Luz Johana Miranda
Raleigh
Summary
Accounts payable professional with extensive experience in invoice processing and vendor management at Horizon Forest Products. Demonstrated ability to optimize workflows and enhance team performance. Skilled in problem-solving and maintaining meticulous attention to detail, ensuring timely payments and accurate financial reporting.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
AP Analyst
Freudenberg Residential Filtration Technologies
05.2025 - Current
- Processed vendor invoices by matching them with purchase orders and receiving documents, ensuring accurate GL account code verification.
- Investigating and resolving invoice discrepancies, payment issues, and documentation inconsistencies with vendors and internal departments.
- Facilitated invoice approval process by sending invoices and following up on approval status to ensure timely payments.
- Managed daily monitoring of AP inbox emails, handled distributions, and responded to vendor inquiries.
- Assisted internal departments with vendor setup by verifying and updating vendor information in collaboration with procurement.
- Processing weekly payment runs.
- Preparing and reviewing weekly payment forecast report for accuracy and forwarding to Controller for approval.
- Processing expense reports in a timely manner, ensuring adherence to corporate travel and expense policies.
- Reconciled vendor statements by comparing transactions and identifying discrepancies.
- Supported the month-end closing process by preparing accruals for journal entries and reconciling accounts.
- Conduct monthly reconciliations of accounts payable reports to ensure all payments have been accounted for and posted correctly.
Accounts Payables Team Leader
Horizon Forest Products
03.2022 - 03.2025
- Supervised, trained, and supported AP staff to enhance team capabilities.
- Monitored processing teams’ performance and provided targeted coaching to improve accuracy.
- Verified invoice processing completeness and coordinated with suppliers to resolve discrepancies.
- Resolving invoices with discrepancies, following up and resolving in a timely manner.
- Establishing and maintaining vendor relationships.
- Managed vendor maintenance, including the update and addition of supplier information.
- Executed functions according to processes and procedures to maintain compliance with internal controls.
- Work with the permitting team to code all invoices paid using the company purchasing card and to ensure that we have a copy of all receipts.
- Statement reconciliation and review.
- Preparing 1099 forms.
- Processing weekly payment runs along with other requested payments (Checks/ACH/Wires).
- Petty cash reconciliation Preparing monthly accruals, and other month end close related tasks.
- Reviewing batch edit reports and invoice coding to ensure application of general ledger account coding is performed in a consistent and accurate manner.
- Working with internal customers and Accounts Payable Manager to resolve discrepancies with suppliers.
- Notarized legal documents for compliance with regulations.
- Oversaw extra duties to streamline operations.
- Perform clerical duties such as maintaining Accounting Department files and reading and routing incoming mail.
Accounts Payable Team Member
Horizon Forest Products
07.2021 - 03.2022
- Conducted invoice reviews, addressed discrepancies, and processed entries into Great Plains.
- Reviewed coded invoices to verify proper approval and accurate coding.
- Matched vendor invoices with purchase orders and posted them to accounting system.
- Distributed invoices for approval and followed up to ensure timely processing.
- Processing check requests and weekly payment runs.
- Reviewing check runs for accuracy and forwarding to Controller for approval.
- Supporting Vendors and trade partners with payment issues and monitoring accounts to ensure payments are up to date.
- Assist in month end closing process including preparation of accruals for journal entries and performing account reconciliations.
- Recommending improvement of processes through automation.
- Executed tasks to enhance team operations.
Accounts Payable Specialist
Telamon Corporation
02.2021 - 07.2021
- Processed credit card payments and reconciled statements to ensure accurate financial reporting.
- Reconciled vendor statements.
- Updated vendor accounts in the system to maintain accuracy.
- Executed daily system imports and resolved error reports to maintain data integrity.
- Processed utility bills for various locations, ensuring accurate service, material, and freight invoice handling.
- Systems used SAP Concur and Costpoint.
Accounts Receivable Clerk
Rose Oil Company
08.2020 - 02.2021
- Verified accuracy of accounts receivable ledger to ensure all payments were recorded correctly.
- Posted daily incoming cash, check, and credit card payments.
- Prepared daily deposits promptly to support cash flow management.
- Generated monthly statements and conducted collection calls to follow up on outstanding balances.
- Verifying discrepancies and resolving billing issues.
- Entering sales orders and prepare invoices.
- Answering all incoming calls and taking customer orders.
- Systems used Sage and Intevacon.
Accounts Payable Specialist
Accountemps
01.2020 - 08.2020
- Executed the processing of service, material, and freight invoices.
- Processed invoices using Lawson and Brainware systems, ensuring efficient workflow.
- Conducted weekly check runs, ensuring accurate logging of checks.
- Verifying invoices received weekly in Brainware system.
- Updated vendor accounts in the system.
- Verifying and reconciling vendor Purchase Orders.
- Maintain and reconcile Un-invoiced Inventory Payables report.
- Identified discrepancies in invoices and resolved vendor complaints promptly.
- Worked as contractor at UNC Health, performing administrative tasks.
Accounts Payable Specialist II
Nutranext
06.2016 - 11.2019
- Generated weekly aging reports and executed check runs to ensure timely vendor payments.
- Handled the coding and processing of service, material, and freight invoices.
- Verify and reconcile Purchase Orders and accurately enter vendor invoices for payment.
- Audited invoices for discrepancies and resolved vendor complaints to maintain positive relationships.
- Managed the processing of monthly recurring expenses such as rent, leases, and insurance.
- Reviewing and processing employee weekly expenses for payments.
- Processing Inter-Company payments weekly.
- Maintained and reconciled un-invoiced inventory payables report to ensure accurate financial records.
- System used SAP.
Account Payables Staff
National Oak Distributors
07.2014 - 06.2016
- Reviewed and approved employee expenses in Concur, accurately processing them for timely payroll integration.
- Processed monthly recurring expenses including rent for all locations, auto allowances, and management cell phone expenses.
- Verify and reconcile Purchase Orders and accurately enter vendor invoices for payment.
- Audited invoices for discrepancies, resolving vendor complaints to maintain positive relationships and ensure accurate payments.
- Revising all entries entered by the AP clerks ensuring proper coding to correct GL accounts.
- Setting up all new vendor accounts in the system and updating any changes.
- Managed the Utility tracker for all locations and processed monthly utilities on time.
- Trained and supervised new accounts payables clerks, enhancing team capabilities and ensuring compliance with company policies.
- Utilized Perfection and Concur software for accounts payable tasks.
Accounting Clerk
Resource Employment Solutions
01.2013 - 07.2014
- Processed weekly payroll for multiple temp locations across various states, ensuring timely and accurate payments.
- Supported employees with payroll inquiries and resolved payroll issues to maintain employee satisfaction.
- Updated and maintained employee personal information, including pay rates and addresses, to ensure accurate records.
- Auditing and exporting employee time clock entries and importing hours into corporate payroll system.
- Billed customers for services provided by temp employees per contract and resolved invoice concerns and discrepancies.
- Utilized Quickbooks, Paychex, and ADP for payroll processing and reporting.
Financial Service Associate
AMSCOT
12.2011 - 12.2012
- Processed customer financial transactions, including check cashing, payday advances, money orders, and money transfers, while assisting with account inquiries and promoting company products to enhance customer experience.
- Balanced cash drawers, identified and reported fraudulent or suspicious activity to maintain financial integrity and security.
- Ensured compliance with operational and security procedures to protect company assets and mitigate risks.
Accounting Clerk II
HOVENSA LLC.
06.2006 - 11.2011
- Audited invoices for discrepancies and resolved vendor complaints to ensure timely payments.
- Coded and processed service, material, and freight invoices.
- Verified that requisitions were created for purchase orders and followed up to confirm sufficient funds were available for processing payments.
- Forwarded invoices exceeding $50,000 to department heads for prompt approval.
- Prepared weekly performance reports, batched and scanned incoming invoices, and maintained downloads to FileNet for accessibility of all scanned documents.
- Requested weekly marine funds transfer from the bank and maintained contract files.
- Distributed mail to accounts payable department and assisted with special projects.
- Systems used SAP and Filenet.
Education
Finance -
Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, AL04-2026
Environmental Science -
Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach, AL11-2011
Accounting -
Ashworth University
Norcross, GA11-2006
Tax Preparation -
Ashworth University
Norcross, GA08-2006
Skills
- Invoice processing
- Payment processing
- Account reconciliation
- Vendor management
- Financial analysis
- Budget forecasting
- Audit support
- Excel proficiency
- Workflow optimization
- Problem solving
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Attention to detail
Certification
NC Notary Public, 09/01/27
Timeline
AP Analyst
Freudenberg Residential Filtration Technologies
05.2025 - Current
Accounts Payables Team Leader
Horizon Forest Products
03.2022 - 03.2025
Accounts Payable Team Member
Horizon Forest Products
07.2021 - 03.2022
Accounts Payable Specialist
Telamon Corporation
02.2021 - 07.2021
Accounts Receivable Clerk
Rose Oil Company
08.2020 - 02.2021
Accounts Payable Specialist
Accountemps
01.2020 - 08.2020
Accounts Payable Specialist II
Nutranext
06.2016 - 11.2019
Account Payables Staff
National Oak Distributors
07.2014 - 06.2016
Accounting Clerk
Resource Employment Solutions
01.2013 - 07.2014
Financial Service Associate
AMSCOT
12.2011 - 12.2012
Accounting Clerk II
HOVENSA LLC.
06.2006 - 11.2011
Finance -
Columbia Southern University
Environmental Science -
Columbia Southern University
Accounting -
Ashworth University
Tax Preparation -
Ashworth University