Claudia Pair

Experience

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  TEAM Integrated Engineering, Inc

  Nov 2002 - Jun 2004

  Financial Accountant
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  American Energy Partners

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2006

  Accounting
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  Wynn Crosby

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2009

  Accountant
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  Denbury Resources

  Sept 2009 - Feb 2011

  Accountant
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  Pioneer Natural Resources Company

  May 2012 - Feb 2019

  Promoted to manage all areas of AP, the validation team, and a key partner in the ERP. Accountable for all general accounts payable functions, including daily check runs, month-end journal entries and reconciliation, the closing of the AP sub-ledger, and general accounting issues. Reported to the Corporate Controller managing 1 manager, 4 supervisors, and 59 accounts payable assistants across 5 locations.● Leadership: Improved efficiency, increased employee satisfaction, and reduced accounting errors by focusing on individual strengths to reallocate job duties and reduce duplicate efforts.● Innovation: Resolved challenges in the customer experience due to emails and requests going to various places with no response by establishing a Supplier Help Team with a streamlined process and ticketing system to triage incoming inquiries.● Collaboration: Partnered with Supply Chain and operations to design the best process across teams using Oracle and Infor because invoices were not being processed as the systems were not properly integrated. Show less Promoted to manage the accounting function for 2 additional companies. Reported to the Corporate Controller managing 10-12 employees.● Leadership: Managed a team through changing processes due to an ERP migration by developing, setting priorities, and providing clear direction to staff, addressing performance issues as they arose.● Innovation: Enabled team to process an average of 2,700 more invoices monthly through cross-training● Innovation: Established an escheat process while working on a massive void project.● Collaboration: Assisted team in creating desktop procedures for various processes within the department to ensure adherence to company policies as processes changed. Show less Promoted to take on additional responsibilities due to demonstrated ability to dig into the “why” and suggest process improvements. Reported to the Director of Accounting, managing 4-5 employees.● Leadership: Drove standard and improved job functions by establishing a job duty manual for each role within AP after a thorough evaluation of end-to-end processes in place and the staff performing each. ● Innovation: Streamlined the approval process and improved audit visibility by moving team tasks to Oracle Hyperion Financial Management. ● Collaboration: Identified and implemented significant process improvements, such as establishing invoice processing deadlines and coordinating monthly cash meetings with the Treasury Department by understanding how each area of AP collaborated with the team, approvers, leadership, and auditors. Show less Took on additional responsibilities of Property, Plant, and Equipment (PPE) and Payroll) due to excelling at existing duties. Reported to Senior Accounting Supervisor.● Leadership: Streamlined payroll and benefits processes by understanding current processes, then collaborated with the internal auditors to utilize technology better, reducing process time and errors.● Innovation: Leveraged existing tools and technology to automate Property, Plant, and Equipment (PPE). ● Collaboration: Drove the adoption and change management of streamlined processes and technology by partnering with facilities, project managers, HR, auditors, and leadership. Show less

  • Director of Accounting

    Mar 2018 - Feb 2019

  • Accounting Manager

    Jan 2016 - Mar 2018

  • Senior Accounting Supervisor

    Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

  • Accounting Supervisor

    Sept 2013 - Jan 2015

  • Senior Accountant

    Jul 2013 - Sept 2013

  • Accountant II

    May 2012 - Jul 2013
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  Acuity Brands

  Feb 2022 - May 2023

  Accounts Payable (AP) Manager

  $3.5B Fortune 1000 global lighting and building management firm (NYSE:AYI). Originally hired as a contract AP specialist, then hired to lead the AP team. Reports to the VP of Finance, managing 4 employees and 8 contractors.● Leadership: Navigate the team through continuous change to stay focused on daily activities with ongoing development, prioritization, and mentoring. ● Leadership: Drives AP standardization to reduce the backlog and improve supplier satisfaction by partnering with longer-tenured staff to document undocumented processes and procedures, then trains the team on different aspects of AP and the “why” behind it.● Innovation: Identified and fixed numerous issues of vendors not being paid or payments being delayed as a member of the AP Stabilization Team. ● Innovation: Reduced invoice backlog by 75% by changing how invoices are processed and routed. ● Collaboration: Partners with business functions and vendors to educate them on how invoicing works, then further understand how different department processes impact the invoice process to identify and implement systematic “best practices,” automating where possible. ● Collaboration: Initiated visits to teams at different facilities to build trust and understand each location’s struggles, frustrations, and suggestions to implement meaningful changes to the process.● Collaboration: Deescalates frustrated vendors and other business partners by acknowledging frustration, listening, and staying on top of high-priority vendor issues with weekly meetings till the issue is resolved. Show less

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  Certified Nurseries

  Aug 2023 - Sept 2024

  Financial Planning Analyst
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  Smart Roof & Home Performance

  Oct 2024 - now

  Chief Financial Officer