ANA BARAJAS

Posted and balanced daily cash receipts from manual and automated uploads.

Reconciled cash receipts with daily deposits and balanced batches accurately.

Matched customer payments to posted accounts through meticulous reconciliation.

Investigated historical cash postings and offsets to align customer accounts effectively.

• Executed monthly bank reconciliation to align activity with general ledger balances.
• Secured revenue through verification and posting of receipts while resolving discrepancies.
• Recorded customer payments, including cash, checks, and credit card transactions.
• Generated invoices and account statements while performing thorough account reconciliations.
• Completed month-end closing duties to ensure accurate financial reporting.

• Handle the cash application and reconciliation of more complex customer accounts including reversals and refunds.
• Generate monthly customer statements utilizing business process procedures.
• Compiles statistical data in order to track unapplied cash, batch posting, suspense accounts and refunds.
• Responsible for monthly reconciliation for balancing the bank activity to general ledger.
• Investigate short/over payments from customer accounts and reconcile discrepancies.

• Apply customer payments received via check, wire and ACH in a timely and accurate manner.
• Research and resolve receipt and invoice discrepancies.
• Analyze and reconcile customer accounts.
• Review daily aging report to monitor and identify payment irregularities.
• Perform special projects and other responsibilities as assigned.

• Verified that all invoices remained unpaid before processing.
• Conducted daily accounts payable and receivable for multiple clients.
• Updated balance sheet accounts through weekly and monthly reconciliations.
• Performed daily postings and downloads for bank accounts and credit cards.
• Reviewed all credit card expenditures for proper documentation and approval before payment.

• Ensure all payments are processed accurately and timely.
• Monitor processing volumes and distribute work to team members accordingly.
• Reconcile bank accounts and inter-company transactions to the general ledger.
• Oversee both incoming and outgoing inter-company transactions.
• Responsible for the daily and monthly balancing of Credit Card processing.
• Ensure billing statements are prepared throughout the department in a timely manner.

• Validated check dates and verified payee details with supporting documentation for cash receipts.
• Reconciled cash payments and posted transactions to appropriate accounts.
• Monitored invoice workload to ensure timely completion of invoices.
• Conducted reconciliations of customer accounts and monthly statements.
• Reviewed remittance details to assist in identifying unapplied or unidentified cash.
• Resolved issues related to customer accounts and sorted daily cash transactions efficiently.

• Reviewed all invoices for proper documentation and approval before payment processing.
• Ensured timely and efficient processing of all invoices.
• Responded to vendor inquiries promptly and professionally.
• Assisted in month-end closing activities to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Established check runs and managed online banking tools for streamlined operations.

Supervised daily, weekly, and monthly cash flow while leading staff members.

Oversaw all cash-related functions, including banking deposits and reconciliation of data entries.

Resolved payment discrepancies promptly and reported findings to management.

Reconciled cash transactions by preparing daily cash logs.

Conducted research to follow up on discrepancies related to cash receipts.

Maintained and adjusted unapplied items on customer accounts for accuracy.

• Supervised a team of 15-20 full and part-time transaction processing employees including team leaders to assist in executing workflow and personnel management tasks.
• Provided guidance and skill development for team leaders and transaction processing associates.
• Provided frequent feedback and coaching sessions to support their professional development and high levels of performance.
• Responsible for monitoring and tracking the team’s performance levels and managing personnel to ensure all throughput targets are achieved.
• Responsible for shift operations, escalating all process delays or breakdowns, and for resolving obstacles impacting production and/or quality.
• Identified and resolved barriers affecting production quality and output.