Veronica Perkins Email & Phone Number

Cypress, Tx, Us

Houston, Texas Area

Managed a staff of 2-3 AP professionals with planning/coordination of applicable functions ensuring timely, accurate and complete processing of payables for all entities under the business unit umbrella. Coordinated with cash management function to ensure funds availability for pending check runs and other disbursements. Processed payment run weekly (ACH, Checks, Wires and e-pay). Participated in process of payables during peak or backup periods. Performed routine audits/reviews to ensure reasonable coding of Non-PO’s. Maintained policies and standard operating procedures. Provided solutions to inquiries from vendors and internal departments. Served as a liaison between AP, IT, Vendor Management, Procurement, Treasury and other departments. AP and SAP issues troubleshooter. Assisted with the 1099-MIS end of the year reporting. Participated in a 20 million dollar project for Sales Tax Audit. Reported to Corporate Controller and CAO. Systems used: SAP Business One and Navision.

Houston, Texas Area

Lead, audit and process of Manual Wires through the JPMorgan and Citibank e-banking platforms. Audit of automated ACH’s, Check’s and Wires payment runs for the Americas and Latin America countries, according to Quality Assurance standards Reconciliation and clearing of Manual Wires between bank and SAP. Liaison between Accenture and Treasury on resolution of payments issues. Preparation and documenting new processes implemented globally in accordance with internal controls. Assist the Project Manager of a SAP Tax upgrade for Latin America with different AP and language (Portuguese/Spanish) issues.

Houston, Texas Area

HESS CORPORATION (CONTRACT - EXPERIS FINANCE) - Project of 11000+ invoices worth over 50 million dollars. Validation and Coding of invoices by Cost Center, WBS, Network and Activity Code. Forward invoices for approval through SAP workflow according to DUET Enterprise DOA. Review invoices for posting and communication with the Project Manager about different issues on the Coding/Processing/Workflow process.

The Woodlands, Texas

Newly formed Start-up Company from the Distribution Division of Ashland Inc. As a member of the initial team involved with the exit from the Transition Services Agreement (TSA), received specialized training that enabled the team members to successfully implement the processing of the AP invoices according to internal controls at Nexeo Solutions. Subject Matter Expert on Vendor Master Set-ups for US, Canada and other international vendors in SAP. Worked with Treasury about ACH/Wire returns, clearings. Analysis and resolution of Block reports (A, B, E, R, and T) and Open Items report. Worked with Purchasing about PO’s/GR/IR issues. Assisted with the Import Dept. to resolve PO’s and wire payments issues for international vendors. Provided training and support to 15 team members with problem resolution and escalation on processing of Non-PO’s, PO’s and different issues. Advanced level SAP troubleshooting and in-house training. SAP Super-user testing. Research and resolve discrepancies from AP phone helpline and AP email inbox.

Houston, Texas

SPARK ENERGY (CONTRACT - MICHAEL PAGE INTERNATIONAL) - Led staff of 3 AP clerks. Review and approval of vouchers according to DOA and coding. Research and resolution of unreleased vouchers report. Documented procedures of payment run for future training. Projects as assigned by Director of Department. Experience with Microsoft Dynamics SL 7.0.

Houston, Texas Area

Processed ACH payments daily, Wires, Special Checks payments twice daily, processed BIG Run checks payments twice weekly and work F-44's (clearing documents) daily. Inter-company payments. Daily processing of 20 to 30 million dollars worth of payments. Mexico - ACH, Wires and Manual Checks payments. Clearing of Wires. Weekly processing of one million dollar payments.Venezuela - Organization and implementation of Payments processes for centralize Latin America to U.S., in compliance with internal controls and procedures. Weekly processing of up to million dollar payments.End of month close - Assist with U.S. and the Latin Americas closings. Assisted in the process of outsourcing as a "Subject Matter Expert" on the Latin America Payments. Worked in conjunction with the outsource company to become paperless ensuring SOX compliance. Worked in conjunction with the Vendor Master Dept., SAP support Dept. and Treasury Dept. to automate Wire payments for Venezuela. Provided training via CISCO Network, phone and classroom in Spanish, Portuguese and English. Audit the process of payments done for Latin America by the outsourcing company. Experience with SAP.

Houston, Texas

BAKER HUGHES (CONTRACT - PDS TECHNICAL SERVICES) -Processed ACH payments daily, Wires, Special Checks payments twice daily, processed BIG Run checks payments twice weekly and work F-44's (clearing documents) daily. Inter-company payments. Daily processing of 20 to 30 million dollars worth of payments. Mexico - ACH, Wires and Manual Checks payments. Clearing of Wires. Void/reissue checks. Weekly processing of one million dollar payments. Experience with SAP.

Houston, Texas

RELIANT ENERGY (CONTRACT - PRIMARY SERVICES) -Monitoring RightFax for Fax2Pay issues, scanning, linking in documentum, dropping, departmental mail distribution and special projects assignments. Pulling and working on ARCV (daily), ERS (daily), Invoice Plan (daily), Non-PO Open Items (weekly) and Outstanding Checks (monthly) reports. Backup for Vendor Master maintenance, research and resolution. Research and resolution of AP phone helpline and AP email inbox. Experience with SAP.

San Antonio, Texas

Cellular and Structural Biology Dept. - Maintained assigned departmental accounts; account manager for departmental Purchase Cards. Assisted the department in the implementation of the Purchase Card (P-Card) tool including daily receipt verification, reconciliation and submissions (purchase vouchers, travel vouchers, requisitions, etc.) for accuracy, availability of funds, proper documentation attachments, adherence to grants and/or departmental guidelines. Conducted timely follow-ups with purchase cardholders who were not in compliance to the purchase card program's policies and procedures. Verified the work flow to ensure proper system interface and compliance to audit standards. Balanced monthly ledgers and data for accuracy and initiated corrective action when necessary. Created and maintained electronic spreadsheets. Communicated with faculty and staff to include problem resolution and the provision of financial data. Maintained department's deposit including receiving checks, preparation of deposit paperwork, making deposit through Bursar and/or Grants Management as appropriate. Experience with PeopleSoft.

San Antonio, Texas

Conducted daily no-post, overdraft reports, clearance and subledger transactions. Researched and follow-up overdraft accounts to prevent losses. Maintained overdraft and subledger within daily timelines and aging standards for several New York, California, Washington D.C., Florida and Puerto Rico branches. Reported client to loss prevention and check system when necessary. Assisted other team members to ensure files were completed within deadlines. Responsible for team daily activity and overdraft report.

Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

American Eagle and associated airlines service vendor account reconciliation and customer service. Serviced multi-million dollar and smaller accounts regarding "past-due" status and expedition of vendor payments. Researched and follow-ups on overdue accounts and exceptions for payment on Purchase Orders and Repair Orders. Assisted vendors in the resolution of overdue invoices. Researched and reconciled overpayments to vendors. Generated weekly Activity Report. Experience with SAP and EPICS (DASH) accounting software and GroupWise e-mail.

Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

Conducted auditing and data entry of International Expedite and Express shipping.

Austin - Texas

Archives Department: Conducted data entry, files organization, organization of historical documents.

Santa Cruz - Bolivia - South America

Administered bookkeeping, receptionist duties, payroll and computer work.Corporate office only: 10 employees.

Santa Cruz - Bolivia - South America

Developed the design for the comprehensive accounting receipts: Debits, Credits, Debit/Credit Memos. Document management. Developed comprehensive manual payroll system in Excel. Managed bookkeeping/accounting, petty cash, bank statement reconciliation, computer work. Company: 150 employees.

Santa Cruz - Bolivia - South America

Maintained bookkeeping/accounting, payroll, petty cash, bank statement reconciliation, annual budgeting projection, computer work.Municipal Government Organization: 100 employees.

Bolivia - South America

Elementary school music and dance teacher. Received 1rst. Place in folkloric dance for 2 consecutives years.Instructed 90 children.

Campo Grande, Mato Grosso Do Sul - Brazil

Receptionist, wire transfers, bookkeeping, transaction documentation, customer service.

Education record

* Accounting for Intangible Assets under US GAAP * Analyzing the Root Causes of Problems * Lean Six Sigma Boot Camp Part 1 of 3.

Sap, Sap Bi/Business Objects Web Intelligence

* Configuration of Querying & Reporting * Basics of Designing and Editing Documents * Building Queries * Insert and Format Tables.

Sap Human Capital Management

- Configuration of: * Organizational Management (OM) * Personnel Administration (PA): Applicant Management, Benefits, Employee Management.

Sap Fi/Co

- Configuration of: * General Ledger (GL) * Accounts Receivable (AR) * Accounts Payable (AP) * Special Purpose Ledger (SL) * Bank.

Business And Finance Associate, Finance

Assistant Accounting, Accounting