationships with vendors and suppliers.
- Reduced invoice processing time with accurate data entry and timely vendor communication.
- Reached out to vendors and customers to verify information and follow up on client issues.
- Process and review single-entry invoices, as well as 2-way and 3-way P.O. matching invoices
- Process yearly 1099's
- Facilitated dispute resolution between company departments and vendors regarding payment issues or discrepancies in invoicing.
- Updated vendor information regularly, ensuring accurate contact details and banking information for prompt payments.
- Processed invoices and journal entries with efficiency and accuracy, resulting in decreased discrepancies.
- Maintained compliance with internal controls and external regulations related to accounts payable processes.
- Managed and responded to correspondence and inquiries from customers and vendors.
- Reconciled accounts, managed audits and updated financial records with remarkable accuracy.
Medical Assistant
Methodist Rivercity Cardiovascular
09.2020 - 10.2024
- Sanitized, restocked, and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
- Obtained client medical history, medication information, symptoms, and allergies.
- Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions, and prepared for physician examinations.
- Performed medical records management, including filing, organizing and scanning documents.
- Perform Treadmill stress tests on patients
- Place cardiac monitors on patients
- Schedule surgeries at hospitals
Accounts Payable Specialist
George Reed Construction
05.2018 - 12.2018
- Ensured timely payments for all invoices, maintaining strong relationships with vendors and suppliers.
- Reduced invoice processing time with accurate data entry and timely vendor communication.
- Reached out to vendors and customers to verify information and follow up on client issues.
- Contributed to year-end closing process by ensuring all outstanding payables were accurately recorded and settled promptly.
- Updated vendor information regularly, ensuring accurate contact details and banking information for prompt payments.
- Processed invoices and journal entries with efficiency and accuracy, resulting in decreased discrepancies.
- Reconciled account information and reported figures in general ledger by comparing to bank account statement each month.
Senior Tax Accountant
H&R Block Tax Svc
10.2016 - 12.2018
- Reconciled tax accounts to prevent discrepancies and maintain readiness for expected tax liabilities.
- Reviewed financial reports to correctly ascertain taxation and statement requirements.
- Prepared federal and state income tax returns for individuals, businesses, trusts, estates and non-profits.
Accounts Payable Administrator
Sensient Natural Ingredients
10.2012 - 02.2017
- Reconciled vendor statements monthly, identifying errors and resolving discrepancies promptly.
- Process and review single-entry invoices, as well as 2-way and 3-way P.O. matching invoices
- Reduced late payment fees by closely monitoring due dates and prioritizing payments.
- Implemented a paperless filing system, reducing physical storage needs and increasing document accessibility.
- Prepared weekly check runs for approved invoices, delivering accurate payments to vendors on time.
- Assisted in month-end closing procedures, ensuring timely completion of financial statements.
- Communicated with other departments to verify purchases.
- Entered purchase orders, invoices and payments into company accounting system.
- Processed new vendor applications and submitted for approval.
- Ensured compliance with tax regulations by accurately coding 1099s for contractor payments.
- Matched purchase orders with invoices and recorded necessary information.
Senior Accounts Payable Specialist
Foster Farms Poultry
09.1998 - 05.2009
- Process and review single-entry invoices, as well as 2-way and 3-way P.O. matching invoices
- Process yearly 1099's
- Prepared month-end accruals schedules for finance department review, ensuring proper recognition of expenses within reporting periods.
- Checked W-9 forms for completeness and accuracy.
- Managed a high volume of invoices, ensuring accurate coding and prompt approval from relevant departments.
- Communicated with vendors to resolve discrepancies impeding payments.
- Provided accounts payable expertise to managers and staff members.
- Streamlined accounts payable processes by implementing automated invoice processing and payment systems.
- Handled sensitive employee expense reimbursements in a discreet manner while adhering to established corporate policies regarding allowable expenditures.
- Reached out to vendors and customers to verify information and follow up on client issues.
- Processed invoices and journal entries with efficiency and accuracy, resulting in decreased discrepancies.
- Matched purchase orders with invoices and recorded necessary information.
Education
No Degree - Nursing
Merced College
Merced, CAVocational Nursing - Nursing
Westmed College
Merced, CA03-2012
Skills
- Payment processing
- Entry verification
- Data inputting
- Invoice processing
- 2-way and 3 way PO matching
- 1099's
- Account reconciliation
- Statement reconciliation
- Data entry
- Payment coding
- Month-end closing
- Microsoft office
- Accounts payable
- Data entry and 10-key
- Attention to detail
- Cost accounting
- Vendor relations
- Internal controls
Languages
Spanish
Professional Working
Timeline
Accounts Payable Specialist
South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics
09.2022 - Current
Medical Assistant
Methodist Rivercity Cardiovascular
09.2020 - 10.2024
Accounts Payable Specialist
George Reed Construction
05.2018 - 12.2018
Senior Tax Accountant
H&R Block Tax Svc
10.2016 - 12.2018
Accounts Payable Administrator
Sensient Natural Ingredients
10.2012 - 02.2017
Senior Accounts Payable Specialist
Foster Farms Poultry
09.1998 - 05.2009
No Degree - Nursing
Merced College
Vocational Nursing - Nursing
Westmed College