Accounts Payable Resume
Contact information
John S. Dawn
13 Street
Auckland City
California
Career objective
Looking for a challenging position of the Accounts Payable Resume the reputed University with a view to use my wide experience for the benefit of the organization.
An experienced and professional Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Manager with a broad range of experience in private and public sector with many years of management experience. A competent individual with excellent management skills and experience of introducing procedures, processes, systems and transitional projects.
An individual who has good communication skills and is able to deliver high quality results through his ability and gained respect of others. Continues to seek new and rewarding challenges within the work place.
Key Skills
Communication
Man Management
Motivator
Self Starter
Planning & Organisation
Recruitment
Training/Development
Project Management/Systems Implementation
Policy, Procedures and Processes
PC – Word, Excel, Powerpoint, SAP, Lawson, Computer Associates, Tetra, Iscala, Great Plans, COINS, Access Dimensions
Career History
Paragon Fleet Solutions June 2010 -
Group Accounts Payable Team Leader
Duties
Management of the purchase ledger function
Update Policy and Process material
Monthly reporting
System implementation
AP Process review
Authority matrix procedures
Control process review
Morgan Ashurst plc July 2009 - Mar 2010
Purchase Ledger Manager
Duties
Management of 19 staff - 3 direct reports
KPI Monitoring
Implementing controls
Trouble shooting
Process & Control improvements
Implementing Authority Policy
Appraisal & Objective/Target setting
Recruitment
Monthly reporting
Cash forecasting
Balance sheets recs
Achievements
Successfully migrating a Purchase Ledger from Yeovil to Stratford
Recruiting a new team of 19 staff
Implementing new processes and controls for their Authority Matrix
Jenks Sales Brokers Ltd Dec 2008 – June 2009
Credit Manager/Cash Controller
Duties
Debt recovery up to litigation
Cash Forecasting
New Accounts applications and approval
Query Management
Credit Policy and procedures
KPI reporting
Monthly Reports - Bad debts/Cash Performance DSO
Purchase Ledger management and controls
Direct responsibility of 4 temps - Sales Ledger
Reason for leaving – Company went into Administration
Torex Retail Solutions Dec 2006 - Dec 2008
Accounts Payable Manager
Duties
Managing the day to day running of the AP department
Team of 11 staff – Processing, Payments & Query Management
Expenses Management - Employee Expenses
Balance Sheets Recs
KPI Monitoring
Implementing controls
Trouble shooting
Process & Control improvements
Implementing Authority Policy
Appraisal & Objective/Target setting
Recruitment
Monthly reporting
Achievements:
Reduction of Unallocated cash (unapplied payments) from 4m to less than 1m
Reduction of invoices in query from 3.5m to less than 500k
Implemented processing improvements - document scanning and email workflow
Implementing Authority Policy
Reason for leaving - Company relocated
Capstone Mortgages Oct 2006 - Dec 2006
Cash Admin Team Manager
Duties
Team of 16
Managing the day to day running of a cash processing team
Reviewing c30 Bank reconciliations
Implementing controls
Improving procedures & processes
Dealing with Settlements of secured and non secured loans
Processing of advances for loans
Developing KPI’s and SLA’s
Staff Training and personal development
Appraisal & Objective setting/reviewing
Recruitment
Monthly reporting
Reason for leaving – Company relocated
Accounts Payable Manager May 2006 - Oct 2006
Intier Automotive Interiors Ltd
Duties:
Managing the day to day running of the AP department
Team of 12 staff – Processing, Payments & Query
Balance Sheets Recs
KPI Monitoring
Implementing controls – SOX
Trouble shooting
Process & Control improvements
Implementing Authority Policy
Staff training and personal development
Appraisal Objective setting/reviewing
Recruitment
Monthly Reporting
Achievements:
Set up the AP team for their Shared Service Centre
Rolled out the UK Authority Policy
Created meaningful KPI/Monthly Metrics
Successfully migrated their AP function from 4 sites into 1
Reason for leaving – New Opportunity
Finance Manager – Contract role Nov 2005 – Mar 2006
Heart of England Distribution Ltd
Duties:
Managing the day to day running of their AP & AR systems
General Administration
Accounts Payable Manager April 2001 to Nov 2005
Argos Ltd (Shared Service)
Duties and Responsibilities:
Team of 23 staff – Processing, Payments & Query
Payments totalling c750m per annum
Processing c120k payables transactions per annum
Reviewing Balance Sheet reconciliation
Trouble shooting - non compliance issues
KPI monitoring
Continuous process/procedure improvements
Management of the company corporate cards
Reviewing Vendor Master with Corporate Procurement Team
Management of the top fifty vendor accounts
Day to Day management of the Document Scanning and work flow application
Management of the Authority Policy and associated matrix of c600 approvers.
Reviewing staff performance and objectives
Reviewing SLA’s with internal clients
Reviewing Corporate Card and Expense Applications
Achievements:
Implementing Documents Scanning and Workflow
Introducing BACS - rolled out in 3 months
Implementing New vendors set up controls - rolled out in 1 month
Introducing Purchase Orders for ‘goods not for resale’
Implementing UK Authority Policy/Matrix - 600 approvers
Reason for leaving - Redundancy
Accounts Payable Manager May 2000 – April 2001
Delphi Automotive System Ltd (Shared Service)
Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Manager Sept 1994 – May 2000
Northamptonshire County Council
Temp Assignment Feb 1994 – Sept 1994
Collection Supervisor Dec 1990 – Feb 1994
Hillesden Securities Ltd
Assistant Credit Manager Apr 1985 – Nov 1990
GKN Autoparts Distribution Ltd
While at GKN Autoparts I was also the Branch Credit Control Manager
Senior Credit Controller May 1979 – Apr 1985
Automotive Products Plc
Education
O levels Maths/English
CSE 5 Subjects
BTEC General Merit
ICM Part 1
AAT Intermediate & part Tech.
References
John S. Dawn
Manager
Wap Company.
John_ Dawn@gmail.com
