Shankar Palaniappan

School in Ohio

• Worked as Accounts Payable Specialist and performed Invoice processing using Coupa
• Used Great Plains (GP) for invoice lookup
• Processed about 25 invoices a day and cleared the backlog of over a year in a very short span – and with close to zero errors
• Was highly appreciated by the client for quick and accurate processing
• Coordinated New vendor creation as needed

Nonprofit funding organization in Ohio area

• Worked as Accounts Payable specialist and performed invoice processing using Financial Edge software
• Verified and processed payments for child care scholarships and Out of school time programs
• Ensured no budget over run by accurately tracking vendors payment during each payment run
• Coordinated New vendor creation as needed by filling specific template forms
• Prepared vendor activity reports, cash disbursement journal and aged payable reports
• Organized older paper invoices into electronic format for easy search during internal audits. Served as one point contact in locating such documents quickly
• Prepared for check runs and credit card payments
• Verified payables and made necessary corrections
• Closely worked with various department personnel to resolve problems
• Followed security protocol and kept information confidential
• Conducted internal audits

• Handled accounts payable and accounts receivable (including Cash Applications)
• Create reports for senior management detailing on statistics, past-due payments and vendor invoices
• Draft and code vendor invoices and process past-due letters
• Process payments and update system
• Assist with audit preparation and end-of-year closings for Individual and Business Processing incoming customer payments
• Reduce closing time for monthly and quarterly close by 10% by implementing new consolidation procedure
• Tracked spending and created reports details trends to senior management

• Involved in preparing and managing the accounts receivable and payable (including Cash Applications)
• Verify the validity of account discrepancies by obtaining and investigating information from sales, trade promotions, customer service departments and from service lines
• Gained strong experience resolving collection issues by examining customer payment plans, payment history, and credit line
• Summarized receivables by maintaining invoices, verifying totals and preparing reports.