Experience

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  Airgas USA, LLC

  • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

  • Cash Applications Specialist

    • May 2015 - Present
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

    • Successfully utilize internet lockbox website, intranet databank, and spreadsheets to apply customer checks. • Confirm payments and ensure all required paperwork is accurate with completed check numbers and amounts paid.• Charged with preparing accounts receivable adjustments, researching customer duplicates, managing erroneous payments, and requesting refunds when applicable. • Perform small balance write-offs as requested by collectors while recovering payments to outstanding balances and debt.• Awarded three employee honors for taking initiative on assignments; supported the department and served as the go-to person when co-workers were absent.

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  Ruhrpumpen Global

  • Tulsa, Oklahoma

  • Account Payable Clerk

    • Aug 2013 - Sep 2014
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma

    • Managed and reconciled vendor/bank/credit card statements and trial balance accounts. • Communicated with management, purchasing, vendors, and customers regarding approvals, order/pricing, and missing documents.• Charged expenses to accounts and cost centers by analyzing invoice and expense reports and recording/coding entries in the General Ledger.• Maintained accounting ledgers by verifying and posting account transactions, while maintaining historical records by copying and filing documents.

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  Airgas USA, LLC

  • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

  • Cash Applications Specialist

    • Dec 2012 - Aug 2013
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

    • Identified deductions and engaged with sales representatives to determine the validity of deductions. • Communicated with accounts receivable to generate status of open items on the aging report.• Led the outreach process; contacted customers to check payment status while coordinating receipt of payment for open and past due invoices.

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  Various

  • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

  • Contract Employment

    • Oct 2008 - Dec 2012
    • Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

    Accounts Payable Clerk; Cash Applications Specialist: InceedAccounting Assistant: Grayhorse TechnologiesCash Application Clerk: Key PersonnelAccounts Payable Clerk; Human Resources Clerk: American StaffcorpAccounting Clerk: Rowland Group• Successfully managed receipts, posted payments to customer accounts, organized and filed deposit receipts, and prepared reports on customer payment and delinquent accounts.• Matched purchase orders to invoices and distributed vendor payments and payroll checks weekly. • Tasked with coding expenses to GL accounts and entered new employee information, time cards, vacation, and time off into system.• Interfaced with management and verified vendor accounts by reconciling monthly statements to ensure data was complete and accurate. • Supported the business unit’s personnel and operations, including the daily execution and posting within the company’s database systems.• Managed, updated and maintained records of expenditures; responded to vendor invoices and ensured all payments were made in accordance with company policy.

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  Hope Lumber Co

  • Broken Arrow, Oklahama

  • Accounts Payable Specialist

    • Jul 2005 - Jun 2008
    • Broken Arrow, Oklahama

    • Completed more than 3000 invoices per month; paid vendors by monitoring discount opportunities, verified federal identification numbers, scheduled and prepared checks, resolved purchase orders, and oversaw contract, invoice, and payment discrepancies.• Oversaw, processed, and reviewed AP transactions for proper coding and approvals, and interfaced with vendors to troubleshoot and resolve accounts payable matters.

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  Cherokee Casino

  • Catoosa, Oklahoma

  • Accounts Payable Associate

    • Mar 2000 - May 2005
    • Catoosa, Oklahoma

    • Performed 3-way matching to verify all information was accurate, coded expenses to GL accounts, and confirmed all paperwork was correct. • Communicated with management, purchasing, vendors, and customers regarding approvals, pricing, and missing documents.• Reconciled processed data by verifying entries and comparing system reports to balances.• Calculated and posted business transactions, processed invoices, and provided financial data.