Elsie Ulate
Summary
Experienced Accounts Payable Manager with 24 years of experience managing daily accounts payable operations. Expertise in overseeing invoicing, vendor relations, payment processing and employee relations. Successful in reconfiguring workflow and staff responsibilities to improve efficiency.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Accounts Payable Manager
Paragon Healthcare, Inc.
05.2021 - Current
- Managed accurate and timely processing of over 6,000 invoices per month.
- Coordinated accounts payable functions and improved workflow for 6 staff members.
- Partnered with finance team to complete month-end accruals and account reconciliations.
- Closely monitored accounts to post timely payments and resolve billing discrepancies.
- Positively interacted with all partners, employees and customers using exemplary communication and interpersonal talents.
- Processed check and EFT disbursements.
Accounting Specialist
Paragon Healthcare, Inc.
10.2017 - 05.2021
- Applied proper codes to invoices, files, and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable.
- Processed invoices and journal entries with efficiency and accuracy, resulting in decreased discrepancies.
- Reached out to vendors and customers to verify information and follow up on client issues.
- Streamlined productivity by decreasing time-wasting tasks and helping supervisors.
- Reviewed vendor invoices for appropriate documentation and validity prior to payment.
- Maintained good working relationships with vendors and resolved disputes.
- Assisted manager in conducting internal audits to analyze findings.
- Matched purchase orders with invoices and recorded necessary information.
Accounts Payable Manager
Dougherty's Holdings, Inc.
10.1999 - 10.2017
- Managed accurate and timely processing of over 3,000 invoices per month.
- Closely monitored accounts to post timely payments and resolve billing discrepancies.
- Positively interacted with all partners, employees and customers using exemplary communication and interpersonal talents.
- Partnered with finance team to complete month-end accruals and account reconciliations.
- Checked payroll, vendor payments, commissions and other accounting disbursements for accuracy and compliance.
- Supported financial director with special projects and additional job duties.
- Established and checked coding procedures, monitored reports and updated internal files.
- Prepared cash flow projections, cost analysis and monthly, quarterly and annual reports.
- Communicated with other departments to verify purchases.
- Reconciled invoices and purchase orders and updated databases accordingly.
- Liaised with vendors to communicate payment status.
- Entered purchase orders, invoices and payments into company accounting system.
- Updated and maintained aging report to facilitate payments
- Executed payments to vendor accounts.
- Managed and responded to correspondence and inquiries from customers and vendors.
- Reconciled company bank, credit card and line of credit accounts, investigating and resolving discrepancies to keep accounts audit-ready.
- Inspected account books and recorded transactions.
- Created detailed expense reports to facilitate reimbursement for business expenses incurred.
- Restocked supplies and placed purchase orders to maintain adequate stock levels.
- Received and sorted incoming mail and packages to record, dispatch, or distribute to correct recipient.
Education
High School Diploma -
Thomas Jefferson High School
Dallas, TXSkills
- Team Oversight
- Training and Mentoring
- Financial Administration
- Accounts Payable
- Audit Support
- Invoice Auditing
- Journal Entries Expertise
- Workflow Coordination
- Account Reconciliation
- Expense Processing
- General Ledger Accounting
- Trained in Sage Accpac, Great Plains
- Bank Reconciliation
- Cash Flow Management
- Month-End Closing
- Payment Scheduling
- Invoice Processing
- Credit Card Reconciliation
- Data Entry Accuracy
- Willing to Learn
- Certified Accounts Payable Associate (CAPA)
Certification
- CAPP - Certified Accounts Payable Professional
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Accounts Payable Manager
Paragon Healthcare, Inc.
05.2021 - Current
Accounting Specialist
Paragon Healthcare, Inc.
10.2017 - 05.2021
Accounts Payable Manager
Dougherty's Holdings, Inc.
10.1999 - 10.2017
High School Diploma -
Thomas Jefferson High School
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