Christine Henry
Summary
Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Corporate Staff Accountant
The Meet Group/ParshipMeet Group
03.2023 - Current
- Calculated and recorded expenses from corporate credit cards and reconciled credit card statements.
- Generated intercompany invoices and related transactions along with recording various monthly and quarterly accruals.
- Calculated and recorded the revenue recognition for two of our top social networking and dating apps.
- Collaborated with auditors to provide necessary documentation for successful audit completion.
- Ensured timely completion of month-end close procedures for efficient financial statement preparation.
- Maintained strong relationships with interdepartmental teams to ensure seamless communication of financial information.
- Strengthened financial reporting by preparing accurate monthly and quarterly journal entries and reconciliations.
- Managed both customer and vendor relationships to immediately find resolutions for escalated issues and discrepancies.
- Provided journal entries and performed accounting on accrual basis.
- Trained new employees on accounting principles and company procedures.
- Assisted with maintaining and updating Sarbanes-Oxley process documentation as needed.
Credit Coordinator II
US Foods
12.2015 - 03.2023
- Streamlined internal communication channels, expediting information sharing between departments related to important customer updates or changes in account statuses.
- Assisted in maintaining a healthy financial portfolio by continuously monitoring and analyzing customer credit data.
- Provided excellent customer service when resolving disputes, fostering positive relationships between the company and its clients.
- Conducted thorough credit evaluations for new customers to assess their financial stability and determine appropriate credit limits.
- Educated stakeholders across various departments about industry best practices for managing credit risk effectively.
- Collaborated with sales teams to establish credit limits, enabling business growth while minimizing risks.
- Worked in tandem with sales team and customers to negotiate payments and verify account reconciliations.
- Reduced bad debt losses by diligently monitoring customer accounts and taking appropriate action for overdue payments.
- Assisted the Credit Manager to ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements including Sarbanes Oxley controls.
Credit/Accounts Receivable Manager
ICC/Heilind Mil-Aero
08.2006 - 12.2015
- Ensured timely payments from clients through effective communication and proactive followups.
- Posted customer payments by recording cash, checks, and credit card transactions.
- Maintained accurate financial records by regularly reconciling accounts receivable ledgers.
- Verified discrepancies and resolved clients' billing issues
- Supervise collections analyst by providing direction on accounts to follow up on, send statements and final demand letters to.
- Also assist management in the formulation of credit policies to protect against potential credit risks while still maintaining a high sales volume.
- Partnered with sales teams to develop customized payment plans for high-value clients, ensuring long-term business partnerships.
- Handle the receivables and collections of the company's portfolio of over $40 million, which includes industry leaders, such as General Dynamics, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and the Federal Government.
Education
B.A. - Psychology
Rutgers University
Camden, NJ01.1999
Skills
- Proficient in MS Office
- Oracle Netsuite proficiency
- Experienced in QuickBooks accounting software
- Salesforce platform expertise
- Proficient in Microsoft Navision
- Accounts receivable management
- Journal entries
- ERP system proficiency
- Intercompany transactions
- Revenue recognition
- Credit management
Accomplishments
§ Annual sales for ICC were $39 million, and of that only $32,000 was turned over to collections or written off to bad debt. I was commended on this accomplishment first hand by the president of the company.
§ I was selected to be a member of the ICC Quality Audit Team, which helps to keep the company compliant with our AS9100 Registered QMS.
§ I was selected as a representative of ICC to attend a conference presented by the Federal Government Receivables & Research Bureau to help support the company in getting paid in a timely manner on our many government contracts that are processed through Wide Area WorkFlow (WAWF). Knowledge of this web-based system is essential to ICC being able to support the Department of Defense's goal of moving to a paperless acquisition process.
Timeline
Corporate Staff Accountant
The Meet Group/ParshipMeet Group
03.2023 - Current
Credit Coordinator II
US Foods
12.2015 - 03.2023
Credit/Accounts Receivable Manager
ICC/Heilind Mil-Aero
08.2006 - 12.2015
B.A. - Psychology
Rutgers University
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