SUMMARY:

• Served 4 years in the United States Confidential Corps, receiving a Confidential and Confidential Corps Achievement Medal for superior job performance.
• 13 years of Logistics, Transportation, and Operations, which includes 8 years of Accounting/Finance experience with a
• Consumer Package Goods organization.
• Experience in finance, strategic planning, budget and contract management, purchasing, and process improvement.
• Well - versed in General Accepted Accounting Principles ( Confidential ) processes and procedures.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to identify trends and explain variances.
• Attention to detail, ability to prioritize deadline driven tasks and making sound business decisions.

SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS:

SAP Mainframe: Oracle AS/400 Teradata Excel/Access

Supplier Relationship Management: Zycus Coke Shuttle SharePoint PowerPoint

PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Finance Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Managed invoice settlements & good receipts against Confidential budgets for the region and Confidential commercialization teams.
• Created purchase orders, set up vendors, reconciles adjustment to invoices/quotes for the Commercial Leadership team.
• Assisted with monthly reporting against POs and committed verses available funds and gathers year end accruals.
• Supported 16 Creative Activation Managers with purchase orders, budget issues, new vendor status and payment status.
• Communicated with the Confidential Marketing Finance team regarding campaign creation, company codes, and cost centers cleanup.

Fleet Procurement Coordinator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supported Fleet Procurement Mangers utilizing SAP/SRM for suppliers’ purchase orders, invoices and payment research.
• Ensured the reports of fleet’s goods and services are accurate, concise and provided within a timely manner meeting deadlines.
• Provided the Procurement team with suppliers’ rates for negotiating and presents data to execute the 7-Step Sourcing Process.
• Monitored and managed Fleet supplier procurement contracts and profiles in SAP E-Sourcing and Fleet team site.
• Used financial and spend analytics techniques to turn correct data into information for Procurement’s Confidential .
• Collaborated with several internal Commodity Managers in various fields and clients to address issues and or to make recommendations for improvements.

Financial Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provided forecasting, reporting, and analysis to the Auto Policy team and the field that provides the necessary insight to drive business results.
• Extracted and analyzed data for the creation of standard and/or ad hoc reports to support the needs of the business.
• Identified and recommended improvements to business processes, metrics methodology to improve service levelscost savings and operating efficiencies.
• Provided relevant support and data analysis to automobile lessors in preparation of the auto policy deployment process.

Procurement Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created and maintained a checklist for master data maintenance under the North America Business Unit Financial Operations.
• Responsible for processing over 200 finished goods, semi-finished goods, packaging materials, and other adhoc requests
• Weekly for the North America, Canada, and Europe operating units, while researching the sales volume.
• Documented and researched all procedures for establishing articles, materials, brand codes, SKU, package codes, Confidential Sequence numbers and case conversions.
• Provided subject matter expertise, compliance, escalations, data analytics, and complex administration activities to internal business partners.

Budget Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created, researched, and analyzed purchase orders for the finance department using SAP and SRM.
• Extracted and analyzed forecast sales reports on a regular basis and updated monthly travel spend reports for management.
• Improved client and partner relationships by collaborating with cross-functional teams to resolve payment issues and vendor account setups between the accounting team and company vendors.
• Processed $12 million in outstanding balances, monitored vendor payments, and maintained budget files.
• Used campaign file maintenance to set up new campaigns and Confidential accounts for vendors.

Vendor Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for full cycle accounts payable which included invoice processing, auditing, matching, batching, coding, 1099 filingsand vendor relations, general ledger accruals, and completing account reconciliations.
• Evaluated existing processes, identified, and recommended process improvements to maximize the accuracy, timelinessand efficiency of transaction processing for the overall accounting operations in accounts payable.
• Interfaced with Confidential vendors and internal customers daily to resolve account issues.
• Researched and processed over 1,000 master data maintenance requests weekly.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Tax Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Researched and calculated the Indian Employment tax credit and other federal credits for clients in various industries.
• Managed and developed a computerized clients and incentive databases in order to prepare the tax deliverables.
• Verified, detected errors and rectified the financial/payroll data before calculating and processing tax credits.
• Worked with large data sets, some of the clients’ payroll files contain over 50,000 records to review.

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Dispatcher, Atlanta, Georgia

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the safe and efficient movement of trains, railcars and track equipment, while providing protection of n track equipment and personnel.
• Communicated instructions to crew members and train engineers pertaining to the switching and movement of railcars.
• Managed and dispatched Confidential trains within 5 different territories in the Georgia Division.

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Logistics Administrator, Atlanta, Georgia

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed freight and customer requirements to develop the optimal load plan to meet customer requirements in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.
• Organized over 3,000 quarterly and monthly physical inventories of unfinished and finished goods.
• Assessed carriers and determined the best solution to export or import orders to maximum service standards and margins.
• Utilized an internal Transportation Management System for the planning of freight, settlement of invoices and metrics reporting.
• Prepared and reviewed contracts with consultants and vendors on truck and air shipments.

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Accounts Payable Specialist, Atlanta, Georgia

Responsibilities:

• Performed and validated payment information in accounts payable and receivable databases.
• Recorded accounting transactions and maintained complete and accurate general ledgers.
• Received carriers’ aging reports to resolve any outstanding billing issues.
• Researched and analyzed accounts with past due balances, denied deductions, and duplicate invoices for identification of root cause and implementation of viable solutions.

Confidential

Auditor/Rate Analyst, Atlanta, Georgia

Responsibilities:

• Coded up to 4,000 invoices with Confidential account numbers to correct stations and cost centers.
• Reconciled and self-audited departmental freight records monthly, quarterly, and annually.
• Rated, coded, approved, and invoiced over 500 freight bills for assigned accounts weekly.
• Analyzed clients' invoices to ensure accurate billing charges to several carriers.
• Verified the terms, rates, discounts, and accessorial charges on import/export freight bills and created adhoc reports at monthend.
• Consistently provided innovative and creative solutions resulting in favorable contract negotiations.