AP Specialist

WORK EXPERIENCE

Food processing company – Saco, Maine.  February 2019-September 2024

AP Specialist

• Implemented process improvements by building custom power automate solutions. Reducing errors and improving our reporting and audit performance.
• Managed relationship with State and Federal regulatory agencies and was solely responsible for reporting.
• Improved and created new process SOPs and training materials.
• Collaborated with multiple departments project managers to provide financial support, implement cost saving strategies, and develop a budget forecast.
• Reconciled intercompany transactions, analyzed cost variances, and investigated discrepancies.
• Independently managed payables for 7 companies/entities on a weekly basis processing up to 250 transactions accounting for $7 million weekly while maintaining vendor relationships.
• Ensured accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and year end close processes and reporting.
• Validated data for reporting and analysis.

Investment company; Boston, Massachusetts.  April 2016-January 2019                

Financial Analyst

• Completed profitability projects for real estate development using Tableau and Power BI.
• Produced financial presentations requiring data visualization & trend analysis.
• Analyzed and prepared financial information for quarterly earnings.
• Used a combination of spreadsheets and python.

Investment management company; Boston, Massachusetts.  January 2016-January 2019

CSR Help Desk

• Identified website error for Trust accounts and offered a solution to web developers. This reduced help desk tickets by 50%
• Performed SQL data management with proprietary Terminal Database system.
• Coordinated software QA A/B testing at 20 tickets per week with web developers to patch bugs.
• Assisted 50 customers with mutual fund transactions daily.

Medical billing service; Thomaston, Maine.  January 2014-January 2016

AR Manager

• Changed business procedures that reduced client receivable balances by 20%.
• Grew the billing team by developing and hiring two new positions.
• Developed and trained new position for Medicare audit compliance and reduced medicare billing time by 3 days.
• Attended prospective client meetings with the CEO.
• Created a workflow guide and training manual for data entry position.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Private University  2011

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Data Visualizations, Dashboards, SQL, R, Python, C# C++, HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, Tableau, Databricks, Bigquery, LinuxOS, Proxmox Financial Analysis, Financial Statements, Compliance, Audit, Process Improvement, GAAP, Sage, QuickBooks, Microsoft Office Suite-Excel