Karen Kirby
Raleigh,NC
Summary
To work in a company that values teamwork and collaboration, where I can work with others to achieve common goals and contribute to the success of the organization.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Procure to Pay Sourcing Analyst III
GILEAD Sciences
04.2021 - 01.2024
- Execute end to end invoice processing
- Maintain process integrity, internal and SOX controls to ensure compliance with the Controller’s Manual and all applicable laws and regulations
- Support strategic and cross functional projects
- Act as the point of contact to resolve Invoice Operations issues and escalations with business partners
- Process weekly Live Refund Check processing to include posting to the General Ledger
- Process weekly ACH refund posting
- Support month end close and Purchase to pay accounting.
Accounts Payable Specialist
Bijur Delimon International
01.2020 - 03.2021
- Posted financial transactions in BPCS (Business Planning and Control) ERP database
- PTP (Purchase to Pay) accounting and month end close
- Produced a variety of reports including income statements and balance sheets
- Checked for accuracy in reports, figures and postings
- Reconciled and corrected any discrepancies found in the records.
Accounts Payable/Receivable/Billing Representative
Appraisal Nation
05.2018 - 11.2019
- Obtain revenue by verifying transaction information; computing charges and refunds; preparing and mailing invoices; identifying delinquent accounts and insufficient payments
- Collect revenue by reminding delinquent accounts, notifying customers of insufficient payments
- Reconcile and process work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances
- Charge expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice/expense reports, recording entries
- Maintain accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions.
Accounting Associate
Quintiles IQVIA
03.2018 - 05.2018
- Input data accurately and within deadlines according to SOPs and Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
- Contacted employees as necessary to request missing information and update invalid data issues
- Filed appropriate documents
- Aided other team members as required, to ensure the group meets all SLAs and targets
- Checked that appropriate approvals are obtained for accounting purposes
- Performed other duties as assigned.
Accounting Independent Consultant
Oxford University Press, Martin Marietta, Tryon Dist., Chimerix Inc., Eaton Corp., Ply Gem, Raleigh Heating/Air, & Saussy Burbank., Self Help Credit Union
10.2015 - 01.2018
- Assisted with the preparation of financial statements
- Analyzed and reconciled bank statements and general ledgers
- Corrected errors by posting adjusting journal entries
- Posted journal entries for accrued expenses and revenue
- Maintained and recorded fixed assets.
Accounting Specialist / Billing Auditor
Regency Office Product
03.2015 - 08.2015
- Managed budget and provided accounting support to multiple companies in major financial accounting areas, including the accounts payable desk, general ledger accounting, and account reconciliation
- Compiled and sorted documents, such as: invoices, work orders, checks, vouchers, and substantiated business transactions for multiple companies
- Verified and posted details of business transactions, such as: funds received and disbursed; totals accounts to ledgers or computer spreadsheets and databases
- Investigated problems that vendors or purchasing agents had with obtaining payment for bills
- Prepared vouchers, invoices, checks, account statements, reports, and general ledger accounts with various registers; extracted general ledger information; compiled cost revenue reports, and balance sheets; reconciled bank statements.
Accounting Consultant
Randstad Professional, & Robert Half
07.2013 - 03.2015
- Processed expense reimbursements, invoices, and checks runs, using PeopleSoft Finance software
- Credit card reconciliation & payment processing
- Reconciled un-invoiced materials receipts report monthly
- Tracked and maintained an account of fixed assets and capital expenditures
- Prepared and posted journal entries and prepared analysis of accounts.
Education
High School Diploma -
Athens Drive High School
Raleigh, NCContinuous Education courses (Leadership & Management) -
Miller Mott College
Skills
- Comprehensive and advanced understanding of accounting principles and methods
- Expertise knowledge of A/P, A/R, and G/L procedures, with exposure to various types of industries
- Ability to employ organized skills to react to changes in a fast-paced environment
- Articulate attention to detail and excellent time management
- Analytical, with the ability to troubleshoot and problem solve independently, or with a team
- SAP (General Ledger, and Accounts Payable segments)
- PeopleSoft (Financing)
- QuickBooks
- VibeNet
- P3
- Sage/MAS 90
- Paragon
- Oracle
- Markview
- Peachtree
- Orixx
- Adobe Acrobat
- Encompas
- Access
- Great Plains
- Platinum
- Windows Word
- Excel (mathematical and text functions VLookup, & Pivot tables)
- BasWare 35
- Outlook
- ROSS
- CIT
- TRIPS
- Solomon
- JD Edwards
- SPARC
- ViewPoint Vista
- Acowin
Certification
- MS Office Suite
- Accounting Principles
- SAP applications
Timeline
Procure to Pay Sourcing Analyst III
GILEAD Sciences
04.2021 - 01.2024
Accounts Payable Specialist
Bijur Delimon International
01.2020 - 03.2021
Accounts Payable/Receivable/Billing Representative
Appraisal Nation
05.2018 - 11.2019
Accounting Associate
Quintiles IQVIA
03.2018 - 05.2018
Accounting Independent Consultant
Oxford University Press, Martin Marietta, Tryon Dist., Chimerix Inc., Eaton Corp., Ply Gem, Raleigh Heating/Air, & Saussy Burbank., Self Help Credit Union
10.2015 - 01.2018
Accounting Specialist / Billing Auditor
Regency Office Product
03.2015 - 08.2015
Accounting Consultant
Randstad Professional, & Robert Half
07.2013 - 03.2015
High School Diploma -
Athens Drive High School
Continuous Education courses (Leadership & Management) -
Miller Mott College
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