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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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.

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