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LISA BROWN

White Plains,MD

Summary

Forward-thinking Operations Specialist bringing 20 years of expertise in data entry for commercial and Non-profit sector businesses. Cultivates rapport with individuals to optimize project goals and output, resolve complex problems and deliver innovative improvement strategies. Proficient in Sage and Microsoft Office.

Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Account Receivable & Payable Specialist/HR Associate

JLT Trucking, Inc
06.2023 - Current
  • Maintaining over 30 accounts payable vendor accounts – processing invoices with required department details, and other information accurately and efficiently
  • Collected, arranged, and input information into database system.
  • Reconcile vendor statements to ensure all discrepancies are resolved.
  • Processing vendor payments by check, credit card, and EFT
  • Posting financial transactions and keeping accounts payable and receivable current
  • Maintain accurate records, including ledgers, journals, receipts, and invoices.
  • Ensure compliance with internal accounting procedures.
  • Maintain vendor files properly for easy reference (digital or paper)
  • Maintain Waste Vision spreadsheet identifying infractions of business waste collection to ensure accurate billing to customer.
  • Notify customers of annual price increase and ensuring rates are recorded accordingly in system.
  • Assist customers with day-to-day AP and AR accounting and other issues as needed.
  • Prepare On-boarding of new hires-addressing employee questions or concerns related to HR policies during onboarding.
  • Educated staff on organizational mission and goals to help employees achieve success.
  • Maintains employee records, update company HR documents and guidelines.
  • Maintain day to day operations with company's Real Estate property, including tenants lease agreements, Estoppel Certificate, SNDA and other documents.
  • Generate and distribute tenant's invoices in Quickbooks, ensuring all rent payments are received on time.
  • Maintain record of tenants' payments, including distribution of payment receipts
  • Perform accounting; administrative, HR support and other tasks as needed.
  • Helped meet changing demands by recommending improvements to business systems or procedures.

AR Manager

Lucky Dog Industries, LLC
10.2013 - 06.2023
  • Supervised and coordinated all aspects of billing and financial management; training, assigning, and evaluating all cope of work.
  • Ensuring timely and accurate billing of customer accounts
  • Maintain revenue of over $30 million yearly by monitoring collection of payments and recording of all costs incurred.
  • Develops and maintains strong business relationships with key and influential customer contacts.
  • Reduced A/R aging by consistently monitoring outstanding invoices and following up with customers.
  • Supervises preparation of reports as required by management needs and research development of company accounting resources policies and procedures.
  • Monitor various reports, prepares statistical analyses, and performs special projects as assigned.
  • Engaged in all operational functions and activities of business, project management, product management, vendor management and others.
  • Prepared On-boarding of all owner-operators new-hire packet; process all owners-operators weekly payroll and assist HR functions.
  • Coordinates day-to-day operations of employees with HR and Payroll department.

Supervisor/AR Accountant

IESI MD Progressive Waste
07.2011 - 10.2013
  • Manage day-to-day operations of Transfer Station including supervising employees, conducting annual employee reviews, coordinating flow of waste materials into, though, and out of facility timely and efficiently; establish and enforce policies with consent of Environmental Protection Solid Waste Management Regulations that will enhance quality and efficiency of operation and provide safety of employees and public.
  • Responsible for all cash management, accounting reports, and monthly status reports as required by CFO and Regional Finance Director.
  • Prepare and process weekly and monthly billings; Review to assure completeness and accuracy; post customer payment by recording daily, cash, checks, direct deposit, and credit card transactions into Trux accounting system.
  • Oversaw daily operations of department, ensuring smooth workflow and timely completion of tasks.
  • Developed effective improvement plans in alignment with goals and specifications.

AR Accountant

CWI acquired by IESI
07.2011 - 09.2012
  • Process weekly and monthly invoices; reconcile monthly account receivable to General Ledger; process detailed invoices and revenue adjustments, including billing reversals; run, review, and analyze revenue, sales, and cash journals reports for month end closing.
  • Preformed daily processing and reconciling of customer invoices, check deposit, direct deposit, and credit card transactions, posting payments into Trux accounting system.
  • Analyze accounts receivable monthly; prepare related reports and communicate results to Owner and CFO with other accounting functions as requested.
  • Identified and implemented process efficiency improvements.
  • Prepared working papers, reports and supporting documentation for audit findings.
  • Monitored aging reports to identify potential bad debts and initiate collection efforts accordingly.

Financial Assistant

American Astronomical Society
06.2007 - 10.2010
  • Facilitated in annual financial statements by ensuring accuracy of revenue; prepare monthly closing and cost accounting reports; prepare entries for general ledger accounts; post financial data to appropriate accounts into Solomon accounting system; assist with preparation of year-end operations such as fiscal year end closings, annual audit and 1099's.
  • Process and reconcile invoices, weekly bank deposits receipts, vendor payments, department billings, employee reimbursements and petty cash; maintain and update files for payment documents, invoices, requisitions, accounts payable and receivable and correspondence; create and process payment documents for approval by CFO for payment; post payments received to appropriate account.
  • Facilitate processing of payment batches for new and renewal memberships, ensuring batches are entered and posted correctly into iMIS system and proper accounts are charged; Input and maintain all grant applications and proposals into database system; prepare and maintain all correspondence to grant and proposal participants.
  • Create, prepare, and maintain All Undergraduate Orientation Sponsorship, Membership Calendar Sponsorship and Splinter Meeting invoices on Google Doc Spreadsheet; All Meetings (DPS, DDA, SPD and AAS Summer and Winter); All IYA (Mather Foundation, Galileoscope, Second Life and Dark Skies) on expense spreadsheet.
  • Review, prepare and distribute yearly Prize/Award winners; yearly ApJ Research Stipend Grant and ApJ Editorial Office Support on spreadsheet.
  • Reduced financial discrepancies, effectively reconciling bank accounts and organizing information into accounting software.

Education

Some College (No Degree) - Accounting And Business Management

University of Maryland Global Campus
College Park, MD

Skills

  • Navusoft
  • Mcleod
  • Skilled in Sage
  • QuickBooks
  • People Soft
  • Oracle
  • Microsoft Office
  • Account reconciliation processes
  • Documentation And Reporting
  • Expense report processing

References

References furnished upon request

Timeline

Account Receivable & Payable Specialist/HR Associate

JLT Trucking, Inc
06.2023 - Current

AR Manager

Lucky Dog Industries, LLC
10.2013 - 06.2023

Supervisor/AR Accountant

IESI MD Progressive Waste
07.2011 - 10.2013

AR Accountant

CWI acquired by IESI
07.2011 - 09.2012

Financial Assistant

American Astronomical Society
06.2007 - 10.2010

Some College (No Degree) - Accounting And Business Management

University of Maryland Global Campus

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