Rita Rodriguez

Highly accomplished, highly motivated Accounting Specialist III with over 30 years experience. Dependable team member with an excellent work ethic and a strong level of professionalism and confidentiality. Extensive accounts payable and data entry background.

Highly productive team member proficient at vendor management, fraud prevention and account reconciliation. Expert in payment processing, commission and expense account payments, journal entries, billing and collections. High level access to IRS and Sanctions Portals.

Senior Associate at EXL (2021-02 – 2022-08)

Duties were same as Baylor, Scott and White due to BSW outsourcing accounting to EXL our of India.

• Vendor set up including reactivation's and deactivations
• One Time Payments of refunds, reimbursements, scholarships, special events and commission vendors
• Vendor Maintenance
• Meditract set ups
• Authorized access to IRS
• Run IRS and sanctions on each new or reactivating vendor or customer
• BRI participant commission weekly report
• Training of new employees on various processes and software
• Follow fraud prevention best practices

Accounting Assistant III at Baylor Scott & White (2015-02 – 2021-02)

• Vendor set up including reactivation's and deactivations
• One Time Payments of refunds, reimbursements, scholarships, special events and commission vendors
• Vendor Maintenance
• Meditract set ups
• Authorized access to IRS
• Run IRS and sanctions on each new or reactivating vendor or customer
• BRI participant commission weekly report
• Training of new employees on various processes and software
• Follow fraud prevention best practices
• Knowledge and use of the following software: Image Now, Lawson, Ivalua, MS Office, MS Excel spreadsheets, I:Drive, IRS Website, Sanctions Website

Accounting Assistant II at Colvin Resources (2014-05 – 2015-02)

Working as temporary employee for Baylor, Scott and White

• Vendor set ups
• Commissions

Accounting Assistant II at Classic Industries / Source RX (2007-09 – 2014-04)

Reported directly to the owner

• Responsible for all AP duties for 7 subsidiaries including but not limited to printing check registers, aging reports, vendor set up, file vendor tax certificates and certificate of insurance
• Worked with all vendors and company employees
• Managed processing of all invoices
• Processed all PO's
• Printed all outgoing checks for owner review
• Created Excel spreadsheets with summary of all checks and PO's for owner review
• Worked directly with controller and owner to resolve issues, review status of AP
• Process 1099's
• Helped owner with philanthropic activities
• Responsible to help with AR duties
• New customer set up
• Processed credit applications and tax certificates
• Coordinated with operations for materials distribution
• Processed all invoices and payments
• Responsible for collections
• Ran aging reports and outstanding receivables report on a weekly and monthly basis
• Utilized Peachtree Software for accounting duties

No Degree in Basic Studies – Richland Community College