Assisted Accounts Payable Manager/Supervisor in ensuring disbursements were ran daily. Established a good rapport with many individuals/Teams in the company: Treasury, E&C, ALAM, Accounting, to name a few.• Processed USD and Foreign Currency wires, as requested for three Air Liquide Bank Accounts.• Prepared and ensured deadlines for Payroll semi-monthly and bi-weekly wires for ADP, TRowe, and PayFlex were met as well as monthly wires for Vertex and Political Action. Ensured that the wires were approved/released accordingly, by verifying in Citibank.• Prepared and processed invoice uploads for US Industrial’s Competitive Invoices using More4Apps into Oracle R12. Assisted in entering invoices for other Operating Units as needed.• Investigated and responded to employee and vendor accounts payable inquiries using Oracle R12 and Citibank to verify payment had cleared.• Prepared monthly Disbursement calendar and Treasury Tracker for AP disbursement spend and updated accordingly.• Backed-up Disbursement Analyst as needed. • Supported the Accounts Payable Manager with Audits, providing evidence as requested.

Ensured prompt processing, evaluation, and reporting of expense records for payment. Verified the forwarding of expenditure accounts and ensuring accuracy Key member of a management information project to develop an accounting structure to maximize capturing legal spend.•Validated and maintained financial data as the System Administrator analyzing control reports to facilitate resolution of system issues and maintain data integrity.•Authorized to approve legal invoices for payment within $100,000 delegation of authority and non-legal invoices up to $1 million.•Ensured adequate funding of assigned bank accounts and the accurate posting of intercompany charges on a monthly basis.•Provided training and Management of Change requirements as related to the US-to-Malaysia Knowledge Transfer including Technical and Process Due Diligence for successful transition.Process improvement accomplishments: •Managed centralized processing of 12,000 invoices through BP Legal Purchase-to-Pay billing system T360 (P2P T360) as single point of contact. Converted paper invoices to PDF format; sent PDF invoices to a dedicated Microsoft Outlook mailbox.•Revamped the legal invoice process by incorporating three Microsoft Outlook Mailboxes to promote synergistic processing of invoices and a Queries Mailbox to centralize requests. Created Microsoft Outlook mailbox for Invoice Queries so the Team Lead or another employee could respond to inquiries in absence of Invoice Clerk.  Decreased response times from five days to two days, increased client relationships, and fostered a positive Team image. Created Microsoft Outlook mailbox to streamline Vendor Management requests. PDF copies of invoices were submitted to this box if the vendor was new to the legal function, and it needed to be set up. Reviewed and flowcharted vendor set-up process. Results: reduced set-up time from ten days to five days; timelier payments; and satisfied customers.

Managed a team of 4-6 staff members ensuring contributors completed work timely and accurately• Provided financial and administrative support to develop the $143 million annual budget.• Redesigned processes and P&L statements to combine an acquired company’s legal spend into one report.• Developed and implemented the quarterly charge-out of immigration/patent expenses.• Participated in the Service Level/Upfront Agreement processes to obtain approval from senior legal management of forecasted amounts of legal spend for specific business units.• Prepared and submitted journal entries to recover internal attorney/paralegal time.• Authorized to approve legal invoices for payment within $50,000 delegation of authority.• Cleared SAP Errors on a daily basis from batch data communication sessions by correcting cost centers, tax jurisdiction coding, vendor accounts and general ledger accounts.

Analyzed and provided explanations for discrepancies in variances between budgeted and actual expenditures to the Legal Department Leadership Team.•Responded to requests for information supporting intercompany transactions.•Developed and delivered financial/system training documentation to various BP Legal offices.

Accurately processed Workers’ Compensation claims within the Midwestern United States.•Ensured compliance with state laws in the calculation and payment of appropriate benefits.•Hired outside counsel and adjusters, made appointments with physicians, and followed medical care delivered to injured employees. •Reviewed, coded, and approved invoices for payment within $10,000 delegations of authority.Work & Process Standardization, Service Delivery, Project Management, Vendor & Client Management, Accounting, Staff Development, Financial Analysis, Team Building, Process Improvement, Documentation, Data Mining, Forecasting, Program Management, Human Capital Analysis, Risk Management, Internal Controls, Human Resource, Time Management, Project Planning, Variance Analysis, Accounts Payable, Financial Reporting

Developed and implemented financial and system related processes for the Legal staff. Traveled to various legal offices to train legal staff and ensure their understanding of these processes.•Independently learned and wrote computer programs to extract data from Legal Purchase to Pay System to prepare and submit Workers’ Comp and General Liability Self Insurance Reports to various State Agencies.Work & Process Standardization, Service Delivery, Project Management, Vendor & Client Management, Accounting, Staff Development, Financial Analysis, Team Building, Process Improvement, Documentation, Data Mining, Forecasting, Program Management, Human Capital Analysis, Risk Management, Internal Controls, Human Resource, Time Management, Project Planning, Variance Analysis, Accounts Payable, Financial Reporting