Ami R. Bulger
Cleveland
Summary
Finance professional seeking a career opportunity in which my various treasury, accounting and finance skills and experiences can be utilized all while working in a high paced, challenging workplace that values teamwork as well as individual contribution.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Treasury Analyst
Avient Corporation
03.2020 - 11.2024
- Implemented automation solutions for various treasury functions, enhancing accuracy while reducing manual workload demands on staff members.
- Bank Account administration of portal users, signers and administrators.
- Presented forecasting and financial reports to corporate executives and team members.
- Mitigated risk by implementing internal controls and safeguards.
- Developed financial projections and forecasts to guide investment decisions.
- Assisted in preparation of presentations, data tables and other documents for investor meetings.
- Created and maintained precise and accurate models, charts and reports.
- Worked closely with external auditors during annual audits, providing detailed information about treasury processes as required.
- Facilitated effective communication between finance professionals throughout the company by creating clear documentation related to treasury workflows and best practices.
Supervisory/Compliance Analyst II
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
10.2015 - Current
- Responsibilities include accounting for all foreign and domestic payments processed through the International Treasury Services division, voucher and credit ticket creation, generating reports and overall accounting functions
- Processing of vouchers, credit tickets and returns; operations processing of all payments in ITS
- Update and monitors general ledger accounts while meeting strict wire and ACH deadlines
- Providing excellent customer service to the Kansas City Financial Center; answering inquiries and assisting with occasional issues in ITS
Accounts Receivable and Payable Specialist
Philpott Solutions Group
06.2015 - 10.2015
- Responsibilities included check runs and distribution, expense report processing, cash application and credit reviews
- Vetting of all new customers which included credit worthiness reviews and new customer set up for the sales team
- Generation and distribution of checks for suppliers and invoices for customers
Global Treasury Credit & Receivables Analyst / Global Treasury Operations Analyst
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.
04.2012 - 03.2015
- Responsibilities included the management of all export letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and various maintenance of other trade finance transactions as well as the tracking of all non-credit enhanced North American accounts receivable
- Collected ~1 billion USD in sales per year utilizing several trade finance methods, reducing the need to use revolving credit loans for increased cash flow
- Managed export letter of credit sales which included sales contract review, export LC draft preparation, advising/confirming bank pricing negotiation, preparation of compliant documents for presentation, monitoring of fees associated for export LC use and collection of funds from the presentation of clean documents
- Responsible for issuing standby letters of credit and amendments as well as assisted in surety bond issuances
- Check depositing and properly applying incoming receivables
- Prepared monthly and quarterly reports used to confirm compliance to the revolving credit line agreement as well additional export LC reporting on fees, bank usage, and DSO used as performance indicators
- Served as the liaison between the Commercial Sales and Treasury Operations group to insure that all sales were input into the cash forecasting model and all items in collections were investigated to ensue a most up to date cash position
- Completed the implementation of a new domestic disbursement bank platform while migrating from an older, less functional system
- Assisted in the implementation of a global cash pooling system; opened ZBA and MCA accounts that were compatible with investing activities
Bank Account Administrator
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.
06.2011 - 04.2012
- Responsible for the maintenance of all bank accounts (openings, closings, service updates), processing of ACH and wire payments as well as primary preparer of export letter of credit documentation
- Successfully opened, closed or updated over 50 bank accounts that were to become part of a global cash pooling system as well as account specific to mine site needs or special ad hoc items (escrow, PACs, etc…)
- Processed daily ACH or wire payments from multiple banking platforms accurately as well as properly reconciling the transactions the day after in the treasury management system
- Contributed to the cash forecasting activities by updating expected sales and payments and identified items at risk for delayed payment
- Developed key banking relationships and maintained database tracking the use of banks in Cliffs bank group and the fees the banks earned while assisting us in different treasury activities
- Converted all paper bank account opening documents to electronic files allowing for better search functionality as well as complying with audit standards
Legal Administrative Assistant
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.
02.2008 - 06.2011
- Legal Administrative Assistant duties included supporting 5 attorneys and 2 paralegals at my location in addition to fielding requests from those legal team members located at the secondary office, review and processing all outside attorney invoices for payment, and the retention of all pertinent legal files
- Managed the accurate and timely processing of 90% of the legal invoices incurred for legal services
- This process includes coding, acquiring the appropriate attorney approvals, corresponding with Accounts Payable and outside counsel, maintaining records of payment as required by the document retention policy and responding to audit requests as necessary
- Maintained a user-friendly filing method for all finalized legal and financial documents relevant to the Legal Department
- This includes reviewing, safeguarding and organizing the documents so that they can be retrieved when a query is received
- Assisted with several acquisitions of additional mining properties as well as the sales of other properties
- This typically included reviewing and maintaining files and binders of all incoming documents, obtaining the appropriate signatures for agreements and preparing folders for the closing documents
- Served as an administrator to the online repository of legal entity information which included retrieving signing authority information as well as updating Officers and Directors, revising entity information, uploading commonly used documents and setting up numerous accounts granting other employees access to the information
Education
Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in Business Administration
The University of toledo
Toledo, OH01.2007
Skills
- Legal document and signatory management
- Customer service oriented
- Monthly/quarterly/year-end reporting
- Administration of banking and various internet platforms used in the daily course of business
- KYC and compliance-related reviews
- Focus on accurate transactions and reporting
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Process development and maintenance
- Fee maintenance and service negotiation
- Notary Public for the State of Ohio
- MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Ellipse
- Oracle
- IT2 Environment
- Regulatory compliance
- Data analysis
- Compliance reporting
- Audit coordination
- Documentation review
- Project management
- Documentation accuracy
- Relationship management
Timeline
Treasury Analyst
Avient Corporation
03.2020 - 11.2024
Supervisory/Compliance Analyst II
The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
10.2015 - Current
Accounts Receivable and Payable Specialist
Philpott Solutions Group
06.2015 - 10.2015
Global Treasury Credit & Receivables Analyst / Global Treasury Operations Analyst
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.
04.2012 - 03.2015
Bank Account Administrator
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.
06.2011 - 04.2012
Legal Administrative Assistant
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.
02.2008 - 06.2011
Bachelor of Science - Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in Business Administration
The University of toledo