Carol L. Johnson Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Kissimmee, Fl

Promoted from AP Clerk to AP Specialist, Vendor/Customer Liaison Jan 2018 • Vendor/Customer Support capacity: Primary contact for vendors/suppliers, resolve invoicing, credit and payment issues; investigate & resolve differences in PO and invoicing; reconcile statements of account; correct errors in vendors application of payment; improved payments & cleaned up vendor accounts helping to raise our D&B score; work directly to support purchasing staff at 25 resorts and the corporate office to resolve receiving/billing issues; consult with HOA and development accountants regarding G/L coding; work with tax accountants; post journal entries; request stop payments; track and code refunds received.• AP Clerk capacity: Match invoice to purchase order; match up to >800 invoices/week; post directly to G/L accounts; work with resort accountants, administrators and purchasers to balance PO’s, obtain necessary credits, obtain approvals; journal entries, check runs, manual checks. • Contributions and Awards: 2019: Grand Slam Award for spearheading closing old PO’s, reducing P&L balances by over $1.7 million. 2018: recognized various process & procedure needs and designed three process improvement initiatives that were approved and implemented by senior leadership team: mandated quarterly review of open PO’s, closing unnecessary PO’s and remaining open balances, saving 416 research hours/year; devised comprehensive list of resort & corporate contacts saving 22 manhours/month in research; reconfiguration of Open PO Report and adding G/L accounts saving 52 research hours annually. 2017: Developed master list of major suppliers, providing quick access for account numbers and account contact information. Received eight On The Spot Awards 2017-2020; nominated Star Performer Award 2017; Finance/Accounting 2017 ARDA award winners.

Orlando, Fl

• • Set up project budgets, cost codes and categories; record, file NOC, bonds, insurance, proof of funding, misc. documents associated with start of project; audit, verify subcontractor applications for payment; verify affidavits; assist general contractors and subcontractors with billing • Risk management: secure executed contracts, change orders, bonds, lien waivers, satisfaction and release of lien; ensure proper insurances in place and up-to-date; collect close out documents, final lien releases, pay out retention; other duties necessary to close project, turn property over to owner;• Prepare monthly owner billings utilizing Quantum software; create owner change orders utilizing AIA documents • Prepare month-end accruals; conduct check runs; expense reimbursements• Contributions: Automated several forms used internally with pay applications

Orlando, Florida Area

Worked with companies in Orlando, Ocoee and Maitland, FL; consultant with law firm out of Ft. Myers, FL.

Orlando, Florida Area

Promoted to Accountant I from Accounts Payable Coordinator Mar 2008 • Overall responsibilitieso Journal entries; month-end closings; audit assist; worked closely with directors, buyers, VP’s, C-level executives regarding A/P payment statuso Promptly address, resolve vendor, customer, client inquiries; resolved integration issues between PeopleSoft (accounting software) and Primavera (Procurement)• Lead accounting contact for FF&E Procurement overseeing Resort Renovation & Design (RR&D) projects o Devised invoicing and billed RR&D; tracked payments; maintained A/R Aging, reported to Procurement Managers, VP• Lead accountant for re-branding of Orlando resort (external, non-Wyndham customer) needs • Assist Project Managers with cash flow forecasting• Lead in Construction team’s external project management o Devise billing method; tracked costs and invoiced Property Owners o Lead accountant with Hotel re-branding; verified contract charges, balancesAP Coordinator:• 3-way match, post >130 invoices/day; secured approvals, verified and assigned G/L accounts• Audit, post Construction Draws; lead liaison w/AP Shared Services regarding invoice posting and payment issues; initiated and assisted with Master Vendor File clean-up• Primary point of contact for vendors, suppliers, various internal and external customers• Contributions: Recognized need to track contractor draws and all invoices directly related to Development and Procurement; proposed method of tracking utilizing Excel, tying tool to PeopleSoft accounting software, providing Aging Report. Director approved and won quick support from Construction and Procurement VP’s. Worked closely with finance IT support, my supervisor, director & coworkers in fine tuning the Invoice Tracking Tool. Quickly recognized the Tool’s ability to greatly improve the accuracy of our accruals and was utilized by Procurement for forecasting. Initiated reform in approval process for Construction Draws-reform approved.

Education record

Education record

Education record