Experienced Accounts Payable Analyst with expertise in invoice processing and vendor management. Proven track record in enhancing departmental effectiveness through process improvements and training initiatives. Adept at budget management and cross-functional collaboration, ensuring timely vendor payments and resolving complex inquiries with exceptional attention to detail.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Accounts Payable Analyst
Fortrea
Princeton, New Jersey
01.2019 - Current
Responsible for overseeing, reviewing, and analyzing transactions including reconciliations, metrics, procedures, completing special projects and ad hoc requests/analysis and reporting.
Develop, maintain and evaluate processing standards and internal controls.
Work cross-functionally to recommend improvements to enhance the departments effectiveness and support initiatives to drive standardization.
Monitor accounts payable aging to ensure timely vendor payments.
Respond to vendor and internal accounts payable inquiries within 24 - 48 hours.
Subject matter expert for banking and payment related issues; resolve any payment failures.
Analyze exceptions to the standard process to resolve any open/outstanding invoices.
Assist with month-end AP close and preparation of reports under tight deadlines.
Analyze and test new processes and recommend improvements to streamline department processes.
Document department processed and maintain process documents for use by internal customers.
Facilitated training sessions for team members to enhance skill development.
Assume additional analytical responsibilities as assigned.
Responsible for managing the 1099/1042-S process, including analyzing supplier data, creating and distributing tax forms for 2500 domestic and international suppliers.
Respond to incoming inquiries from recipients.
Business Operations Consultant
Verizon
Basking Ridge, New Jersey
01.2012 - 12.2018
Responsible for developing detailed organization expense budget forecast preparation, reconciliation, monthly accruals, monthly / yearly forecasting and ad-hoc financial reporting to ensure funding levels are adequate to meet organizations new product revenue commitment.
Maintain a strong understanding and input into the New Product Development and Execution budget requirements and drivers, which directly supports revenue generating products through their lifecycle.
Constantly aware of the end view of the organization structure, their project support requirements and manage vendor relations delivering project support.
Lead cross functional team in understanding the levers which impact the organization expense funding spend.
Interfaces very tightly with the finance team delivering monthly Best View’s, accruals, and organization headcount and the sourcing organization.
Executive Assistant, Marketing
Verizon
Basking Ridge, New Jersey
01.2006 - 12.2012
Granted promotion based upon exemplary job performance to perform diverse administrative duties in support of the executive marketing staff of one the leaders in the telecommunications industry.
Scope of responsibilities included resolving routine and complex inquiries, preparing executive correspondence, coordinating the executive calendars, maintaining confidential files and performing special tasks as required.
Effectively managed payroll and processed vendor invoices for a staff of 30; handled expense sheets for two marketing directors and the middle management team.
Coordinated and maintained the executive calendar of appointments, meetings and travel itineraries to accommodate executive schedules.
Attended bi-weekly event planning meetings and distributed updated information to management teams.
Customer Service Representative, Business Collections
Verizon
New York, New York
01.1999 - 12.2006
Key member of a team of 15 representatives responsible for handling the company’s large business customers.
Regular tasks included handling payment negotiations with 20 internet service providers, resolution of billing issues, compiling metrics reports to track office productivity and handling temporary management assignments.
Recommended the inclusion of a Customer Service Representative on weekly call discussing customer service issues thereby providing a more accurate account of client issues to upper management and increasing customer satisfaction.
Participated in weekly calls for 2 years.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Business Management
Loyola College of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
Master of Business Administration - Business Management
New York Institute of Technology
New York
Skills
Microsoft Office
Invoice processing
Vendor management
Oracle PeopleSoft 91
Workday Finance
Service Now
Ascend
Budget management
Purchase order management
Timeline
Accounts Payable Analyst
Fortrea
01.2019 - Current
Business Operations Consultant
Verizon
01.2012 - 12.2018
Executive Assistant, Marketing
Verizon
01.2006 - 12.2012
Customer Service Representative, Business Collections
Verizon
01.1999 - 12.2006
Bachelor of Arts - Business Management
Loyola College of Maryland
Master of Business Administration - Business Management