Objective
A finance and accounting professional with over 10 years of experience specializing in the accounting payables space, I have developed a deep understanding of financial processes, regulatory compliance, and cost management. Throughout my career, I’ve focused on optimizing payables workflows, driving efficiency, and ensuring accuracy across financial operations.
I’m skilled in NetSuite, Oracle/Oracle Fusion, QuickBooks, Concur, and other ERPs, and I have a track record of implementing process improvements that have led to significant cost savings and increased productivity. My expertise extends to financial reporting, vendor management, and ensuring compliance with internal controls and external regulations.
Some of my key achievements include boosting team performance by improving analysis turnaround by 30% through data modeling techniques, executing the processing of $548 million of payments from 9/2013 to 7/2017, and achieving a 25% increase in vendor satisfaction by enhancing communication and payment transparency.
I’m passionate about using my financial acumen to help businesses streamline operations and improve their bottom line. My proactive, detail-oriented approach ensures that all tasks are completed with precision and in a timely manner.
In addition to my technical skills, I’m a team player who thrives in collaborative environments and enjoys mentoring junior staff. I am always looking for new opportunities to contribute to a forward-thinking organization and grow within the finance/accounting field.
Experience
Beacon Hill Financial: Heart-Share Human Services, New York; New York, NY
Accounts Payable Assistant
August 2023 - July 2024
I was initially unfamiliar with what Heart-Share Human Services did, but when I became familiar with the services they provided to children and adults diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities it made me feel good that I was a part of that process, even if it was in my capacity as the accounts payable assistant. I was placed there by Beacon Hill Financial. I was primarily responsible for processing invoices for owned and leased properties, ensuring that the contracted work was completed and attaching any relevant supporting documentation for the services provided. Utilizing NetSuite and their WorxHub facilities management system to mana0ge and record payments by accurately matching invoices to work orders.
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Atrium Staffing: Moda Operandi & Major League Baseball(MLB); New York, NY
Accounts Payable Specialist
July 2022 - November 2022
Working with the recruitment firm/staffing agency Atrium Staffing, I was placed with the ecommerce company, Moda Operandi, and Major League Baseball. I was a remote accounts payable specialist with Moda Operandi. My duties consisted of coding invoices and getting proper approval prior to entering in NetSuite, monitoring the a/p inbox for vendor correspondence, ensuring proper vendor onboarding due diligence for appropriate W9 documentation prior to vendor payment, along with other duties within the realm of accounts payable. Working with the MLB was a personal dream of mine and working there in an accounting capacity made it even better. I was brought on to alleviate their excess workload in their a/p department. Using Oracle Fusion I was responsible for accurate entry/ general ledger coding of certain vendor invoices, liaised with certain key departments to ensure their requirements in the procure to pay cycle are met, researched vendor inquiries and discrepancies, along with other accounts payable related duties. My time there ended because I unfortunately tested positive for Covid.
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COGENT InfoTech Corporation: NYCHA; New York, NY
Accounts Payable Specialist
November 2021 - December 2021
Working with the New York City Housing Authority was personally challenging, but I relied on the professional dexterity I amassed throughout my career to get me through this role. I was placed there by the COGENT InfoTech Corporation as a temporary accounts payable specialist. My duties consisted of verifying and posting monthly utility and furniture bills into a financial management system, reconcile and code VISA charges for utilities, furniture, and appliance rental as well as housing rent payments, reconcile and code VISA charges for utilities, furniture, and appliance rental as well as housing rent payments, along with other accounts payable related duties.
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OLIVER Agency; New York, NY
Accounts Payable Manager
October 2019 - March 2020
I was initially placed here, by the staffing/recruiting company JW Michaels, in October of 2019 as an accounts payable specialist. This was a temp to perm position. Working there I used QuickBooks, and quickly familiarized myself with the company’s internal teams, the company’s policies and procedures and from an accounts payable perspective the vendors and the teams that use those vendors. I leveraged my refined experience in the accounting/accounts payable space to guide me in my day-to-day. In January 2020 I was promoted to the accounts payable manager position, while the accounting team had an ERP system transition to NetSuite. Unfortunately, as the pandemic ramped up in March of 2020 my position was eliminated.
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J.P. Morgan; New York, NY
Analyst
August 2013 - July 2017
My role as the Alternative Investments Analyst for the Bank's Alternative Investment Fund Controllers Team directly exposed me the day-to-day operations of an extremely broad array of Private Equity Funds, Hedge Funds and other alternative investment vehicles across the spectrum of strategies and geographies and reported into the Fund Controllers team. The group was positioned at the center of JP Morgan’s Private Bank Product & Platform operations. This position supported the Private Bank’s Alternative Investment platform, and services all bills and expenses associated with over 250+ separate entities and alternative investment vehicles. While Accounts Payable focused, this role will also cover Accounts Receivable and Cash Management. Additionally, as bandwidth provided, this role covered additional responsibilities to support the Alternative Investment Fund Controllers such as Line of Credit reporting, Cash Balance Analysis, management reporting, assisting with the tax reporting process, and building out their processes and procedures.
Executed for the processing of $548 million of payments for the funds on the alternative investment platform during my tenure.
Oversaw the effective administration of all payment methods including ACHs, check disbursements and wires.
Managed the processing of all bills and expenses associated with over 200 separate entities and alternative investment vehicles.
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Thrillist Media Group, TMG; New York, NY
Accounts Payable Accountant
January 2012 - March 2013
Thrillist Media Group is a digital media company lifestyle company that is tailor-made for young men. Working at TMG challenged me mentally. At the time Thrillist was still in a start-up phase so the work environment was very fast paced. This type of environment forced me to think outside the box when it came to working in accounts payable, and it made me realize that the only limitation I have in accounts payable is myself. The knowledge and experience I gained and learned at my other places of employment really prepared me for this type of environment. Working on different projects in AP expanded my knowledge of MS Excel which in turn helped in the reporting I did for AP and AR. Being one of the first members of the accounting team gave me visibility throughout all departments within the company, this in turn exposed me to many personality types, which refined my interpersonal and intrapersonal skills.
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Primus Asset Management Inc.; New York, NY
Associate Controller
November 2009 - November 2011
My role as associate controller served dual functions. Reporting to Controller and Director of Operations I was responsible for the accounting, accounts payable and reference data management for entering invoices into the accounts payable system or business activities. In my role as the accounts payable associate was solely responsible for entering invoices into the Oracle ERP system, processing payments, performing bank reconciliations for Company in both Excel & Oracle Financials and maintenance of accounting schedules. In my role operations associate some of my duties consisted of daily review of ratings changes within Bloomberg and reference entity management within the Murex Trading System. My role as Operations Associate deviated from the AP roles that I was comfortable working in. I embraced the challenge of working in operations because I wanted to show and prove that I could handle a dual role in the company being 26 at the time.
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L&R Distributors Inc.; Brooklyn, NY
Accounts Payable Clerk
October 2007 - November 2009
L&R Distributors at the time was the number one distributor in cosmetics in the country. I was replacing someone who was in the role for a decade, looking back on it in retrospect, it was a sizeable task to take on the accounts payable function for the Brooklyn location of the company as my first job out of college. I was responsible for invoice entry, resolving discrepancies, weekly payment runs, daily vendor correspondence and assisting with the month end close. This was a high visibility role within a small company that exposed me to every department, senior management within the company and served as the launch-pad for my career in accounting. I personally refer to working at L&R as working in accounts payable bootcamp. Working at L&R prepared me for working in ANY accounting department.
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Education
CUNY:City College of New York
Bachelor of Arts, Economics
Graduated June 2006