Richard Rivera Email & Phone Number

Irvine, California, United States

Newport Beach, CA

• Manage all payables for 18 multi-tenant residential properties
• Review/verify invoices and check requests; expense and mileage reports
• Enter and code invoices into Yardi
• Set invoices up for payment; prepare and perform check runs
• Reconcile accounts payable transactions; monitor accounts to ensure payments are up to date
• Research and resolve invoice discrepancies and issues

Irvine, CA

• Coded and approved A/P invoices for multiple senior living facilities
• Performed check runs
• Reconciled A/P transactions
• Researched and resolved invoice discrepancies

Costa Mesa, CA

• Entered and coded A/P Invoices
• Performed all necessary checks on automatic ACH investments
• Acted as a resource within the business unit for ACH/Wire/Check investments
• Responded to inquiries regarding problems and requests
• Identified and resolved issues with investments made via ACH/Wire/Check through Website Portal
• Performed the necessary tasks to support investment processing routines

Fullerton, CA

• Applied Security Analyst Program (ASAP) at CSUF
• Actively managing CSUF endowment fund valued at $190k with a team of five other portfolio managers
• Added A.O. Smith to the CSUF endowment
• Utilize growth strategies to produce results that outperform the benchmark
• Maintained coverage on five stocks and provided security specific performance updates and quarterly reports to the portfolio management team and board of directors
• Generated Buy/Sell/Hold reports based on fundamental competitive analysis using discounted cash flows and intrinsic valuation

San Clemente, CA

• Collaborated with a team of five in the design and production of 3 key outsourced, assembled products
• Maintained safety stock and inventory levels on numerous product lines that met company goal of under 60 days of on-hand inventory
• Worked closely with engineering, sales and marketing on development of new or replacement products to improve quality performance
• Significant cost savings, year-over-year, on assigned commodities and MRO products
• Distributed RFQ, RFP packages to vendors for new, replacement or current products and equipment leasing to lower costs, improve quality and/or performance of existing products
• Evaluated potential new vendors through on-site inspection of manufacturing, warehouse and office facilities to ensure quality controls and vendor performance metrics were being met

San Clemente, CA

• Purchased MRO and IT materials for warehouse and office
• Created purchase orders as directed by Senior Buyer
• Developed receiving procedures for Shipping and Receiving and trained personnel on the new procedures
• Assisted in the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics AX 3.0 ERP system
• Created sales and inventory reports for various departments

San Clemente, CA

• Purchased all MRO material for the organization
• Administered purchase orders as directed by Senior Buyer to overseas vendors
• Confirmed delivery dates and scheduled delivery of overseas containers to ensure on-time delivery
• Followed up on cost and invoice discrepancies
• Ran open order, inventory on hand, and material planning reports

Irvine, CA

• Collaborated on the creations of reports and procedures for receipt of RMA material at the company’s two Canadian facilities
• Issued, credited and closed Returned Material Authorization sales orders
• Followed up on receipt and cost discrepancies of returned material
• Collaborated with the Technical support team to improve the processing and creation of Returned Material Authorization sales orders

Foothill Ranch, CA

• Assisted in development of ISO compliant policies and procedures for the processing of returned defective material
• Supervised two technicians in the inspection, receiving, repair, and/or rejection of returned material
• Maintained Microsoft Access database on all returned material to track repair, return to stock or destruction of defective material returned by customers and field technicians
• Issued Return to Vendor and Return from Vendor purchase orders
• Issued return authorization sales orders for defective material

Foothill Ranch, CA

• Supervised on-time roll-outs of POS systems for major retail store chains
• Coordinated with the sales team on production schedules
• Coordinated with the purchasing team on the receipt and ordering of product
• Hardware and software integration of POS systems