Priscilla Keith
Norridgewock,ME
Summary
Successful Accounts Payable and Receivable Clerk with solid background in handling financial transactions and keeping accurate financial records. Skilled in using accounting software, reconciling accounts and managing vendor relations. Sharp and committed to looking for process improvement opportunities.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Payable Clerk
Ware-Butler
10.2021 - Current
- Managed accurate and timely processing of over 2500 monthly, fast paced environment
- .Maintain good relationships with over 14 stores, managers and receivers.
- Maintain good working relationships with vendors and resolved disputes.
- Review vendor invoices for appropriate documentation and validity prior to payment.
- Investigate daily variances and correct errors to resolve discrepancies.
- Maintain payable shared email inbox and digitized invoices for processing.
- Manage and respond to correspondences and inquiries from vendors and store personnel.
- Match purchase orders with invoices to process for payments.
- Collate paper invoices and checks, and identify any discrepancies in amounts or vendor information
Accounts Payable /Purchasing Coordinator
HealthReach Community Health Centers
12.2017 - 05.2021
- Reviewed open purchase orders for integrity, accuracy and completeness of vendor information.
- Maintained relationships with 13 Health Centers practice managers and purchasers.
- Submitted invoices based upon established accounts payable schedules and terms.
- Verified validity of charges listed on invoices against open purchase orders.
- Processed check for vendor payments bi-weekly. Ran pre-check run reports, identified vendors to be paid, ran checks and dispersed to appropriate accounting team members for signatures.
- Processed checks for employee reimbursements on bi-weekly bases, maintaining detailed records.
- Supported management by processing invoices and documents with consistent on-time delivery.
- Maintained relationships with vendors, keeping vendor information up to date,
- Used Verify, EZCM, and Sage to accurately manage over 100 vendor accounts.
- Maintained consistent communication with suppliers to confirm and track orders and verify price revisions on purchase orders.
- Contacted vendors and recorded information regarding price, availability, and quality of products.
- Maintained complete documentation and records of all purchasing activities.
Billing Representative
HealthReach Community Health Centers
12.2004 - 12.2017
- Communicated with insurance providers to resolve claim denials and resubmissions.
- Claim submissions for Medicare, Mainecare, along with most other insurances.
- Ran insurance claims for submission, producing EDI files to be up loaded to insurance portal.
- Prepared billing statements for patients monthly
- Confidently and adeptly handled claim denials and/or appeals.
- Posted and adjusted payments from insurance companies manually and via EDI files
- Printed and reviewed monthly patient aging report and solicited overdue payments.
- Precisely evaluated and verified benefits and eligibility with patients and insurance companies.
- Determined prior authorizations for outpatient procedures, within denial process
- Orchestrated day-to-day operations of billing department, including medical coding, payment posting, accounts receivables and collections.
- Liaised between patients, insurance companies and billing office.
- Prepared accounts with past due balances and transferred those cases to collection agency.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Accounting
Kennebec Valley Community College
Fairfield, ME05.2000
Associate of Science - Nursing LPN
Kennebec Valley Community College
Fairfield, ME05.1990
Skills
- Knowledge of ACH and online payments
- Knowledge of EDI file processing, identify denials and billing errors
- Account Auditing
- Accounts payable/Accounts receivable
- Check Processing, entering invoices, choosing vendors for payment, identifying error prior to check run
- Sage & Epicor accounting software's
- Purchase Orders verification
- Data Entry
- Invoice Verification
- Transaction Coding
- Maintaining Vendor Files
- Collections process
Timeline
Accounts Payable Clerk
Ware-Butler
10.2021 - Current
Accounts Payable /Purchasing Coordinator
HealthReach Community Health Centers
12.2017 - 05.2021
Billing Representative
HealthReach Community Health Centers
12.2004 - 12.2017
Associate of Applied Science - Accounting
Kennebec Valley Community College
Associate of Science - Nursing LPN
Kennebec Valley Community College
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