Mari Parra
Fairfield,CA
Summary
Professional Accounts Payable Specialist with 6 years of Admin/Reception experience interested in obtaining a full-time position with a respected and growing organization. I bring 12+ years of accounting experience, a high degree of professionalism, work ethic, and determination, which allow me to complete tasks in a timely manner while maintaining 100% accuracy in full-cycle accounting. I have a very diverse background having worked for multiple companies ranging from Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing, Non-Profit, Arts and Start-ups in collaboration with 3-Bridge Network Temporary Agency.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Payable Specialist
Telecare Corporation
12.2024 - 01.2025
- Ensured timely payments for all invoices, maintaining strong relationships with vendors and suppliers.
- Reduced invoice processing time with accurate data entry and timely vendor communication.
- Reached out to vendors and customers to verify information and follow up on client issues.
- Facilitated dispute resolution between company departments and vendors regarding payment issues or discrepancies in invoicing.
- Processed invoices and journal entries with efficiency and accuracy, resulting in decreased discrepancies.
- Updated vendor information regularly, ensuring accurate contact details and banking information for prompt payments.
Accounts Payable Specialist
Minerva
02.2024 - 12.2024
- Managed AP Inbox by responding to internal and external customers in a timely manner
- Processed and coded 400-450 invoices a month
- Assisted in end of month accrual
- Management of cash receipts and cash collections
- Maintained Vendor File
Accounts Payable Specialist
Tides Advocates
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Managed AP Inbox by responding to emails in a timely manner
- Processed invoices in NetSuite
- Exported Excel Files from NetSuite to convert into daily check run reports
- Entered new vendors in NetSuite with W9 forms
- Processed ACH entry for new vendors in NetSuite
Accounts Payable Specialist
Trust for Public Land
01.2021 - 12.2022
- Uploaded and entered 450-500 invoices a week onto Lawson accounting software
- Captioned and organized invoices in Imaging software for online shared access
- Managed AP Inbox by organizing, delegating invoices and responding to inquiries
Accounts Payable Specialist
Telecare
01.2020 - 12.2020
- Reviewed AP batched invoices for up to 30 programs (up to 700+ invoices a week) from different locations to ensure data is accurate and appropriate for the purchase
- Corrected errors on invoices as necessary and reported corrections to the appropriate personnel
- Entered miscellaneous invoices to Lawson
- Maintained vendor set up, ensured new vendors were set up accurately and according to company policy and IRS reporting standards
- Assisted in the preparation of IRS Form 1099 through the collection of vendor W-9 forms
- Data entry and processing of invoices
- Worked closely with Procurement Analyst to ensure proper and timely processing of purchase order and non-purchase order invoices
- Performed weekly check and ACH run up to 2.5 M
- Ensured proper documentation is matched with vendor payment copies and filed in accordance with company policy
- Assisted program staff, corporate department staff and external vendors with the research of payment information
- Managed recurring payments on a monthly basis
- Logged all accounting transactions to multiple Excel spreadsheets
- Provided support to program and corporate staff members by communicating policies, procedures and deadlines
- Assisted Accounts Payable Manager with special initiatives and projects as assigned
Accounts Payable Specialist
Satellite Affordable Housing Associates
01.2018 - 12.2019
- Captioned and scanned invoices and exported to Yardi
- Organized work-flow queue in order of precedence while entering invoice numbers and supplier information to distribute payables to multiple approvers
- Handled special processes for PG&E payment and credits to multiple residential accounts
- Provided payable support to Development Accountant including payables in PAYscan and printing checks, prepared Journal Entries for the transferring of monies for multiple housing sites
- Reviewed Dashboard Workflow daily for data correction and reject/research steps to ensure invoices processed efficiently
Accounts Payable Specialist
Invuity
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Managed the accurate and timely processing of multiple vendor account invoices for up to 1.5M per month for start-up
- Three way PO matching instituted through cross-checking of pack-lists and receivers against invoices
- Entered all invoices to be paid by check, credit card, ACH bank draft
- Reconciled multiple credit cards and monthly statements
- Reduced A/P liability by processing and paying cash discounted invoices within a timely manner
- Took full-advantage of vendor discounts averaging the company thousands of dollars in weekly savings from 1-10% per amount of invoice
- Maintained and updated all vendor files for accurate contact information
- Matched ready payables against aging report for payment
- Performed weekly check run by matching invoices to checks, distributing payables accordingly and obtaining all signatures for checks
- Responded to all vendor inquiries
Accounts Payable Specialist
Northbay Healthcare
03.2017 - 12.2017
- Captioned and scanned 1000+ invoices a week and exported them to ImageNow
- Organized work-flow queue in order of precedence
- Completed data entry while matching and entering invoices for payment in Lawson
- Verified accuracy of invoices for processing of weekly check-run
- Maintained vendor file
Accounts Payable Specialist
Vacaville Fruit Company
01.2013 - 01.2017
- Greet guests in a professional, friendly, hospitable manner.
- Answer, screen, and route all incoming calls approx. 100 calls a day
- Prepare conference rooms for meetings
- Distribute packages and mail as delivered
- Provide onboarding support for new hires
- Assist with with tracking full-cycle AP invoices and submit for approval
- Assist in event planning
- Provide general upkeep of the office
- Periodically provide executive level support general upkeep of the office
- Managed AP email box, researched and resolved vendor inquiries pertaining to various accounts payable related matters in a timely manner
- Completed other accounting work and projects as required
Education
Associate of Arts - Accounting
University of Phoenix
Fairfield, CA06-2027
Skills
- Google Suite
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Lawson
- Yardi
- Quickbooks
- Netsuite
- Sales Force
- Slack
- MS Teams
- Bill Pay
Websites
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Accounts Payable Specialist
Telecare Corporation
12.2024 - 01.2025
Accounts Payable Specialist
Minerva
02.2024 - 12.2024
Accounts Payable Specialist
Tides Advocates
01.2023 - 01.2024
Accounts Payable Specialist
Trust for Public Land
01.2021 - 12.2022
Accounts Payable Specialist
Telecare
01.2020 - 12.2020
Accounts Payable Specialist
Satellite Affordable Housing Associates
01.2018 - 12.2019
Accounts Payable Specialist
Northbay Healthcare
03.2017 - 12.2017
Accounts Payable Specialist
Invuity
01.2017 - 01.2018
Accounts Payable Specialist
Vacaville Fruit Company
01.2013 - 01.2017
Associate of Arts - Accounting
University of Phoenix
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