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Wyoming, Mi, Us

Zeeland, Mi

Establish, monitor and enforce HMI's business expense reimbursement policy. Manage the travel agent team processing bookings for employees and guests, and monitor worldwide travel alerts. Handled all company credit card issuance, credit limits and transactions. Assist employees with Concur expense reporting, and perform expense report audits. Negotiate supplier contracts for rental cars, travel agency support, airlines and hotels.• Supervised on-site agent team booking 8,000 tickets annually, totaling over $5 million.• Implemented company credit card program to ease employee financial burden, while providing vital controls and a significant annual rebate for the company.• Managed 1,500 company credit cards and $30 million in spend• Managed Concur expense reporting tool for 2,000 generating over 24,000 reports annually.• Initiated technology and controls reducing T&E audit staff from 5 staff to a part-time position.• Established an on-site rental car program saving over $70,000 annually over using personal cars.• Implemented technology and controls reducing T&E staff from five employees to one part-time position.

Zeeland, Mi

Managed a team seven local and five overseas staff processing transactions in two accounts payable systems, with a total volume of $1 billion. Responsible for managing the relationships between multiple departments and subsidiaries, as well as suppliers, while improving AP efficiencies, processes and controls.• Implemented a global web-based image invoice processing system and workflow.• Expanded the Voucher-On-Receipt system eliminating the need for paper invoices.• Consolidated multiple payment systems into one to reduce processing time and cost.• Automated invoicing of internal inventory transfers eliminating one full-time AP processor.• Managed the SOX requirements and audits related to the AP processes.

Ada, Mi

Collected dishonored payments and loan agreements, developed and controlled company payment policies, authorized credit status of Independent Business Owners (IBO), monitored accounts with third-party agencies, maintained IBO banking data files, and approved write-offs of non-collectable accounts.• Supervised team responsible for handling 300 phone calls daily, the data entry of 3,500 dishonored payments monthly, and processing 8,000 payments on accounts monthly.• Generated a $200K monthly decrease in dishonored payments by developing an electronic payment process utilizing the Automated Clearing House.• Automated input process of dishonored payments resulting in annual savings of 260 hours.• Outsourced billing and collection functions supporting one product enabling a 60% staff reduction, lower operating costs and improved profit margins.• Proposed a reduction of $1.2M annually in current transactional fees based on evaluation of alternative Internet payment options.• Created team manual by flowcharting and documenting job responsibilities and processes. • Acted as company liaison and developed working relationships with the Independent Business Owners, Sales, Marketing, IS, Distribution, banks, third-party collection agencies, and vendors.• Improved the banking data entry process by eliminating redundancy and creating automated updates.

Ada, Mi

Prepared the monthly financial statements and highlights for management review, reviewed annual operating and capital budgets, and served as corporate liaison for affiliate management.

Ada, Mi

Worked with warehouse management to ensure accuracy of inventory counts and procedures. Conducted cycle counts and year-end physical counts for outside auditors.

Walker, Mi

A former western Michigan $100 million grocery store chain with 17 stores, including bakery and pharmacy subsidiaries. The company closed operations in early 1990s .• Supervised accounting staff, and assisted Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Payroll.• Implemented new G/L and A/P system.• Conducted general ledger close and prepared operating statements each period.• Prepared the consolidated income statements for parent company and subsidiaries.• Coordinated the annual audit, and prepared most all schedules for the outside auditors.• Completed state and federal tax returns for the auditors to review.• Prepared the annual LIFO computations.• Maintained records for the company ESOP.

Grand Rapids, Mi

Performed audits and reviews of client’s financial operations in accordance with GAAP. Audits covered the retail, manufacturing and financial institution segments.

Bba, Accounting

Activities and Societies: Beta Alpha Psi member, and chapter Vice-President 1981-82.

Aas, Business And Accounting

Delta Pi Alpha graduate, and awarded Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award by faculty