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Worked closely with managers and vendors to maintain current payables account balances and process timely check and ACH payments. Negotiated best costs and terms for service contracts. Managed multiple loans, lines of credit and credit card accounts. Excelled in realizing vendor invoice discounts through careful attention to detail and compliance with vendor terms and savings promotions. • Verified vendor invoices, prepared accounts payable transactions and processed weekly check runs • Ensured agreeable vendor relations, managed service contracts and pricing/discounting programs • Analyzed and reconciled monthly vendor account statements and resolved discrepancies• Maintained vendor Form W-9 records and supported 1099 year end processing• Prepared various ad hoc reports using Microsoft Excel derived from various data sources

Cass School of Floral Design, Inc. Watertown, MA , November 2014PROFESSIONAL FLORIST TRAINING & ADVANCED FLORAL DESIGN90 hours of hands-on training. Comprehensive curriculum including principles and elements of design, color theory and floral industry business skills. Hands-on training includes complete wedding design techniques, i.e. bouquets (French wraps and hand-tied) corsages, hair pieces, canopies, aisle markers, centerpieces, and reception decorations, funeral designs and sympathy arrangements, vase arrangements, holiday/novelty arrangements, planters and European garden baskets, dry/silk arrangements and bow making. Certificates achieved upon successful completion.

Responsible and diverse position in front office of rapidly growing regional malt beverage brewery. Successfully leveraged MS Excel reporting and analysis skills to increase accuracy of finished goods and manufacturing raw materials inventory systems. Implemented brewing industry tools for more powerful and efficient reporting of production forecasting, product distribution and sales analysis. Constructively collaborated with production, warehouse and sales teams at all levels to ensure optimal operations.• Coordinated and expedited all manufacturing purchase orders. Verified all related vendor invoices• Managed shipment logistics for product distribution in ten states including long haul transport• Processed all customer invoices, applied cash receipts and managed A/R in QuickBooks Pro• Prepared regular sales analysis and reporting. Maintained third-party supplier sales reporting system• Performed weekly finished goods inventory counts, variance analysis and reconciliation• Executed all local, state and federal tax compliance reporting and licensing submissions • Engaged with federal agency TTB for approval of all product formulas and labeling • Managed marketing and promotional material inventories and marketing budgets

Responsible for project contract invoicing, project management reporting, timesheets and payroll processing for regional environmental consulting firm. Client base included municipalities, state and federal government agencies and private corporations. Consistently executed timely and accurate invoicing of complex project contracts to ensure customer satisfaction and compliance with contract accounting terms.• Reviewed project contract documents to establish invoicing and cost reporting requirements• Prepared monthly work in process reporting and coordinated invoicing with engagement managers • Prepared and submitted all customer invoices including required project cost management reporting• Maintained project costing system for all active engagements, project set up and real time financial data • Processed daily cash receipts, monthly A/R statements and performed collections activities as needed• Administered accurate and timely processing of weekly online staff timesheets for payroll processing• Assisted staff, as needed, to investigate and resolve payroll and benefits inquiries• Engaged weekly with payroll service vendor to execute payroll processing

Billing team lead for large regional public accounting firm. Solely responsible for engagement billing and accounts receivable for 17 partners, approximately 2000 active client accounts. Accomplishments included successfully preparing and conducting firm wide training program for on-demand client billing and engagement financial reporting administered to professional supervisors and managers. • Prepared monthly work in process reporting and coordinated invoicing with engagement managers • Processed on line billing and accounts receivable transactions using Creative Solutions software• Maintained project costing systems for all active engagements, client project set-up and financial data • Conducted and distributed monthly firm-wide utilization and realization reporting • Prepared monthly A/R statements and performed regular collections activities• Executed monthly billing and accounts receivable reconciliations and resolved discrepancies• Interfaced with project time and billing software technical support to resolve system issues