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Melissa McFarland

St Louis,MO

Summary

Detail-oriented Accounts Payable Specialist with a proven track record in managing diverse corporate account functions with precision and efficiency. Expertise in organizing and prioritizing tasks to meet tight deadlines while upholding strict financial controls. Committed to delivering exceptional performance in both independent and collaborative settings. Strong analytical skills and sound judgment contribute to effective problem-solving and process improvement initiatives.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Accounts Payable Specialist

StayAPT Suites
05.2024 - Current
  • Reached out to vendors and customers to verify information and follow up on client issues.
  • Processed invoices and journal entries with efficiency and accuracy, resulting in decreased discrepancies.
  • Reconciled account information and reported figures in general ledger by comparing to bank account statement each month.
  • Reduced financial discrepancies, effectively reconciling bank accounts and organizing information into accounting software.
  • Receive, review, and process high volumes of invoices for 42 hotel properties.
  • Prepare and process weekly check runs, ACH transfers, and wire payments while ensuring payments are made in accordance with contract terms and company policy.
  • Work closely with procurement, operations, and property-level finance teams as well as supporting cross-functional projects such as system upgrades or process improvements.

Corporate Accounting Analyst

TKC Holdings Inc.
10.2021 - 05.2024
  • Active management of employee corporate credit card accounts to include but not limited to on a daily basis:
  • Providing assistance and troubleshooting of issues regarding expense reporting
  • Travel and per diem
  • Specific Corporate cost accounting items
  • Experience managing P-card purchases and overhead cost tracking.
  • Proactively run daily/weekly/monthly audits and reports to maintain accurate company records and ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.
  • Manages offboarding process for financial checkout and closing employee accounts for terminating employees.
  • Serves as 3rd level approver for closing out financial accounts for terminating employees.
  • Accurately manages supplier financial information including W-9s, CFO approvals, and Vendor Master Data forms in compliance with corporate standards.
  • Ensure that these records are maintained in the corporate document repository.

Guest Service Representative

Nothing Bundt Cake
10.2020 - 05.2023
  • Handle numerous customer orders each day, verifying details, managing customer schedule requirements, managing employee schedules, managing suppliers and materials orders, and collecting customer payments with high accuracy.
  • Provided onboarding support and training for new team members while assisting customers with custom requests.

Shift Leader/Trainer

Smoothie King
01.2018 - 08.2020
  • Served as a personnel manager with 8 direct reports.
  • Leveraged skills in servant leadership to ensure excellent communication across the team while maintaining a positive work environment, enabling work life balance that ensured a high employee retention rate.
  • Developed work schedules for employees based on a time/phased Resource Loaded Network (RLN) to ensure full coverage of all work areas and shifts.

Education

Bachelors of Science - General Psychology, Human Resource Management, Sociology

Missouri State University
05.2023

Skills

  • Critical thinking
  • Strong communication skills
  • Team leadership
  • Experienced with Microsoft Office applications
  • Efficient data processing
  • Financial account analysis
  • Payment processing expertise
  • Experience with Oracle and Acumatica

Accomplishments

  • Achieved a 50% decrease in the month-end close process duration, streamlining financial operations.
  • Handled and resolved the largest number of reporting discrepancies in a single year.
  • Trained and onboarded AP team members, improving department productivity and cross-function support.

Timeline

Accounts Payable Specialist

StayAPT Suites
05.2024 - Current

Corporate Accounting Analyst

TKC Holdings Inc.
10.2021 - 05.2024

Guest Service Representative

Nothing Bundt Cake
10.2020 - 05.2023

Shift Leader/Trainer

Smoothie King
01.2018 - 08.2020

Bachelors of Science - General Psychology, Human Resource Management, Sociology

Missouri State University

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