CANNON DONLAY
Dallas,TX
Summary
Motivated Accounts Payable Specialist with a strong background in accounting and finance. Achieved top performance across multiple teams by effectively managing accounts payable, processing payments, and reconciling invoices while implementing process improvements that contributed to cost savings. Focused on enhancing accuracy and efficiency in financial operations through effective time management and communication.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
AP Specialist
Builders FirstSource
04.2024 - Current
- Processed vendor invoices to ensure timely payments and maintain accurate financial records.
- Processed accounts payable transactions in a timely manner according to established policies and procedures.
- Reviewed and matched purchase orders with received goods and services to verify accuracy and compliance.
- Investigated discrepancies between purchase orders, receiving documents, and vendor invoices.
- Maintained accurate records of payments made to vendors.
- Maintained vendor master data to support accurate transactions and adherence to company policies.
- Collaborated with internal departments to resolve invoice discrepancies effectively.
- Managed electronic payment systems to streamline payment processing workflows.
- Responded promptly to vendor inquiries regarding payment status and account issues.
- Assisted in month-end closing activities to ensure financial integrity of accounts payable.
- Demonstrated meticulous attention to detail in all tasks
- Financial reporting
- Purchase order reconciliation
AP Coordinator II (National Lumber)
BFS
11.2023 - 04.2024
AP Coordinator II
BFS
09.2022 - 03.2024
- Executed daily tasks effectively, achieving recognition as a top performer within the team.
- Mastered three-way matching and resolved issues with numerous POs, addressing problems such as multiple invoices and incorrect vendor payments.
- Scanned documents quickly to ensure accuracy and proper transfer to the Ancora workflow form.
- Assisted the National Lumber team in November by taking on the role of Approver.
- Executed document scanning and cleaned up errors for proper resending to designated locations. Emailing and calling locations and vendors has been concurrent with this position as different types of communication were needed to get the correct answer.
- Scanned documents rapidly to verify accuracy and ensure proper transfer to the Ancora workflow form.
- Promoted to the Workflow Review Team after three months on this team.
AP Coordinator I
BFS
07.2022 - 09.2022
Education
Associates of Science -
Dallas College
Dallas, TXBachelors of Science - Business Management
University of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZSkills
- Invoice processing
- Accounts payable compliance
- Purchase order reconciliation
- Document verification
- Discrepancy resolution
- Electronic payments
- Vendor management
- Vendor communication
- Financial reporting preparation
- Financial statement preparation
- ERP systems proficiency
- Data entry
- Order processing
- Problem solving
Timeline
AP Specialist
Builders FirstSource
04.2024 - Current
AP Coordinator II (National Lumber)
BFS
11.2023 - 04.2024
AP Coordinator II
BFS
09.2022 - 03.2024
AP Coordinator I
BFS
07.2022 - 09.2022
Associates of Science -
Dallas College
Bachelors of Science - Business Management
University of Phoenix