Jessica Bailey
Los Angeles,California
Summary
Motivated Senior Accounts Payable Manager with quality start up work experience in accounting and accounts payable roles. History of driving rapid expansion and steady growth by keeping accounts payable operations on track and satisfying deadlines.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Accounts Payable Manager
Beyond Meat
El Segundo, CA
10.2020 - 05.2022
- Coordinated accounts payable functions and improved workflow for 8 staff members.
- Partnered with finance team to complete month-end accruals and account reconciliations.
- Established and checked coding procedures, monitored reports and updated internal files.
- Observed strict confidentiality regulations to maintain data security.
- Automated workflow controls for collections management and credit risk assessment in accordance with SOX guidelines.
- Developed reports for senior management to outline expenditures, vendor spend and forecasting.
- Identified improvement changes regarding key processes for internal controls and accounting procedures.
- Maintain, audit and monitor roles and permissions in Oracle NetSuite for compliance
Accounts Payable Manager
Beyond Meat
El Segundo, CA
05.2019 - 10.2020
- Closely monitored accounts to ensure timely payments and resolve billing discrepancies
- Managed accurate and timely processing of over 5,000 invoices per month
- Automated workflow controls for invoice approvals and various A/P processes in accordance with SOX guidelines
- Partnered with finance team to complete month end functions, including accruals and account reconciliations
- Coordinated accounts payable and purchasing functions and improved workflow for 6 staff members
- Manage corporate credit card program with over $160K in spend per month
- Work with Oracle NetSuite for day to day processing
Accounts Payable Lead
Beyond Meat
El Segundo, CA
04.2018 - 05.2019
- Communicated with vendors to identify and resolve past due invoices
- Processed weekly payment batches for company in excess of $2M per week
- Supported management by processing invoices and documents with consistent on-time delivery
- Completed weekly cash matching activities to assist with reconciliation
- Managed credit card transition to new banking platform for over 20 employees
- Streamlined invoice coding strategies for all freight invoices to reduce invoice entry time by 3 hours per week
- Work with Oracle NetSuite for day to day processing
Accounts Payable Coordinator
TOMS Corporate Office
Los Angeles, CA
06.2017 - 04.2018
- Review incoming invoices, check requests, and expense reports for appropriateness and documentation match
- Maintain and file back-up documentation for all payables
- Approve and issue all outgoing ACH and wire payments for over $5M in payables weekly
- Generate payment proposal and issued check disbursements weekly
- Issue reports on current and upcoming payables to Finance
- Conduct all A/P related training to new hires
- Assist with A/R related functions when needed
- Work with SAP, Concur and Coupa systems for day to day processing
Accounts Payable Clerk
Spectrum Inc
Rancho Dominguez, CA
03.2013 - 05.2017
- Handled all A/P duties such as entering checks, printing checks, creating credit memos and etc
- Applied proper codes to invoices, files and receipts to keep records organized and easily searchable
- Generated financial statements and reports detailing accounts receivable status
- Worked with three-way matching system to pay out invoices
- Conducted month end bank reconciliation
- Maintained Purchasing Card system with over 150 cards weekly
- Acted as backup to A/R by processing customer bills, mailing invoices and accurately applying cash to outstanding invoices
- Assisted with A/R month end close duties as assigned
- Work with Infor system for day to day processing
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Grand Canyon University
Grand Canyon, AZ2017
Skills
- Advanced Microsoft Word
- Advanced Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, Vlookups, IF functions)
- Advanced Microsoft Outlook
- Intermediate Microsoft PowerPoint
- Proficient with SAP, Coupa, Oracle, Infor, SBT/VP system, QuickBooks and NetSuite
- Multitasking
- Process Improvement
- Staff Management
Timeline
Sr. Accounts Payable Manager
Beyond Meat
10.2020 - 05.2022
Accounts Payable Manager
Beyond Meat
05.2019 - 10.2020
Accounts Payable Lead
Beyond Meat
04.2018 - 05.2019
Accounts Payable Coordinator
TOMS Corporate Office
06.2017 - 04.2018
Accounts Payable Clerk
Spectrum Inc
03.2013 - 05.2017
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Grand Canyon University
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