Samantha Spano Email & Phone Number

• Supervise Accounting Specialist employees, create and monitor performance/production reports to ensure daily, monthly, and quarterly productivity is met.
• Manage, coordinate, and oversee all activities of designated program/project* within the Accounts Payable division.(*- Special Payments, Travel, P-Card Reconciliation, Journal Vouchers, Fiscal Year-End Accruals).
• Plan, develop, authorize, implement, and evaluate programs/projects, activities, and services in the Accounts Payable section.
• Lead a cross-functional team to streamline the special payment process resulting in reduction of payment processing time.
• Research, analyze, and audit payments for compliance with agreements/contracts and process payments to vendors/suppliers based on contracts/agreements.
• Review/reconcile billing invoices, reports, and accounts.

• Planned, developed, authorized, implemented, and evaluated programs/projects, activities, and services in the Accounts Payable section.
• Researched, analyzed, and audited payments for compliance with agreements/contracts and processed payments to vendors/suppliers based on contracts/agreements.
• Redesigned, consolidated, and improved water bill payment process and reviewed/reconciled water bill invoices and accounts.
• Created, calculated, reviewed, and maintained records of payments, retainage transactions, non-encumbered transactions, etc. for accounting, auditing, and budgeting.
• Monitored budget expenditures to ensure funds were available in appropriate accounts to carry out purchases.
• Performed basic business communication, document preparation, etc.; created a variety of spreadsheets to capture data and facilitated preparation of reports; scanned documents into database and reviewed for quality.

• Served as a liaison between the public and Field Operations Division to ensure all inquiries and requests were addressed and a high-quality customer service experience.
• Supported and assisted division administrator and departmental staff in fiscal, statistical, and trend analyses and reports as needed.
• Assisted in accounting and financial work including preparing, reviewing, and analyzing finance, payroll, and budget activities, as well as the preparation and management of purchase orders and vendor/supplier payments.
• Monitored and reconciled budget expenditures and updated budget files as needed.
• Created cost comparison and analysis presentations and supporting documentation for Board of County Commissioners review/approval.
• Developed and created training guides for division software.

• Overhauled departmental accounts payable system from paper-based to digital system.
• Assisted in accounting and financial work including preparing, reviewing, and analyzing finance, payroll, and budget activities.
• Prepared and managed purchase orders and ensured prompt and accurate payment of vendor invoices.
• Monitored and reconciled budget expenditures and updated budget files as needed.
• Generated, updated, and reviewed departmental work orders for completeness and accuracy, and completed cost analysis for projects as needed.
• Supported and assisted department director and departmental staff in fiscal and statistical analyses and reports.

• Analyzed sales reports, compiled data, performed trend analyses, and communicated findings into spreadsheets to company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
• Monitored daily billing and funding functions of accounts receivable.
• Aided in the management of the payroll functions for four regional store locations and over 120 employees.
• Ensured prompt and accurate payment of vendor invoices, then prepared, processed, and cut checks for vendors.
• Prepared monthly journal entries for state sales tax payment for Florida and Georgia.
• Redesigned, implemented, and supervised a new inventory invoicing process to transition to a “paperless” system.

• Engaged in inputting tax returns, bookkeeping, payroll, company research, data entry, and administrative firm duties.

Bachelor’S Degree, Accounting

Bachelor’S Degree, Public Administration