Managing a team of 36 employees, providing centralized support for all Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable related services. Managing receivables, credit & collection, payables processes, travel & expense processing, and month end/year end close and reconciliations across multiple operating platforms. Averaging over 70K A/R invoices and 25K A/P invoices per month. Management of teams in multiple office locations.

Managing a team of 18 employees, providing centralized support for all Accounts Payable related services. Managing payables processes, travel & expense processing, month end close and reconciliations across three operating systems (Oracle, JDEdwards, Syspro), averaging over 50K invoices per month. Management of AP teams in 3 office locations. • Implementation of EDI 810 invoice transmissions for the company’s largest supplier. Results are transformation of paper invoices to electronic format nearing 50% of total volume. • Process efficiencies in workflow, targeted invoice consolidation and system enhancements reducing average days to process by over 40% to date. .• Focused effort on reducing aging categories for goods received not vouchered. Efforts have led to significant reduction of vouched items aged >90 days by over 50%.• Project team participation in Supply Chain Financing initiative, T&E and Purchase Card conversion and implementation, month end close performance and process improvements, iSupplier portal for supplier registry, purchase order and invoice entry and inquiry.

• Provided critical support to CFO and other Senior Executive team members, during publicized liquidity crisis in 2009 and 2010. Developed actionable cash management forecast reports for both internal and external customers. Coordinated timing of company cash disbursements to optimize impact on borrowing base filings, and publicly reported debt and other cash metrics. Managed vendor relations and payment streams throughout, minimizing supply chain disruption of product and services. • Expanded a $15M travel card program, into a $150M Purchase Card program, over a 2 year period, expanding growth of spend by nearly ten times. Rebate earnings during expansion period totaled $4M, covering department P&L, and effectively turning Accounts Payable area into a profit center for the company. • Dual role assignment, to lead team of 8 Purchasing agents for central Purchasing/Procurement for Borders Group. Initiated and executed 7 RFPs for major non-trade spend categories. Annualized savings of $10M were realized.• Developed Finance satellite offices in United Kingdom and Pacific Rim, during company’s international business expansion. Involved in interview, hiring and training of A/P representatives stationed in each country. Established financial relations with major suppliers by coordinating and conducting meetings with each, reviewing and negotiating terms and presenting supply chain business practices.• Complete management of A/R deferred billing program, generating at its peak, over $120M in annual sales. Managed collection and credit review for 5,000+ individual customer accounts. Responsible for credit check and limit approvals. Responsible for monthly close and account ledger reconciliations, cash and sales clearing from divisional POS systems, cash receipt application, as well as weekly statement and invoice mailing processes. Utilized and managed 3rd party debt collection companies for aging accounts.

• Managed staff of 24 employees, covering the following functional areas: Vendor Relations and Reconciliation, Debit Balance Collection, Ledger Account Reconciliations. Continual execution of Top Trade Vendor Statement Reconciliation’s for all companies. Responsible for controlling and monthly reporting of key financial metrics. Support and execution for all Sarbannes Oxley documentation mandates. Reorganized invoice data-entry area, implemented performance standards, increased monthly productivity, reduced headcount. Implemented audit programs to detect duplicate invoice entry and overpayments and entry accuracy.

Managed a staff of 20+ employees to perform the payable process for the Waldenbook company. Responsibilities included Invoice data-entry, account reconciliation, audit/control, and cash disbursement.

• Managed a team of field based Auditors, developed and administered field audit program for store locations. Developed pc-based audit programs, and suite of non-compliance reporting tools for senior management review. Presented Finance Operational workshops during annual General Manager conferences. Significant travel across country to audited retail store locations.

Internal Auditor - Performed financial and operational audits in accordance with corporate audit plan. Conducted field based audits at store locations throughout mid-Atlantic states, preparing reports, reviewing results with store management teams. Additional activities include physical inventory observations, PBC’s , and fiscal year-end external audit support. Retail Store Management – Performed in various store management positions, working up through 2nd and 1st Assistant Manager roles to Advance Manager position, in department stores located throughout mid-Atlantic states. Member of new store set-up team, participating in new and remodel store grand openings.