Laura Ramos

Accounts Payable professional with over 10 years of experience managing full-cycle AP/AR high-volume, fast-paced environments. Extensive experience processing vendor invoices, performing two-way and three-way matching of invoices, purchase orders, check run, and ensuring timely payments through checks, ACH, and wire transfers. Skilled in maintaining vendor relationships, reconciling accounts, resolving invoice discrepancies, and supporting month-end and year-end closing activities while ensuring compliance with SOX and GAAP requirements, company policies, and internal controls.

Senior Accounts Payable Specialist/ AR - Russ Bassett Corp - Whittier, CA

(2024-12)

• Owner of the AP inbox processed 400 manual weekly invoices while ensuring coding for the assigned G/L, managed weekly check runs, via checks, ACH, Wires, pre-payments, credit cards and vendor portal.
• Performed 2–3-way matching, non-PO's entry, statement reconciliation, maintained the AP files up to date, processed and audit employee expenses while tracking software (Certify Emburse) for tradeshows. Collection of W9, 1099 preparation ensuring compliance with IRS regulations.
• Assist with General Ledger reconciliation, accruals entry.
• Post daily cash receipts, generate and send customers invoices
• Prepared and presented daily cash flow forecasts to management based on expected customer collections.

Accounts Payable Clerk - RMA Group Inc - Rancho Cucamonga, CA

(2023-06 - 2024-02)

• Processed 350 vendor invoices for several entities accurately to maintain timely payments and uphold strong supplier relationships.
• Oversaw timely expense reports efficiently, ensuring compliance with company policies and standards, statement reconciliation to identify discrepancies and expedite solutions.
• Assisted with month end close.

Accounts Payable Specialist - Merit Aluminum Inc - Corona, CA

(2021-06 - 2023-06)

• Performed full cycle AP for manufacturing operations, owner of the AP inbox for three entities, code 400 invoices to the general account.
• Check run for three entities (checks, ACH, Wires, credit card) while ensuring if any intercompany charges are coded correctly.

Senior Accounts Payable Specialist - Made Goods - City of Industry, CA

(2018-08 - 2020-08)

• Full cycle AP operations while monitoring the AP inbox for four entities.
• Code, voucher and post to the assigned account, credit card reconciliation.
• Weekly check run, checks, wires, quickbooks and credit card payments.
• Reconciled vendor statements to ensure compliance with company policies.

James A. Garfield High School (1991)