Andre D. Tompulis
       1304 W. Norwood Street
          Chicago IL. 60660
                                                Phone: H  [Send email to request phone number] 08-1545  C(773)
729-0096
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SUMMARY

Project Management/Accounts Payable Professional with extensive experience
supporting various senior level roles within the finance organization. Proven
abilities in problem solving, best in class customer service and facilitating
process improvements to streamline and build efficiencies.

					         PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

		Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey
		
Senior Accounts Payable Analyst (December 2002-December 2007)

•	Executed Monthly Recurring Lease Payment Process for three divisions in the
SAP system for 100 hundred vendors.
•	Managed the automated electronic invoice feed payment process for all enabled
suppliers (approx 6,000+  invoices- a month with over $300+ Million monthly
spend)  in the SAP system while being 100% remote. 
•	Managed exceptions IDOCS via the electronic invoice platform for PO and Non-PO
invoices for all EDI and Electronic Invoice Feed payments. Cleared all invoice
exceptions prior to month end. 
•	Managed the Foreign Currency Invoice payment process (approx 100+ invoices a
month) through web based system Citidirect. Processed all FX wire transfers for
all 3 divisions of Novartis Pharmaceuticals through the third party Citidirect
Software web based payment system while being 100% remote. 
•	Project management lead for Third Party Freight Invoice Audit Payment Process,
inclusive of implementation process.
•	Reconciled monthly Purchase Order GR/IR discrepancies in the SAP system for PO
related to blocked invoices from the feeds. Kept aging under Net 30 days on a
month to month basis.  
•	Implementation Process for third party scanning initiative moving Novartis to
a completely paperless invoice payment platform. Monitored and managed daily
invoice exceptions from the On Line Document Center.
•	Participant in the Global Outsourcing Initiative Project for moving various
accounts payable component functions for Novartis Global Project to company
located in India. Prepared extensive training manuals for the transition process.
Continuous OJT transition process to the third party employees.  Utilized the
Citrix Platform to “shadow” third party associates while being remote during the
training period.
•	Telecommuting out of state for Novartis for 4+ years. Earned a spot on the
company’s original Telecommuting Pilot moving the program live throughout
Novartis with in a twelve month time frame.
•	Managed SOP’s for A/P Department relating to FX Payments and Electronic
Invoice Payment Feeds.
•	5+ years of SAP experience.

		
		BMG Entertainment, Lyndhurst , New Jersey
		
Royalty Payment - Team Leader (August 1996-April 2000)

•	Handled all customer service issues between artist and producers relating to
contractual payments, advances, and statements. 
•	Responsible for maintaining contract compliance for BMG Special Products
Division. 
•	Supervised three staff members in coding artist contracts into royalty payment
system.
•	Authorized royalty payments to artist and producers up to $25,000
•	Acted as liaison between the business affairs offices and royalty department
relative to all statement payment issues. 
•	Researched and resolved contractual disputes relating to artist and producers
royalty payments. 
•	Responsible for rendering royalty payments and corresponding statements
quarterly and semi-annual artist and producer accounts.
•	Participated in the design and user acceptance testing of a $36 million dollar
royalty accounting payment system for a two year period.
•	Reconciled royalty payments made to general  ledger systems.
•	Tracked and monitored payment advances and calculated back payments
adjustments due on royalty accounts. 






Publisher/Royalty Administrator  (February 1995-August 1996)

•	Responsible for all customer service issues for all publishing statements.
•	Coordinated the process of rendering quarterly publisher royalty payments and
statements and for all independent and agency affiliated accounts. Acted as
company liaison between the royalties and copyright business affairs offices on
all publisher disputes and rebuttals.  

		William C. Brown Communications, Inc. (A Times Mirror Company) Dubuque, Iowa
		
Royalty Payment Supervisor (September 1994-February 1995)

•	Maintained close working relationship with authors and editorial staff. 
•	Responsible for integration of royalty payment departments for company
consolidations between Richard D. Irwin companies and William C. Brown
Communications. 
•	Maintained resident expert status of publisher contracts relating to authors
royalty accounts. 
•	Managed the royalty payment process for all authors for Richard D. Irwin,
Inc.
•	Communicated and interacted with external and internal auditors. 

		Richard D. Irwin, Inc. – Burr Ridge, Illinois (August 1987-September 1994)

Started with Richard D. Irwin as a High School Coop which led into a college
internship. A full time position was then accepted in the cost accounting
department. This led to a promotion into the royalty payment department leading
ultimately to royalty supervisor. 


EDUCATION

B.S. in Business, University of Phoenix, in progress

Winona State University – Winona Minnesota
DePaul University – Chicago, Illinois
Jersey City State College-Jersey City, New Jersey


TECHNICAL SKILLS:

			Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SAP, PeopleSoft, Lotus Notes, Citrix
Software, Windows Vista