Collette Williams
Summary
Experienced accounting professional with over 15 years of success managing Accounts Payable processes. Self-driven,team-oriented leader, highly motivated, ethical, reliable, and organized person, with a proven track record of successfully managing sensitive financial situations. Whilst ensuring best-in-class customer experience and also building and maintaining strong business relationships. Willing to take on any task to support and help the business succeed.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Payable Supervisor
Century Fasteners Corp.
08.2021 - Current
- Participates in selecting, hiring, motivating, and training employees
- Oversees accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable process from start to finish
- Professional response to vendor payment inquiries
- Ensures timely and accurate recording of invoices and payments
- Perform bank reconciliation, and resolve supplier discrepancies
- Assist with annual audit
- Manages the complete and accurate recording of employees and sales reps
- Expense report
- Performs monthly Accounts Payable account reconciliation and cash flow maintenance
- Processes weekly checks to be mailed out for payment
- Manage AP staff, providing guidance and support as needed
- Assists with the month-end close process including expense accruals
- Develop policies and procedures for Accounts Payable functions.
Accounts Payable Specialist
BLC Textiles Inc.
03.2008 - 08.2021
- Examine and process invoices from vendors and enters data into Accounts Payable System
- Participate in the training of new personnel
- Responsible for month end closing by making sure all invoices for the month are in at cutoff date
- Verifies accuracy of remittance vendor on the invoice to the purchase order and quantity received for items on the purchase order including the short payment of invoices, where applicable
- Maintain a system that processes and distributes payment to our vendors in a timely and efficient manner
- Issue wire, ACH payments and pays sales tax due
- Assists with Bank reconciliation
- Follows procedures in accordance with GAAP, and applicable laws
- Request and process W-9 forms from new vendors
- Responds to vendor and or department inquiries in a timely manner
- Researches and resolves invoices received without reference to a valid purchase order number, where applicable
- Works well with other departments in relation to financial transactions
- Performs related duties as required.
Education
B.S Degree in Accounting -
SUNY Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, New York05.2021
A.S. Degree in Business Administration -
Queensborough Community College
Bayside, New York12.2018
Skills
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Prophet
- Quick books
- Outlook
- IDEA
- Power BI
- Tableau
- Possesses exceptional communication, analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and interpersonal skills
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
- Retains the ability to multi-task with a sense of urgency and attention to detail
- Acquires positive ethical and professional values
- Maintains the potential to work under pressure and to meet deadlines and other limitations or constraints
- Notary Public
Timeline
Accounts Payable Supervisor
Century Fasteners Corp.
08.2021 - Current
Accounts Payable Specialist
BLC Textiles Inc.
03.2008 - 08.2021
B.S Degree in Accounting -
SUNY Plattsburgh
A.S. Degree in Business Administration -
Queensborough Community College
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