Shannon M.H. Smith Email & Phone Number

Watertown, CT

Springfield, Massachusetts Area

• Provide oversight to all functions relating to payment processing and reporting for a shared service Accounts Payable department that processes 60,000 invoices annually. Responsibilities include managing the vendor.
• Manage and review seven direct reports including one Team Lead, five Accounts Payable Specialists, and one Travel and Expense Coordinator.
• Handle direct supervision of service levels with responsibility for building positive and productive relationships with all external and internal customers.
• Manage the achievement of established performance goals and initiatives including clearing over $10M in goods receipts issues, migrating a majority of established vendors from check to ACH payment method, and.
• Perform cash management functions including payment releases as well as processing stop payments, positive pay check issuances, creating domestic and international wire payments, and purchasing foreign currency to.
• Prepare and post monthly accrual journal entries. Assist staff accountants and business units with general ledger inquiries. Research and provide quarter-end flux analysis on AP general ledger accounts. Assist with.

Farmington, Connecticut

• Promoted to International Accounting Supervisor in August 2015. Performed duties of the position since it became vacant in January 2015.
• Worked exclusively for United Technologies Corporation under a contract to provide payroll processing and support for multiple divisions of UTC as part of a shared services unit.
• Participated in cross-functional team that aided in the development of a new, global employee payroll and accounting system that went active in September 2015.
• Responsibilities included supervising and coaching international accounting staff, directing the daily accounting operations, reviewing and approving accounting production work, organizing and monitoring.
• Assisted with international payroll, tax, accounts payable, and accounts receivable functions.
• Successfully offshored two accounting positions to Jamaica. Developed procedures for coaching, reviewing, and building favorable relationships with these employees.

Bantam, CT

• Oversaw the Connecticut branch, which included office, installation, and manufacturing personnel. Provided input and direction on the day-to-day operations of the company. Worked with owner’s consultant to develop and.
• Responsible for various financial functions of the company including purchasing raw material, entering orders, managing accounts receivables and payables, creating AIA construction billing, and preparing financial.
• Worked extensively with QuickBooks, ACT database services, and Microsoft business products which included Excel.

Washington, CT And New York, NY

• Direct responsibility for all financial, managerial, and investor reporting including the development of investor reporting protocols and the design of financial reporting templates. Maintained financial records at all.
• Oversaw all third-party accounting functions including management of year-end tax preparation and annual property level audits. Implemented financial controls for accounts payables and employee corporate credit card.
• Maintained all payable and payroll functions as well as managed over $5.7 million in accounts receivables.
• Responsible for annual operating and capital budgets, including reviewing and discussing budget variances with management and staff. Developed projected operating budgets for various condominium projects which were.
• Analyzed various portfolio valuation models used for the selection of projects and project strategy.
• Responsibilities also included generating payroll, performing bank reconciliations, creating and posting journal entries, recording cash receipts and making bank deposits, making collection calls on overdue.