Experience

AffiniPay

• United States
• Financial Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Accounts Payable Manager

  • Sep 2023 - Present



Meta

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Global P2P Governance Manager

  • May 2022 - Jul 2023

  Responsible for the governance and control related activities for the business and for outsourcing process operations through problem solving, collaborating, closely monitoring metrics and capacity to ensure compliance with all operational processes and procedures.

• Risk and Controls Manager

  • Aug 2016 - May 2022

  Finance and accounting 2nd line of defense supporting Source to Pay for high risk process areas, projects and SOX controls. Working directly with project teams, internal audit and engineering.



AECOM

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accounts Payable Administrator

  • Sep 2014 - Apr 2016

  Responsibilities: Convert URS Legacy company from E1 to Oracle ERP system. Learned the Oracle & AGIS process & trained temp staffto prepare for cut-over from E1 to Oracle. 8 weeks of training conference calls for all project managers and any other Legacy URS for AGIS workflow. Transition EIC Oracle AP shared center to Austin. Meetings & strategy planning. Traveled for on-site training EIC AP & CapGemini outsource team. Was asked to step in as interim supervisor to support the Disbursements Team of 12. Switched gears from EIC invoice & expense to EIC Oracle Disbursements to Austin center. Streamlined wire process for AECOM and EIC business. Worked with team to create P&P for each job & to ensure the backup training was completed. Continued support of all AP inquiries E1, AECOM Oracle and EIC Oracle, Concur and Basware, audit and FAR Compliance requests. Main wire review/approver for URS, AECOM and EIC. EIC Oracle AP Close starting in December 2015 thru March 2016. Created step by step detailed process to ensure successful close of EIC Oracle AP & trained others. Nightly posting EIC Oracle & review of the posting reports. Convert URS E1 to AECOM Oracle in 5 months. Transition of EIC Oracle AP to Austin AP team. Partnership with CapGemini team. Disbursements wire team to clean up months old variances from the banking statements for wires and Tax ACH payments. Responsible for the successful hand off of the EIC AP Close process. Giving 150% everyday to getting as much work done as possible, working overtime on a daily basis with few exceptions for the past 2 years to support all the changes. 3 years Chair of Great Place to Work campaign for our building. Worked with the campus GP2W committee on larger projects for employee benefit. Skills Used Analytic, studying current process documents, training, multi-tasking, teamwork, desktop procedure creation and editing, knowledge sharing, research, project development, project documentation, Show less



URS Corporation, An AECOM Company

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accounts Payable Administrator

  • Jan 2009 - Sep 2014

  ResponsibilitiesAP Project Lead for Concur expense implementation, training of internal and external staff, Administrative support for Basware and Transcepta systems, subject matter expert in AP for Concur and Basware, daily weekly or monthly conference calls as needed with internal and external staff for support/help/training for Basware and Concur, special projects as needed by AP Director, Top Ten audit and reporting to Director and Vice President of shared service center for top expense spend, fraud detection and prevention and reporting for issues found during audit. random audits as requested by HR or management for expenses or other areas of the AP process. Worked closely with all members of AP, Billing, Collections, Cash Apps as needed to support the company initiatives. AmEx card administrator for the employees expense side to help with unresolved balances or expenses - worked closely with HR for determining final expenses to be paid directly to AmEx vs the employee.AccomplishmentsAsked to be the Chair for GP2W for the Austin shared service center and to work closely with the campus GP2W committee and was the chair for 2.5 years. Successful implementation of Concur Expense electronic expense submission process. Show less

• Accounts Payable Manager

  • Oct 2008 - Feb 2010

  ResponsibilitiesManaged staff of 50+ employees, escalations, process improvements, paperless invoice process improvements key player on project team, reconciliations and reporting. AP Project lead for implementation of electronic invoice process, Manage AP Dept of up to 45 team members for the day to day handling of high volume invoice and expense processing, Implemented Transcepta for electronic invoice submission and Basware for electronic invoice processing, successful culture and business change to centralize receipt of invoices to shared service center for electronic processing instead of invoices going to any one of 230 office locations thru-out the US, Canada and Latin America. Key to training internal and external staff. Budget creation, employee reviews, G/L account reconcilliationsAccomplishmentsWon a Pyramid Award from URS Corporation for the successful Basware implementation for electronic invoice processing.Skills UsedProject management, reporting, reconciliation, budget maintaining, hiring, interviewing, counseling, performance plans/termination when needed, policy and procedures, FAR compliance, audit and process improvements, Show less

• AP Team Lead

  • May 1999 - Sep 2008

  ResponsibilitiesManaged 10+ AP specialists, streamlined & improved processes for auditing, processing, posting & payment of AP invoices and expense reports. 1099 Reporting & Address Book processing & clean up.Supervise, interview, hire, train, encourage, empower, counsel and terminate when needed a team of AP Specialists. Improved paper processes for streamlined handling of high volume invoices, expense reports and vendor address book adds, revisions and 1099 filings. Helped to edit and update the policy and procedures for the AP department. Trained and supported teams running 3 different ERP systems - CFMS, Advantage, JDE World. Worked with IT to convert the 3 different ERP systems into one system JDE EnterpriseOne system over the course of 2 years. Worked with management to reorganize the AP team once we were all integrated to E1 system for processing. Began working on building a business case for paperless initiatives for invoices and expense reporting.AccomplishmentsWas part of the team that successfully integrated 3 ERP systems to one ERP Reorganized the AP Dept to better be in line with the streamlined processes and company vision. Promoted to AP Manager.Skills UsedProcess Flow Charts, Streamlined process flows thru elimination of unnecessary touch points, analyzed data, created reports and business cases, project management for paperless initiatives Show less



Robert Half

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accounting Specialist

  • Dec 1998 - May 1999

  Responsibilities work at various temporary job assignments as needed, Corvette Specialties - bookkeeper, Tivoli - AP Specialist, Teco Westinghouse - AP Specialist, Dames & Moore - AP Specialist Accomplishments I was a temp to hire for Dames & Moore and after working their as a temp from March 1st to May 4th I was made a permanent employee. This was a job I had from May 1999 until April 2016. Dames & Moore was purchased by URS Corp, URS Corp was purchased by AECOM. Skills Used Data entry, 10-key by touch, auditing, bookkeeping, policy and procedures, customer service, check runs, review of processing batches, creating of workflow, creation of mail room procedures, creation of AP team procedures, working 50 to 60 hours per week as needed Show less



Fosters Plumbing

• Borger, TX

• Office Manager Bookkeeper

  • Mar 1995 - Dec 1998

  Responsibilities Office Manager, Payroll, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Taxes both city, state & IRS. Worked part time to manage the accounting bookkeeping and created the schedule for the other part time employee who was there to answer the phone and be there for walk ins. All aspects of small business accounting was performed to support the business. AP, AR, Payroll, Cash Apps & Collections Accomplishments Helped my boss to take over a water softener business by creating the billing system and typing out and mailing the monthly bills to the customers, handling the posting of the payments to keep the accounts current, collecting on accounts as needed. Skills Used typing, 10-key by touch, kept paper ledgers, customer service, figured and filed payroll tax per laws in place, Show less



Norwest Bank

• Borger, TX

• Bank Teller

  • Jan 1996 - Dec 1997

  Responsibilities Part time bank teller for high traffic times or as needed for backup coverage for vacations or time off. Worked the inside lobby or outside drive thru as needed. Handled deposits, withdrawals, cash from credit card requests, balance look ups, account service inquires, suggested account services to banking customers, balanced bank drawer to zero before leaving shift, part of teams that handled the night deposits and also trips to the vault and or safety deposit boxes. Put large amounts of change thru the change counter for customer deposits as needed and created the rolls of coins. Accomplishments Great job and I loved working there - got to know the regular customers and enjoyed seeing them. More than once detected and reported potential fraudulent items brought in for cashing and handled the situation as needed to inform my management and the authorities. Skills Used math, money handling, counting. customer service, balancing cash drawer, calling in credit card withdrawals, working with team, enjoyed my job Show less



Southern Union Gas

• Borger, TX

• Front Office Clerk

  • May 1990 - May 1991

  Responsibilities Handle payments from walk in customers as well as opening the mail to process mailed in payments for gas utility. Data entry of all the hand written meter logs brought in by the meter readers daily. Handled customer service requests or disputes in person and on the phone. Worked with the field staff for special orders of gas grills or gas light fixtures for installation. Worked with the meter readers as needed for re-read requests when disputed charges needed to be researched for resolution. Handled bank deposits daily or as needed. Kept cash drawer balanced to the penny and down to petty cash each afternoon before going home. Accomplishments A truly great place to work. I love the job and all the people I worked with daily. Skills Used cash receipts logging, data entry 10-key, general office equipment use, customer service, balancing cash drawer Show less



Hastings Entertainment Inc.

• Retail
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Store Manager

  • Aug 1987 - Apr 1990

  ResponsibilitiesPromoted to Assistant Manager in August 1987 and then to Store Manger in March 1988. Worked with the conversion team and construction team to convert the store to include video. Hastings bought the empty space next door and they knocked down the wall and installed all the shelving for the videos. Business never closed during the remodel we worked to keep the other half of the store in best shape for books and music sales. Plus we started signing folks up for video rental - getting their accounts set up and giving them a laminated card. It was an exciting time to be working at Hastings and I and the staff loved it!Responsible for hiring, training, scheduling, bookkeeping, bank deposits, reports, audits, staff meetings every week, secret shoppers, resolving disputes with employees or with customers as needed. Promoting the store and exceptional customer service as required by Policy.Sadly saw the phase out of LP records and 45's replaced by taped and then CD's - updated shelving and displays as well for the trend and current technology.AccomplishmentsSuccessfully added video to the books and music with extremely high sales for the store. Glowing reports from the District manager visits for the store. Attended monthly managements meetings in Amarillo at Western Merchandisers the Hastings chain owner. Was part of the team that would travel to new Hastings locations or stores needing help to train and assist with grand openings or make-overs or staff development as needed. Skills UsedPOS ( point of sale) systems knowledge and maintaining for the store registers, training, positive support of staff, positive support of customers to maintain repeat business, close work with District Manager to ensure all aspects of the store & staff were up to policy requirements. Tracking sales and trends to ensure proper ordering and stocking of popular or break out items in books, video and music. Show less

• Books & Music Manager

  • Dec 1985 - Jul 1987

  ResponsibilitiesInventory of product, ordering product based on sales and popular trends in Billboard magazine, Maintain creative displays and end caps, organization, cleaning and alphabetizing product. Training of other team members for customer service for books and music sections of store. Opening duties, closing duties, team meetings, attending meetings &training at district office Western Merchandisers in Amarillo, TX. Supported Manager and District Manager as needed or requested to promote the store and increase sales.AccomplishmentsI won a contest for selling the most George Strait albums based on store size and city population. All expenses paid trip to Hollywood CA, Universal studios passes. It was so much fun! The store continued to see increase in profits and sales for books and music. Skills UsedOrganizing, creativity, staying current with music and books trending. Excellent customer service - cashiering, closing, opening, inventory, audits, stocking Show less

• Customer Service Associate

  • Sep 1985 - Nov 1985

  ResponsibilitiesGreet customers, help locate items requested, straighten and clean shelves and product, help stock and create displays, cashier.AccomplishmentsDeveloped knowledge of product and was able to provide excellent customer service. Learned closing duties and how to balance the register and to handle night deposits. Skills UsedPositive outlook, happy to help, cleaning, organizing, straightening