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1. Sophia Black
3244 Old Plain Dealing Rd, Plain Dealing, LA 71064
E-mail: akasophi66@aol.com | Phone: 972-834-9738
Professional Summary
 Over 10 plus years of experience working in financial services, accounts payables, invoicing/billing and customer
service/client support settings.
 Over 7 years of experience in invoice issues, researching and documenting resolution steps.
 Compiling weekly invoice system hold reports and distributing data to internal customers (buyers and/or
requisiteness) and managers.
 Reconciling of aged invoice items in the three divisions and Oracle instances. Provided documentation to support
invoice deletions and/or cancellations within specific records within Oracle.
 Perform support to customers and clients for the Accounts Payable department by providing information and
problem resolution to issues.
 Performed general administrative duties in connection with the AIMS system for practice area workgroups.
Processed manual check authorization payments for special vendors
Skills
 Database Management: SQL Plus 9.2, Oracle 12c, Oracle 9i Dev./Admin., Access 2000
 Web & Desktop Development: Front Page, HTML, ASP.Net 1.0, Alpha Anywhere 3.1
 Applications: SAP ERP Business Suite 7 & R/3, Oracle 12i & 11i
 Image Vision, Star Team,
 Travel Smart, Vantive, Team Connect/SLIM Legal Management System
 AIMS E-Invoicing System
 AIMS A/P Interface System,
 WS-FTP Pro Application System,
 Crystal Reports, PeopleSoft,
 ROSS A/P System,
 NorPay Payroll System,
 Office 365, Lotus Notes
Education
American InterContinental University Dunwoody, GA June 2003 – December 2004
Program: Information Technology
DeVry University Decatur/Alpharetta, GA June 1997 – May 2001
Program: Information Technology
Independent Coursework
Accounting Fundamentals I
Introduction to Database Development
Introduction to Oracle 12c
Financial Accounting with SAP
SAP Enterprise Resource Planning

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Professional Experience
Sears Holdings, Bossier City, LA July 2017 – Present
Support Associate/Cashier – Hardlines
 Responsible for enhancing the experience of the Members and driving sales through courteous and proactive
support to Members, accurately and efficiently sales and service transactions, maintain merchandise standards,
ensuring the sales floor is ready all day, and maintaining price integrity.
 Provides the highest degree of Member service by making the Member the first priority. Greets every Member
who enters the zone to begin the Member First Engagement process of greet, discover, solve, and close.
Demonstrates the right behaviors in the selling process and takes ownership for ownership for identifying needs
and recommending appropriate solutions.
 Maintains thorough knowledge of available merchandise, and services to assistMembers in locating and selecting
merchandise.
 Completes Member transactions accurately and efficiently using POS and online systems, including sales, returns
and exchanges in accordance with authorized processes.
 Executes consistent operational and selling processes (e.g., credit application process, care plan) and stays up-to-
date on changes. Versed in the benefits of Shop Your Way (SYW), the elements of a WOW experience, and able to
sell the program to members.
 Sets non-promotional, promotional, and seasonal signing, including store-wide and event signing.
 Performs promotional ad setup and take down without error or omissions.
 Sets and maintains sales floor to national merchandising and presentation standards.
 Performs merchandise support tasks (e.g., straightening merchandise) during each work shift. Responsible for
keeping the department ready all day and ensuring the sales floor is easy the shop, in stock, clean, signed and
organized for customers.
 Performs accurate count updates and inventory adjustments.
 Uses basic internet navigation to access and print information/reports.
 Maintains on-going knowledge of applicable National Presentation Standards, store merchandise, integrated
retail, SYW, and operational processes. Achieves and maintains appropriate levels of learning standards through
Segno and other learning systems.
 Performs other duties as assigned.
Sears Holdings, Shreveport, LA June 2017 – July 2017
Office Associate
 Supports Store Operations, including cash office, account maintenance, data entry detail, mail, filing payroll
processing and other clerical functions.
 Processes payroll workflow, enters approved punch corrections, converts regular hours to relevant pay codes as
authorized by management, and timely commits payroll for hourly associates.
 Performs clerical functions, such as tracking attendance; preparing badges, IDs and temporary discount cards;
following up to collect on-boarding paperwork; and maintain payroll detail, applicant/associatefiles and
employment documents/posters per company requirement.
Southern University Shreveport - Westaff Workforce Solutions, Shreveport, LA July 2016 - Sept 2016
Computer Lab Technician
 Responsible for overseeing the use of the computer lab and providing activity reports on students to faculty and
staff. Proactively monitored the lab resources to ensure that all lab computers and printers were fully operational
and meet the needs of the faculty and students.
 Provided technical assistanceto students, faculty, and staff on the following programs:
Microsoft Applications, Email

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Moodle – stands for modular object oriented dynamic learning environment and is the leading platform of
choice for delivering online learning content, engaging learning, and measuring their performances.
Banner – web services information system that allows the student to register an account for classes, check
their grades, view their account, and print unofficial transcripts.
 Complete technical tasks, duties, and special projects upon requests.
IBM Corp., Plano, TX April 2014 - July 2014
Fin & Admin Delivery Admin
 Responsible for Shared Financial Services activities related to processing of invoices in the Oracle System for the
Corporate Office.
 Responsible for the payment processing of all invoices and prompt pays submitted for processing.
 Meet and exceed the expected daily average of 480 invoices processed. Ensured that PFSS is meeting the three-
day SLA on a daily basis. Maintained a consistent accuracy rate of 98% and above in invoice processing
(minimum requirement is 97%).
 Interact with all levels of management, as it relates to policies and procedures.
 Complete special projects upon request.
PepsiCo/Frito Lay Inc. Plano, TX October 2008 - March 2014
Accounts Payable Specialist / Accounts Payable Coordinator
 Responsible for Shared Financial Services activities related to handling and ensuring that all Oracle invoice
system holds within FLNA, PCNA, and WCMS divisions are identified, researched and resolved within 30 days
of creation. Additional duties include the auditing and batch payment release of Genesis invoices in the Quaker
Mainframe system.
 Responsible for identifying invoice issues,researching and documenting resolution steps.
 Compiling weekly invoice system hold reports and distributing data to internal customers (buyers and/or
requistioners) and managers.
 Reconciling of aged invoice items in the three divisions and Oracle instances. Provided documentation to support
invoice deletions and/or cancellations within specific records within Oracle.
 Managed and maintained tracking of invoices approved for payment release for the PCNA Year End Close for the
2008 fiscal year.
 Maintained a consistent rate of 97% and above in meeting the key objective that no invoices are on hold above 30
days.
 Research and resolve invoice payment issues, which also include providing customer service to locations,
vendors, and purchasing, etc.
 Interact with all levels of management, as it relates to policies and procedures.
 Complete special projects upon request.
PepsiCo/Frito Lay Inc. Plano, TX August 2006 - September 2008
Accounts Payable Associate
 Responsible for Shared Financial Services activities related to processing of invoices in the Oracle System for the
Corporate Office.
 Responsible for the payment processing of all invoices and prompt pays submitted for processing, as well as
invoice auditing.

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 Setup recurring payments for rental lease vendors that are submitted by internal and field customers. Resolve any
issues relating to the request with purchasing, vendor maintenance, and/or internal and field customers.
 Meet and exceed the expected weekly average of 560 invoices processed. Ensured that PFSS is meeting the three-
day SLA on a daily basis. Maintained a consistent accuracy rate of 98% and above in invoice processing
(minimum requirement is 97%).
 Research and resolve invoice payment issues, which also include providing customer service to locations,
vendors, and purchasing, etc.
 Resolve all pertinent invoice edits, i.e., OAP Invoice Holds and Image Vision hold queue, and the preparation of
the weekly Hold Report.
 Interact with all levels of management, as it relates to policies and procedures.
 Complete special projects upon request.
The Coca-Cola Company Atlanta, GA June 2004 - November 2004
A/P Client Support Representative (Contractor)
 Perform support to customers and clients for the Accounts Payable department by providing information and
problem resolution to issues.
 Establish vendor relations by providing invoice payment status information via SAP/Oracle accounting systems.
 Provide detail information to all KO employees on their travel expenses and business travel management through
TravelSmart.
 Conduct intense research on issues pertaining to stop payments, check cancellations, ACH reversals and other
A/P functions.
 Assisted in invoice processing by inputting documents into SAP/Oracle disbursement systems and perform other
A/P related tasks as assigned by supervisor.
United Parcel Service Atlanta, GA May 2000 - November 2003
Legal Technology/Billing Specialist
 Processing of electronic and manual invoices according to the guidelines of the Core Counsel (about 25 firms) and
International Core Counsel Networks (over 100 firms) for the Corporate Legal department. The billing/invoicing
system was a web-based internet service that was implemented by UPS through an outsourced company,
Datacert.com, (AIMS E-Invoicing System, AIMS A/P Interface System, WS-FTP Pro Application System) that
uploaded legal information into their database application, Team Connect/SLIM Legal Management System.
 Prepared the Invoice Summary/Detail report for management approval via the AIMS A/P Interface and WS-FTP
Pro Application. Communicated to the CCN firms the adjustments made by the practice area workgroup during
in the review stage via email and personal phone call to the law firm’s contact person.
 Handled requests from the CCN regarding matter numbers, matter information, and error messages in regards to
billing The law firm was required to use UPS’s electronic system to transmit their monthly billing and a strict file
format was required. If an error message was generated by the electronic invoicing system, I informed the law
firm of the error, and assisted in getting it resolved by contacting the technical support representative of the
company who managed the system.
 Managed and processed the post payment report and refund requests that pertained to invoice adjustments for
the CCN. Provided payment information and explanation to the law firms on current and/or disputed invoice
amounts via the Oracle system.
 Performed general administrative duties in connection with the AIMS system for practice area workgroups.
Processed manual check authorization payments for special vendors. Researched and coded refund checks for
invoice adjustments to ensure proper credit to the correct department and region/district.