Summary: Accounts Payable Specialist with 24 years of A/P experience and a degree in Finance. Proactive problem solver that reaches out to vendor partners and forms strong relationships that stregnthen supply chains. Experience includes process improvement and cost reduction, as well as full cylce A/P, three way matching, and exception resolution. SAP, QuickBooks, Great Plains, and CargoWise experience. Very proficient at using MS Excel's VLookup for reconciling vendor statements (which is crucial for maintaining credit privaleges)Goals: Short Term: to become ground engaged with a company's A/P processes. Long Term: documenting an A/P process, mentoring cohorts on A/P processes, special project leadership, and transitioning into a leadership role.Specialties: Full accounts payable cycle. Three way matching. Maintaining credit privaleges by staying in touch with vendors and creating payment solutions. Root cause analysis and exception reconciliation. Building rapport with internal and external business partners. Mentoring teamates/documenting procedures. Auditing transactions. Delegating work to an offshore team. Making processes more efficient. Special project team leader. Paying for freight, merchandise, imports, overhead costs, and travel expenses.