Christopher Dowden Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

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.

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.

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.

In my capacity as the assistant accounts payable manager, I was the intermediary between the external accounts payable processing team and the New York finance team in the accounts payable area. Leveraging my professional career acumen in accounts payable I was responsible for reviewing and verifying invoices are approved at the adequate level in accordance with the established policies and procedures, resolving discrepancies and billing issues with the vendors, and ensured timely payments of vendor invoices and maintain accurate control reports, along with other duties in line in accounts payable. This was a temporary role that ended because the contract with Santander and Quest Group ended prematurely for reasons outside of my control as per the staffing agency.

London, London, Gb

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.

New York, Ny, Us

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.● Worked with senior management, fund accountants, and fund administrators on cash balance analysis, management reporting, and assisted with the tax reporting process.

New York, Ny, Us

Thrillist Media Group is a digital media company lifestyle company that is taylor-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.

Us

My role as associate controller served dual functions. Reporting to Controller and Director of Operations I was responsible for the accounts payable/accounting and reference data management for entering invoices into the Oracle accounts payable system or business activities. 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.● Managed the accurate and timely processing of up to $1M expenses per month. Assessed and closed a/p sub-ledger on a monthly basis, validated content and resolved various accounting issues.

Brooklyn, New York, Us

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.● Managed the processing, distribution, accuracy verification and payment of invoices, interfacing extensively with a nationwide network of vendors and suppliers.● Assisted with monthly and year-end close process including preparing accruals and 1099 reports.

● Accounts payable preparation, matching invoices to purchase orders and approving for payment.● Monitor vendor’s invoices and statements and investigate billing or payment errors.● Compiling student tuition data into excel spreadsheets.● Prepared, edited, and maintained vendor and employee personal files ● Filing and data entry ● Entering and mailing student bills