1. Kara LaPierre
Vancouver, WA 98660
(503) 490-8717 - kara.lapierre@gmail.com
Objective: Accounting/Clerical/Licensing/Customer Service
Skills/Expertise
Accounts Payable | Microsoft Office Suites (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) | Adobe Acrobat | NxTrend ERP |
Microsoft Dynamics ERP | QuickBooks | MAS-90 | Kofax Scanning Software | Filebound Document and
Workflow Management | General Ledger | Journal Entries | Year End Closing |Sage Fixed Assets | Business
Licensing | Microsoft CRM | Office Management | Office Equipment Negotiations
Professional Experience
Technical Support Engineer/Accounting Software
2015-2016 - Synergy Business Solutions, Vancouver, WA
 Provided technical support for Microsoft Dynamics Accounting to customers
 Record support calls and resolutions in Service Module (Microsoft CRM)
 Communicate with Supervisor, team members and Sales Staff any information deemed important
for Client Satisfaction, Problem Resolution and potential for Sales and Service
 Maintain Customer Connection information and security passwords for remote client access
Corporate Accounts Payable Manager
2009-2015 Pacific Power Group, LLC, Ridgefield WA (formerly Pacific Detroit Diesel-Allison)
 Managed staff of 6 for Company with $443M (gross sales), over 700 employees, and 17 locations
throughout Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii, California and Arizona
 Processed over 11,000 Vendor Trade invoices per month, exceeding expectations for staff of 6
 Participated in month-end close and year end close with reconciliations
 Handled all administration of Entity licensing for 5 companies and 11 Doing Business As (DBA)
names in 8 states,researching all licensing requirements in new markets or states for Motor
Vehicle Dealer (MVD) and Payroll Licensing
 Assisted with implementation of data-entry software,extracting data from invoices to upload to
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) through Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), allowing for
streamlining of administrative tasks which reduced human error and paperwork and made
business more cost efficient
 Licensed more than 300 company vehicles in 6 states,maintaining vehicle database
 Helped facilitate accuracy of fixed asset records to current inventory

2. Accounts Payable Manager
1998 – 2009 – Pacific Detroit Diesel – Allison Company, Portland OR
 Supervised staff of 8 for $110M Company with over 250 employees
 Realized approximately $176K in cash returns to company each year,implementing Company
Credit Card Program for expenses and payables
 Reduced staff and employee costs 25%, while increasing volume of work accomplished, by
Implementing software to “Go Paperless” with Document Management and Workflow Systems
Education
Northwestern College of Business/Trend College - Portland Oregon
AAS in Accounting
Portland Community College – Portland Oregon
Continuing education in Business and Accounting