Results-driven Accounts Payable and Accounting Professional with over 30 years of experience managing high-volume financial operations, enhancing payment processes, and optimizing vendor relationships. Skilled in leading cross-functional teams and implementing system improvements to ensure timely and accurate payments.
• Support the processing of more than $70 million in monthly
payments.
• Process and upload vendor invoices, ensuring accuracy and
compliance with company policies.
• Contribute to a team responsible for processing approximately
200,000 invoices per month.
• Managed utility accounts and payments for acquired and standalone
hospitals nationwide, ensuring timely and accurate transactions.
• Resolve ACH returns and manage check voids, cancellations, and
reissues.
• Established and oversee a third-party utility processing team to
improve operational efficiency.
• Participated in implementation and rollout of Oracle Cloud,
contributing to enhanced operational capabilities.
• Served as team lead and primary contact during management's
absence, facilitating continuity and support for team activities.
• Administer and support a company purchasing card (P-Card)
program.
• Partner with internal departments and vendors to resolve payment
and account issues.
• Approved domestic and international wire transfers and ACH
payments.
• Managed the American Express Purchasing Card payment process
supporting e-procurement transactions.
• Reconciled American Express Corporate Purchasing Card accounts.
• Managed offshore Accounts Payable teams through training, support,
and issue resolution.
• Developed and optimized Oracle invoice upload and import
processes.
• Created, modified, and troubleshot Oracle invoice upload and
import processes.
• Collaborated with vendors and Procurement Analysts to resolve
accounting and payment issues.
• Resolved accounting and payment issues in collaboration with
vendors and Procurement Analysts.
• Resolved daily exceptions and completed weekly and monthly
account corrections within the Inventory Master Account System.
• Designed and implemented an IT Asset Management process utilizing
SharePoint across multiple departments.