Shelann Jones
Arlington,TX
Summary
Experienced Accounting Analyst with expertise in Accounts Payable. Strong focus on effectively managing time and analyzing data to identify root causes and collaborate on resolutions. Extensive experience utilizing SAP as ERP system. Proven track record of delivering accurate and timely results. Detail-oriented and analytical professional ready to contribute to organizational success.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
APU Integration/Accounts Payable Analyst
Robert Half International
10.2020 - 11.2024
- Researched, resolved, then successfully facilitated the resolution of a Legacy aged account with a debit balance of over CA$105K
- Submit invoices, utilizing a manual accounting system, and processing over $600M for Global and Worldwide accounts undergoing integration into Cloud divisions’ process and procedures
- Research, resolve or escalate high risk problem suppliers threatening disconnection, collections or legal actions to the appropriate management, department, or team
- Worked with 120+ suppliers to provide payables documentation, specific account details for invoice processing, and responses on audit requests to avoid potential defect occurrences
Accounts Payable Analyst – Global Accounts Payable
Robert Half International
10.2020 - 11.2024
- Supporting the critical integration of Global and Worldwide operations to successfully transition into Parent Company systems
- Statements reconciliation of priority suppliers most critical to business needs
- Collaborated with Approvers to facilitate invoice resolution to ensure timely payments, and reduction of overdue payments
- Created SOPs for P-card and credits processing in Doc-link and the Epicor system
Royalty Monthly and Quarterly Payments (Specialty Program)
Robert Half International
10.2020 - 11.2024
- Created monthly and quarterly high-level complex reports for executive management and suppliers
- Collaborated with the IT team to reformat Cognos data on two suppliers that converted from a manual download
- Created detailed SOPs and templates to retrieve data related to the monthly and quarterly Royalty payments
- Updated existing SOP related to the creating and distributing 13 complex Royalty reports
- Created PR/POs in the company’s payables system for the purpose of paying selected suppliers
- Participated in weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly calls to discuss data integration, report status and issues
- Determine the validity of the reports before distributing to both internal and external customers
- Reviewed statements for priority suppliers with the highest spend and most critical to the business to ensure timely payments, prompt resolution and reduction of late payments
Accounts Payable Specialist
Robert Half International
07.2019 - 09.2020
- Research and determine the root cause of unpaid aged receivables and their validity
- Decreased outstanding aged receivables balances
- Initiated contact with Buyers to resolve invoice discrepancies (price, freight, and goods receipt)
- Analyzed and corrected issues with aged Parked invoices
- Utilized OnBase for invoice the exception resolution and confirmation of invoice receipt
- Review of Vendor Statements via OnBase
- Special Projects as assigned
AP Analyst
Robert Half International
12.2018 - 06.2019
- Active participation with Accounts Payable system implementations and upgrades (e.g., user acceptance testing)
- Work with IT and management on ongoing Oracle issues
- High Volume Processing of Non-PO invoices through Oracle
- Invoice transaction reconciliations (PO to invoice and invoice to payments)
- Resolve critical issues, ensure payables are processed accurately and in a timely manner
- Ensure compliance with all State and Federal guidelines
- Responsible for obtaining W9 documentation for vendor account changes and new vendor set-up
- Performs various tasks and assigned Special projects
Sr. Accounts Payable Coordinator
Robert Half International
10.2018 - 11.2018
- High Volume Processing of Non-PO invoices through Navision and Concur
- Resolve critical issues, ensure expenses are properly classified
- Ensure proper processing and issuance of all check requests
- Vendor Statement reconciliation
- Responsible for obtaining 1099 for all new vendors or changes to existing vendors
APA Specialist Processor
Robert Half International
06.2017 - 10.2018
- Exception resolution and Vendor Issue Reconciliation
- Resolving critical issues, implement process improvement initiatives
- Implement process improvement initiatives and manage day-to-day vendor issues
- Performs various tasks and assigned Special projects
- Initiate the research and identification of systems or operational issues
- High Volume Processing of Material, Freight, Non-PO and regular invoice processing
- Create employee training materials and New Associate Training
MMS - CA Analyst/Business Analyst
Amerit
12.2016 - 05.2017
- Developed a product master using multiple systems data
- Uploaded government pricing
- Created Access databases to research aged GL open items
- Validate Pricing on pricing issues
Trade Accounts Payable Associate
McKesson Corporation
07.2004 - 12.2016
- SME for the company wide OCR/Proflow new invoicing system implementation (ImageNow)
- Created SOP’s, trained and transitioned Auto Deny process to McKesson Virtual Team
- Responsible for resolution of invoice exceptions including quantity and price discrepancies
- Resolved blocked invoices for goods receipt and Unit of Measure discrepancies
- Investigated and resolved vendor disputes within set SLA guidelines
- Developed and implemented McKesson Virtual Team (MVT) SharePoint Error log
- Facilitated weekly MVT conference calls and prepared status reports for review
- Functioned as lead trainer for McKesson Connect Supplier Management (Portal)
- Produced monthly power point-defect trending reports for team review
- SME for multiple cross-functional processes
- Transactional invoice processing
- Addbill Analyst
- Compiled, analyzed, and distributed monthly Retail National Account (RNA) Report
- Extracted and analyzed customer Addbill information from SAP/BW
- Produced billing to customers using SAP transaction codes
- Managed and maintained customer calls due to system errors
Executive Services Associate
Neiman Marcus Direct
07.1999 - 09.2008
- Point of contact for all aspects of Virtual Gift Card issues (escalations, conversion, and discrepancies)
- Released order holds (ie: price, tax, and bad address)
- Researched, processed billing, and created chargebacks for Drop Ship vendor invoice errors
Accounting Specialist
Acosta Sales & Marketing
08.1995 - 05.2004
- Forecasted, calculated, and adjusted revenue received each month
- Reconciled and collected commission statements received against open/outstanding receivables
- Split revenue received by department, division, and other outside sources
- Generated reports for past due balances, aging, correspondence, discrepancies, and revenue variances
Education
Bachelor of Science -
Wiley College
Marshall, TXSkills
Accounts Payable
3-way match
Cash Management/ Forecasting
Reconciliation
Journal entry
Month-end close
Data Analyzation
Integration
Creating SOPs
Implementation
Defect Reduction
Timeline
APU Integration/Accounts Payable Analyst
Robert Half International
10.2020 - 11.2024
Accounts Payable Analyst – Global Accounts Payable
Robert Half International
10.2020 - 11.2024
Royalty Monthly and Quarterly Payments (Specialty Program)
Robert Half International
10.2020 - 11.2024
Accounts Payable Specialist
Robert Half International
07.2019 - 09.2020
AP Analyst
Robert Half International
12.2018 - 06.2019
Sr. Accounts Payable Coordinator
Robert Half International
10.2018 - 11.2018
APA Specialist Processor
Robert Half International
06.2017 - 10.2018
MMS - CA Analyst/Business Analyst
Amerit
12.2016 - 05.2017
Trade Accounts Payable Associate
McKesson Corporation
07.2004 - 12.2016
Executive Services Associate
Neiman Marcus Direct
07.1999 - 09.2008
Accounting Specialist
Acosta Sales & Marketing
08.1995 - 05.2004
Bachelor of Science -
Wiley College
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