Manager, accounts payable and general accounting. Oversees a group of Accounting Administrators and an AP Supervisor. Ensures company expenses, agent commissions, and policies are processed accurately and paid on time using Oracle Fusion accounting software.• Prepares high volume daily payments for expenses, agent commissions, and policy holders, ensuring all payments are made accurately and within time constraints.• Leads the accounts payable month and year end close process.• Creates efficient accounts payable processes and procedures to meet operational needs. • Oversees various general ledger account reconciliations.• Builds and maintains strong relationships with vendors and colleagues and investigates issues as needed.• Hires new accounting administrators when needed, prepares bi-yearly performance reviews, and sets standards, goals and objectives for each employee. • Works closely with internal and external auditors to ensure accounting procedures are followed and in compliance with MAR and GAAP.• Oversees, reviews, and approves all routine transactions processed by the accounting administrators to ensure accuracy and timeliness. • Manages 1099 preparation.• Assists in various high-level Ad Hoc projects, including an ERP accounting system conversion• Manages and prepares the monthly escheatment of unclaimed property. • Works with internal IT department and third-party consultants to quickly reconcile and resolve complex Oracle accounting hub errors, within strict time constraints, to ensure on time payments and accurate subledger reporting, while keeping stakeholders updated in real time. • Monitors invoice/vendor boxes to ensure the timely processing. • Handles vendor maintenance requests, ensuring that proper documentation is provided and verified. • POC for Oracle users for error troubleshooting inquiries and maintains a close relationship with our global third-party Oracle consultants and IT dept's in order to resolve issues timely.

Corporate office staff accountant/accounts payable specialist hybrid. Oversees all of the individual AP processors at eight branch facilities. Assures that the company’s transactions are recorded accurately and timely. • Prepares and posts journal entries for all cash transactions, including accounts receivable, wire transfers, payroll, check deposits, ACH payments, and intercompany cash transfers, ensuring all are posted timely. • Manages the 38 bank account reconciliations for all facilities. • Monthly credit card statement reconciliations• Processes all corporate check deposits.• Complex general ledger account reconciliations. • Prepaid asset amortization. • Petty cash reconciliations.• Analyzes the financials for inconsistencies and assists with monthly budget forecasting.• Prepares monthly and year end accrual journal entries.• Reviews, approves, and posts expense reports, invoice batches, and petty cash created by the AP processors at each facility. Provides training, backup, guidance, and other support as needed. • Processes corporate invoices, acts as point of contact for vendor inquiries, invoice statement reconciliations, and vendor account maintenance.• Tracks, prepares, and processes all weekly check and ACH payments, adhering to a budget.• Assists with month and year end closing procedures. • Assists with year-end audit preparation and covid 19 expense tracking. • Updates monthly spend down budget sheets.

Lead Carquest payments and the merchandise team which runs daily, multi-million dollar, Canadian and US payments in Oracle for rent, merchandise, and expenses via ACH, check, wire and Supply Chain Funding. Prepare and maintain supporting documentation needed for management, internal and external reporting, internal and external auditors, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements. • Manage highly active accounts payable email, filling the roll of “point person,” answering a wide range of vendor or associate requests such as complex account statement reconciliations, expediting payments, lost payment research, remittance advise, invoice status, payables reports, account conflict resolution management, general ledger adjustments and invoice processing with an average volume of 600 emails per day. • Lead the team through various daily functions, delegate team member tasks, organize and assist with group training sessions, and create standard operating procedures. • Ensure internal control procedures are being followed to protect the assets of the company. • Use Oracle Cloud/NetSuite to update and research banking information or create new accounts. Verify vendor W-9 using IRS (Taxpayer Identification Numbers) TIN check. • Took initiative to learn and perform many aspects of position before it was available for hire. • Volunteered to oversee Vendor Maintenance email, which includes various urgent and high demand inquiries regarding vendor and rent accounts for the expense accounting department, achieving a decrease in response times.