Brittany M Colley
Manor,TX
Summary
Self-motivated and enthusiastic individual, highly organized with excellent supervisory skills with over 10 years experience in Finance. Adapts seamlessly to constantly evolving accounting processes and technology. Able to handle multiple tasks and works great under pressure while being a great team player and obtaining an all around financial experience. Adept in financial analysis, budget forecasting , account settlement, audit preparation and reconciliations. Specialized in payment processing, financial reporting, payables, receivables and collections.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Consultant
Robert Half Consulting
Austin, TX
06.2023 - Current
- Analyzed problematic areas to provide recommendations and solutions.
- Delivered outstanding service to clients to maintain and extend relationship for future business opportunities.
- Managed multiple deadlines across several businesses to meet dynamic needs of multiple clients.
- Created and developed detailed work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines.
- Prepared presentations to explain revisions, enhancements and process improvements of organization's systems and programs.
- Optimized customer experience by delivering superior services and effectively troubleshooting issues.
- Generated reports detailing findings and recommendations.
Senior AR Accountant
Videndum Media Solution
Woodcliff Lake, NJ
06.2022 - 06.2023
- Reconciled accounts and created documents for monthly closure procedures.
- Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions; resolving discrepancies
- Prepared monthly journal entries and reconciliations.
- Reconcile balance sheet accounts
- Coordinate semi-annual audits
- Review intercompany transactions and generate Invoices as necessary
- Prepares Monthly expense entries by compiling and analyzing account information
- Maintain Vendor files, correspond with vendors and respond to inquiries.
- Strong knowledge in accounting rules, standards and procedures.
- Utilized Microsoft Excel, QuickBooks and Oracle software to manage invoices and payments.
- Reconciled accounts receivable ledger to verify payments and resolve variances.
Accountant - AR Credit Manager
NYC Alliance
New York, NY
08.2021 - 06.2022
- Establish and review credit limits for both new and existing accounts working with company factors
- Coordinate with financial team to understand market calendar, new customer appointments and ensure new customer applications for credit are reviewed and received
- Strong knowledge in accounting principles.
- Reconcile A/R statements to client and credit records and resolve discrepancies
- On-going communication with customers to facilitate collection of balances
- Ensure credit terms are adhered to work with customers to resolve all financial issues
- Set payment
- Schedules in accordance with company policy
- Continuously seek ways to drive efficiency within department
- Weekly Wholesale Cash Inflow Flash/Projection Report
- Monthly Closing - Aging Reports
- Ad Hoc Reporting
Senior AR Accountant
Leica Camera Inc
Allendale, NJ
02.2021 - 08.2021
- Research discrepancies and follow up on short payments or over payments
- Collection calls, follow up, research and account reconciliation
- Resolve chargeback(s) and credits within acceptable periods
- Work productively with Sales, Logistics and Marketing, as necessary
- Meet with Controller as directed to review Aging report
- Sort code and match invoices
- Research and Resolve invoice discrepancies and issues
- Daily Invoice order entry and reconciliation
- Generate and carry out monthly chargeback reports and meetings.
- Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines
Senior AR Accountant
The Children’s Place
Secaucus, NJ
02.2018 - 09.2020
- Daily review on open accounts for collections
- Review account statuses to generate aging analysis
- Payment processing in SAP
- Generate bi-weekly and monthly statements of accounts
- Daily customer portal review to ensure all invoices are received and scheduled for payment
- Review customer remittances and perform research on all customer payments
- Research and resolve deductions, chargebacks, and disputes
- Process reporting on monthly sales forecasts as well as weekly billing comparatives
- Generate and carry out monthly chargeback reports and meetings
- Monthly self-audit to ensure all SOX controls are in place
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP
- Manage and process quarterly / periodic write offs
- Process daily account reconciliations and monitor customer account details
- Update daily reporting to catch any delayed or missed payments and other such irregularities
- Generate month end revenue tie out to assist accounting department with month end close
- Provide monthly reserve analysis to accounting team
- Contact customers regarding past due accounts and identify reasons for nonpayment
- Monitor and manage accounts receivables aging with purpose of prioritizing collection efforts towards past due accounts
- Responsible for high profile customer accounts such as Walmart, Amazon, TJ Maxx, Ross, Winners, and Burlington
- Provide timely, relevant, and accurate reporting and analysis of past due accounts
- Prepare month end management reporting for accounting department
- Performs other duties as required to support accounting department.
- Cooperated with senior leaders to create operating budgets and initiate financial planning.
AR Collections Specialist
DSV Air and Sea
Elizabeth, NJ
02.2017 - 02.2018
- Monitor and manage accounts receivables aging with purpose of prioritizing collection efforts toward delinquent accounts
- Provide timely, relevant, and accurate reporting and analysis of past due accounts
- Negotiate payment arrangements with customers to avoid legal processing
- Review open accounts for collection efforts
- Review customer remittances and perform research on all customer payment
- Develop strong business relationship with key individuals in customer accounting departments
- Escalate unresolved issues, tracking to final resolution
- Daily reporting of collections activity.
Accounts Receivable Specialist / Collections
Groupe SEB
Parsippany, NJ
06.2015 - 02.2017
- Review open accounts for collection efforts
- Perform research on all accounts and document all explanations of benefits.
- Prepare follow-up letters for customer accounts, notifications of change of address for collection agencies, and other documents
- Manage all communication for all overdue accounts and investigate all customer complaints and resolve all issues
- Oversee all write offs and assist to balance all nonpayment and maintain track of payments according to collection policy
- Contact customers regarding overdue accounts and determine reasons for non-payment
- Monitor cash on delivery and COD payments
- Process daily cash journals with accuracy against bank statements to deposit daily cash receipts
- Monitor and manage accounts receivables aging with purpose of prioritizing collection efforts toward delinquent accounts
- Dispute invalid chargeback with customers
- Provide timely, relevant, and accurate reporting and analysis of past due accounts
- Negotiate payment arrangements with customers to avoid legal processing
- Develop strong business relationship with key individuals in customers accounting department
- Escalate unresolved issues, tracking to final resolution
- Process credit memos for any adjustments, such as shortage, price discrepancy, discount, currency adjustments, sample allowances, freight, uncollectible write offs, returns, damaged items.
Accounts Receivable / Chargeback Specialist
Mount Pleasant Ice Cream Co
Rutherford, NJ
11.2011 - 06.2015
- Determine a customer's credit limit by D&B rating, trade references, and bank statements
- Analyze chargeback deductions and submit credit requests for validated chargebacks and dispute invalid chargeback with customers
- Process daily cash journals with accuracy against bank statement to deposit daily cash receipts
- Prepare /analyze reports, statements and accounting information
- Negotiate payment arrangements with customers to avoid legal processing
- Provide timely, relevant, and accurate reporting and analysis of past due accounts
- Prepare records and process account receivable checks and ACH payments
- Assist with processing of credit card orders and maintain daily credit limit monitoring
- Monitored accounts to verify compliance with payment terms and schedules.
Education
Psychology / Accounting
KEAN University
Union, NJ2010
Skills
- GAAP Knowledge
- Account Reconciliation Expert
- Proactive, responsible and strategic thinker
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Organized
- Reporting Proficiency
- Detailed Oriented
- Thoroughness
- Professional attitude in working individually or as valued team member
- ERP Operating systems : SAP, Syncada, IPS, QuickBooks, Oracle , NetSuite and SPS
- Vendor Portals, Retail Link Vendor Central and Adyen
- V-lookup , Pivot Tables, Macros
Accomplishments
- AMA Enterprises - Summer Finance Internship ,Assisted and supported a financial team on a successful $2.5M acquisition on Chargeback Reconciliations.
Timeline
Consultant
Robert Half Consulting
06.2023 - Current
Senior AR Accountant
Videndum Media Solution
06.2022 - 06.2023
Accountant - AR Credit Manager
NYC Alliance
08.2021 - 06.2022
Senior AR Accountant
Leica Camera Inc
02.2021 - 08.2021
Senior AR Accountant
The Children’s Place
02.2018 - 09.2020
AR Collections Specialist
DSV Air and Sea
02.2017 - 02.2018
Accounts Receivable Specialist / Collections
Groupe SEB
06.2015 - 02.2017
Accounts Receivable / Chargeback Specialist
Mount Pleasant Ice Cream Co
11.2011 - 06.2015
Psychology / Accounting
KEAN University