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Karen A. Kasparek

Seymour,CT

Summary

Accomplished Accounting Assistant with over 25 plus years of experience. Efficiently processing invoices, ensuring timely and accurate vendor payments. Adept at utilizing best practices to improve accounts payable processes, workflow and time management.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Accounts Payable Specialist

CooperSurgical, Inc
02.2023 - Current
  • Process all invoices into the appropriate systems within required timeframe while maintaining legal integrity of the entities.
  • Prepared weekly check runs, wires and ACH payments and positive pay.
  • Interact with vendors to assure a satisfactory relationship with suppliers.
  • Reconciled monthly reports, vendor statements, inventory and non-inventory accruals.
  • Matched purchase orders with invoices and recorded necessary information.
  • Mentored new hires, resulting in stronger staff development and increased productivity.

Accounts Payable Coordinator

Municipal Emergency Services
12.2021 - 01.2023
  • Entering and processing Accounts Payable invoices from Dropbox to Oracle Netsuite.
  • Verifying all information matches the purchase order.
  • Identifying mistakes, corresponding with Customer Service Representatives and Operations Specialists.
  • Process 500 +/- invoices weekly.

Part Time Sales Associate Designer

Shoe Warehouse
10.2018 - 05.2022
  • Greet every customer in the store with a helpful and friendly attitude.
  • Trained new hires on DSW policies and register procedures.
  • Store Operations - Maintaining a clean and safe working environment for customers and employees.
  • Merchandising - Placing merchandise on store floor and creating a statement for the season.

Accounts Payable Assistant - Part-Time

BHcare, Inc
10.2020 - 10.2021
  • (Laid Off)
  • Manage files for all finance functions, including accounts payable, representative payee accounts, Sage100, and other correspondence and records.
  • Enter Accounts Payable invoices into Sage100 Accounting System.
  • Mail Accounts Payable checks for all companies.
  • Approve, enter and update spreadsheet for employee mileage reimbursements bi-weekly.
  • Enter deposits into General Ledger. Make collection calls and negotiate payment plans.

Temporary Accounts Payable Clerk

Creative Financial Staffing/Penske Automotive
10.2019 - 03.2020
  • (Due to Covid-19 Laid Off)
  • Verifies and posts details of business transactions, such as funds received and disbursed

Accounts Payable Specialist I

Assa Abloy/Sargent Manufacturing
05.2014 - 03.2019
  • Managed accounts payable non-inventory processes for separate entities and vendors using Transform Accounts Payable/JD Edwards.
  • Liaison for accounts payable personnel and all departments within the company.
  • Ensures all vouchers are coded to the correct general ledger codes.
  • Prepare and process weekly payments (checks, wires and ACH and credit Card) timely and efficiently.
  • Review and audit electronic expense reports. Resolves purchase order, receipt, and invoice exceptions.
  • This will include matching invoices to Purchase Orders and obtaining authorization for payment.
  • Responds to inquiries via phone/email correspondence from internal and external customers with urgency.
  • Working knowledge of JD Enterprise Oracle system/Transform Accounts Payable/ERP System.
  • Maintaining vendor lists and W-9 forms.
  • Assists in monthly and year end closing.
  • Participated in yearly auditing and inventory counts within the factory.

Education

Housatonic Community College
Bridgeport, CT
05.2009

Skills

  • NetSuite
  • ACH
  • Auditing
  • General ledger accounting
  • Bank reconciliation
  • Accounts payable
  • ERP systems
  • Accounting
  • JD Edwards
  • Sage
  • Accounts receivable
  • Account analysis
  • Journal entries
  • Customer service (20 years)
  • Technical/Non-Technical Skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft, Excel (Pivot tables, Formulas), Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
  • Banking system – COCC, Insight, Prologue
  • Readsoft, D365 and Data Works

Timeline

Accounts Payable Specialist

CooperSurgical, Inc
02.2023 - Current

Accounts Payable Coordinator

Municipal Emergency Services
12.2021 - 01.2023

Accounts Payable Assistant - Part-Time

BHcare, Inc
10.2020 - 10.2021

Temporary Accounts Payable Clerk

Creative Financial Staffing/Penske Automotive
10.2019 - 03.2020

Part Time Sales Associate Designer

Shoe Warehouse
10.2018 - 05.2022

Accounts Payable Specialist I

Assa Abloy/Sargent Manufacturing
05.2014 - 03.2019

Housatonic Community College

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