Accounts payable specialist
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Handled invoice reviews and documentation for vendor operations, decreasing accounting errors by 60% over 2-year timeframe. Partnered with vendors, accountants, and company leadership to maintain cross-departmental collaboration.

• Monitored invoices and reviewed against budget requirements on a daily basis.
• Maintained vendor communications and spearheaded resolution of report inconsistencies as they arose.
• Compiled and delivered weekly and monthly reports to supervisor and company executive leadership.
• Reviewed operational best practices to ensure operational efficiency.

Decreased company overpayments by 20% via audit processes and process improvement initiatives. Developed and implemented streamlined review and authentication procedure to support accounting department.

• Analyzed monthly and yearly expense reports to highlight errors and patterns of inconsistencies.
• Conducted in-depth audits to examine expenses against company budgets.
• Developed multi-step process for reviewing and validating vendor and client invoices.
• Presented solution to leadership for approval and distribution across accounts payable department.

Supported continuous improvement initiatives by connecting with vendors, developing long-lasting relationships, and expanding company vendor network. Spearheaded outreach and communication efforts.

• Monitored vendor operations and procured process payments in a timely manner.
• Leveraged conflict resolution and problem-solving skills to resolve payment discrepancies.
• Liaised with vendors and company leadership to delegate tasks.
• Conducted outgoing communications to identify, review, and onboard additional vendors to support company operations.

Drove operational optimization efforts and lowered processing times by +15% by partnering with executive leadership. Identified opportunity for improvement and led efforts to revise department best practices and prevent future errors.

• Delegated accounts payable department supervision tasks and dedicated a portion of daily operations to assess existing processing procedures.
• Identified several redundant steps in invoice review and documentation operations.
• Partnered with leadership team to streamline processes and implement revised operational guidelines.