Jason Varner

Experience

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  Progressive Insurance

  Dec 2005 - Dec 2006

  Investment Reporting and Human Resources Control

  INVESTMENT REPORTING• Learned all aspects of company’s investment reporting practices through six-month rotational program.• Verified data for annual report, completed quarterly financial statements, reconciled multiple accounts monthly, and compiled and analyzed data for seven monthly reports including suspense, treasury stocks, repurchase transactions, securities gain/loss, and OTI review. • Reported daily securities investment transactions according to SEC regulations and posted month end journal accrual entries.HUMAN RESOURCES CONTROL• Created new, streamlined monthly reports for claims department analysis of internal/external turnover and headcount and restructured other summaries following organizational changes.• Formulated queries for information on training, staffing, recruiting, diversity, promotions, and expense reporting activities. • Presented journal entries for invoice accruals, allocations, and re-classes to internal departments, reconciled account balances, and created a process to monitor vendor expenditures with regard to legal controls and contracts. • Submitted journal entries for allocations and accruals. Show less

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  Rocco Fiore & Sons, Inc.

  Apr 2007 - May 2008

  Accounts Payable

  • Created and implemented petty cash processes and procedures that standardized cash reimbursement practices.• Ensured high-cost vendor purchases were billed out to the client correctly to guarantee company profitability.• Matched invoices to packing slips, ran a weekly aging report, and paid all invoices.• Managed all vendor information and filled out credit applications.

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  City Beverage

  May 2008 - Mar 2010

  Accounts Payable

  • Receive, account code, enter, and pay invoices weekly.• Receive and process NSF checks and follow up to ensure payment.• Undertake accounts receivable calls resulting in considerable collection of past due finances.• Own the entire office supplies budget; order and manage with a budget surplus.• Create and enter journal entries and accruals.

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  Medline Industries, LP

  Apr 2010 - now

  • Benchmarked insurance policies against peers of the same size and industry to ensure program adequacy.• Aligned insurance policies with risk tolerance to save >$500K annually in insurance premiums.• Reviewed lease and customer contracts to ensure company compliance with insurance language.• Integrated multiple acquisitions into Medline’s insurance program.• Purchased additional insurance to fill gaps in earthquake coverage.• Enhanced operations procedures to include fire protection and maintenance policies.• Aligned global and divisional units to eliminate duplicate insurance programs and reduce costs.• Eliminated unnecessary tracking of personal auto insurance for Sales employees.• Recovered >$100K in unclaimed property on behalf of the company from state websites.• Lead the planning and oversight of transitioning vendor creation & maintenance to India. Show less • Maintained the SAP vendor database for USA and Canada with 55,000 plus vendors; including vendor creation, updates, activation, and deactivation while complying with company policies and IRS 1099 reporting standards• Answer division, distribution center, and manufacturing facility inquiries and requests for vendor changes and creation in a prioritized timely manner.• Collaborate with accounts payable and other internal division contacts to ensure that vendor records maintain their accuracy including remittance changes, acquisitions, and purchase order blocks.• Document vendor creation procedures and policies in contribution to team creation of a departmental training manual.• Adapted quickly to new software areas in SAP in order to meet business needs and complete requests in unfamiliar areas• Developed and implemented a report for scheduling the deactivation of vendors as well as the process to have the reactivated• Worked with an outside vendor to track and log certificates of insurance on vendor accounts to minimize risk.• Tested new functionality in SAP to reduce duplicate vendors and remittance address change requests• Implemented a new vendor creation form for non-resale vendors to streamline the process of obtaining all necessary information to enter a new vendor. Show less • Reconcile vendor statements for 250 to 360 vendor accounts on a monthly or quarterly basis depending on size.• Post invoices, return debits, daily debits, and debit paybacks to vendor accounts.• Execute and analyze weekly overbill and aging reports to find and resolve problem invoices.• Significantly reduced open payables for vendors by 25% and maintained accruals for any open balances.• Build strong relationships with vendors and internal divisions to achieve better response times and resolve issues. • Document Accounts Payable Specialist procedures with a team of other specialists.• Train new employees on departmental policies and procedures as well as mentor them in their role. Show less

  • Sr Manager Treasury & Risk

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Manager Treasury and Risk

    May 2019 - Jan 2023

  • Manager Risk Management Programs

    Jun 2016 - May 2019

  • Vendor Master Data Analyst

    Aug 2013 - Jun 2016

  • Accounts Payable Specialist

    Apr 2010 - Aug 2013