TARA RAMSEY
Leawood,KS
Summary
Skilled Accounts Payable Manager with 10 years of experience. Strong foundation of technical excellence and a consistent reputation for stability, professionalism, and quiet leadership in high-volume, deadline-driven environments. Expertise in overseeing payables department operations, including expense reporting, credit cards, audit compliance, and account reconciliations.
Overview
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Certification
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Payable Manager
MOUNTAIN VALLEY EXPRESS
01.2026 - 10.2026
- Rebuilt AP department and established consistent 5-day month-end close, enhancing financial reporting accuracy.
- Manage daily AP operations, including invoice processing, payment journals, vendor onboarding, and compliance.
- Supervise, mentor, and develop AP staff.
- Oversee moderate volume invoice processing, ensuring accuracy and adherence to policies.
- Maintain vendor records, payment terms, W-9 collection, and 1099 reporting.
- Executed month-end close tasks, including G/L variance analysis, accruals, and statement reconciliations, ensuring timely financial reporting.
Accounting Manager
POLSINELLI PC
10.2023 - 06.2025
- Assisted with AP invoice entry, payment cycles, and vendor setup.
- Managed 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC annual tax reporting and corrections to ensure compliance.
- Partnered with IT and PNC Bank to automate daily ACH payment & Positive Pay transmissions.
- Administered VISA corporate card program for 120+ cardholders using US Banks Access Online portal.
- Oversaw VISA corporate card program for 120+ cardholders through US Bank's Access Online portal, optimizing cardholder management.
- Supported AP invoice entry, payment cycles, and vendor setup as needed. Assisted AR cash receipts entry and supported day-to-day team operations.
Financial Analyst II
YELLOW Corporation
10.2022 - 07.2023
- Managed daily, weekly, and monthly operational performance reporting.
- Reviewed and analyzed key metrics to support accurate budgeting, forecasting, and outlook.
- Contributed to creation and maintenance of operational and administrative budgets to ensure fiscal responsibility.
- Collaborated in a hybrid work environment, balancing remote and in-office tasks.
Senior Accounts Payable Analyst
YELLOW Corporation
02.2021 - 10.2022
- managed audit control responsibilities to ensure accounts payable compliance, developed and maintained key auditing controls.
- Conducted quarterly audit reviews for user access and performed internal audit self-assessments to ensure compliance.
- Contributed to migration of citizens virtual card payment process and created & implemented daily procedures alongside monthly reconciliation.
- Served as liaison to accounting department for inquiries and concerns regarding accounts payable activities in general ledger.
- Managed accounts payable month-end close processes to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
- Completed monthly reconciliation for AP Trade liability account and AP Aging for the ABL Audit.
Accounts Payable Supervisor
YELLOW Corporation
04.2019 - 02.2021
- Supervised six accounts payable specialists handling day-to-day operations to support timely processing of invoices.
- Supported Accounting, Treasury, and Payroll departments with critical payments, facilitating smooth financial operations.
- Reviewed and improved processes, enhancing efficiency of daily tasks in Accounts Payable.
- Reconciled the A/P Trade liability account with a monthly spend of around $200M per month.
- Solely responsible for the Accounts Payable month-end close process.
- Resolved escalated vendor discrepancies by investigating statement credits and outstanding balances.
Accounts Payable Analyst II
YELLOW Corporation
07.2017 - 03.2019
- Helped the Manager of Accounts Payables with the monthly close process.
- Processed payment requests for next day ACHs, Wires, and urgent requests to maintain workflow efficiency.
- Analyzed the daily critical payments list and made sure the payments were processed on time.
- Managed the recurring payments file for new lease agreements and uploaded it monthly to Oracle.
- Processed high-volume invoices, validating coding, approvals, and matching against purchase orders and receipts.
Contractor for Yellow Corporation
ASTON CARTER
03.2017 - 07.2017
- Assisted the Manager of AP at Yellow Corporation with daily and monthly close processes.
Contractor for Saint Lukes Foundation
ACCOUNTEMPS
02.2017 - 03.2017
- Assisted in cleaning up account activity from previous periods, ensuring accuracy and compliance for Saint Luke's Foundation.
- Compiled and organized data from past donors, facilitating the audit process with comprehensive documentation.
Regional Property Accounting Supervisor
QTS DATA CENTERS
01.2016 - 08.2016
- Reviewed financial activity for the West Region, ensuring compliance and accuracy in reporting.
- Reported to the Director of Accounting & supervised one Senior Accountant.
- Conducted monthly financial review meetings with the West Region Site Directors to align on financial performance and address concerns.
- Provided hands-on assistance with the monthly journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Collaborated with the Billing department to ensure accurate recording of contract revenue, supporting financial integrity.
Senior Financial Analyst
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PHYSICIANS
08.2012 - 12.2015
- Executed budgeting and forecasting for four physician departments (Neurosurgery, Radiology, OB GYN, Ophthalmology), aligning financial goals with departmental needs.
- Developed monthly budget variance analysis and provider-level income statement to track financial performance and inform decision-making.
- Created Pro Formas to determine profitability with the addition of a new physician, or line of business.
- Created Pro Formas to assess profitability of new physician additions and potential lines of business, supporting strategic planning.
- Analyzed financial performance using general ledger data, variance reports, and departmental budgets.
Property Accountant III
OFFICE DEPOT
10.2010 - 08.2012
- Updated property rent sub-ledger for opened, closed, or amended leases to ensure accurate financial reporting.
- Recorded monthly rent expense accruals of approximately $28 million to maintain financial integrity and support budgeting processes.
- Analyzed deferred rent expense and rent payments by location for approx. 1140 leased stores.
- Forecasted property rent & lease expense and analyzed actual to budget variances.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Manhattan, KS12-1992
Skills
- Proficient in Oracle Cloud
- Proficient in Coupa
- MS Dynamics 365 Business Central
- Corporate card management
- Elite 3E
- Emburse ChromeRiver
- Advanced Excel
- VLOOKUP and PivotTables
- Microsoft Teams and Zoom
- Microsoft Access
- Accounts Payable software
- Financial reporting tools
- Expense management software
- Budgeting software
Accomplishments
- Led the virtual card migration from FIS to Citizens Bank, preserving a 1.45% rebate income stream while strengthening month-end close accuracy. Created a reconciliation to track all virtual payments between the bank, and GL/AP subledgers.
- While working together with the accounting department, a solution to efficiently and systematically “Escheat” unclaimed AP Checks within Oracle Cloud was developed and implemented. At that time, Oracle Cloud did not have a way to process the escheatment of AP checks.
Certification
Passed the CPA exam State of Missouri - License (currently inactive status)
Timeline
Accounts Payable Manager
MOUNTAIN VALLEY EXPRESS
01.2026 - 10.2026
Accounting Manager
POLSINELLI PC
10.2023 - 06.2025
Financial Analyst II
YELLOW Corporation
10.2022 - 07.2023
Senior Accounts Payable Analyst
YELLOW Corporation
02.2021 - 10.2022
Accounts Payable Supervisor
YELLOW Corporation
04.2019 - 02.2021
Accounts Payable Analyst II
YELLOW Corporation
07.2017 - 03.2019
Contractor for Yellow Corporation
ASTON CARTER
03.2017 - 07.2017
Contractor for Saint Lukes Foundation
ACCOUNTEMPS
02.2017 - 03.2017
Regional Property Accounting Supervisor
QTS DATA CENTERS
01.2016 - 08.2016
Senior Financial Analyst
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PHYSICIANS
08.2012 - 12.2015
Property Accountant III
OFFICE DEPOT
10.2010 - 08.2012
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY