DANIEL RIOS
Bridge 33 Capital
Chicago,IL
2
Languages
14
years of professional experience
I am a results-driven professional with over 12 years of experience in accounts receivable, complemented by a background in hotel management. I excel in managing collections, reconciling accounts, and providing exceptional customer service. My skills include analyzing financial data, leading projects, and mentoring junior staff. I am seeking a dynamic role that leverages my extensive experience and skills while offering opportunities for growth and learning new competencies. I am eager to contribute to a forward-thinking organization and drive financial efficiency and excellence.
Work History
Manager, Accounts Receivable
1 Year 6 Months- Lead Accounts Receivable operations and manage a team of four offshore AR professionals, setting priorities, managing workloads, and ensuring timely and accurate completion of collections activities.
- Helped create and implement an automated collections follow-up process, making tenant follow-up more consistent and helping the team stay on top of delinquent accounts.
- Built and organized the AR function from the ground up, creating policies, procedures, and standard processes where formal guidelines previously did not exist.
- Developed and maintained AR reports, enhancing management visibility into aging, delinquent accounts, collections activity, and outstanding balances.
- Led cleanup and reconciliation of grandfathered AR balances, researching historical activity and resolving discrepancies to enhance accuracy and reliability of existing AR.
- Led the cleanup and reconciliation of grandfathered AR balances, researching historical activity, resolving discrepancies, and making the existing AR more accurate and reliable.
- Review and interpret commercial leases to ensure tenant billings, rents, recoveries, and other charges are billed correctly according to lease terms, while researching and resolving tenant disputes.
- Implemented automated collections follow-up process, improving consistency of tenant follow-up and enabling team to effectively manage delinquent accounts.
Supervisor, Accounts Receivable
8 Months- Supervised day-to-day Accounts Receivable and collections activities, providing direction and support to the AR team and ensuring timely follow-up on delinquent tenant accounts.
- Monitored AR aging, tenant balances, payment activity, and collection efforts to identify issues requiring escalation or management attention.
- Reviewed tenant accounts and lease documentation to identify billing discrepancies, payment issues, and account variances requiring investigation and resolution.
- Collaborated with Property Management, Property Accounting, Lease Administration, and other internal departments to resolve tenant disputes and account discrepancies.
- Supported the development of standardized collection procedures and workflows, helping establish consistency in tenant outreach, account research, documentation, and follow-up.
- Assisted with tenant collection matters, including payment arrangements, delinquency escalation, default-warning processes, and preparation of accounts for further action.
- Provided training, coaching, and day-to-day guidance to AR staff on collection procedures, account research, reconciliation, and customer communication.
Senior Accountant, Accounts Receivable
2 Years- Lead collection efforts on base rents and other charges for assigned tenant accounts, adhering to established department policies and procedures
- Review and analyze aged receivables reports and system information to determine priority of tenant contacts for a portfolio of ten malls and over 900 leases
- Recommend appropriate actions to management, such as legal defaults or litigation, for tenants who fail to remit payment
- Recommended actions to management for tenants failing to remit payment, including legal defaults and litigation options
- Drove continuous improvement initiatives within accounting department, enhancing operational efficiency and effectiveness
- Developed and implemented accounting procedures and policies, improving efficiency and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support company-wide initiatives, providing financial insights and recommendations
Accountant, Accounts Receivable
2 Years 4 Months- Perform collection calls on base rents and other charges on assigned tenant accounts pursuant to established department policies and procedures
- Conduct collection calls on base rents and other charges for assigned tenant accounts, ensuring compliance with departmental policies and procedures
- Deliver customer service to tenants and internal stakeholders, including leasing, asset management, and mall management
- Provide customer service to both tenants and internal customers including: Leasing, Asset Management, Mall Management etc
- Advise management on appropriate actions for tenants failing to remit payment, including default and litigation options
- Recommend action to management (default, litigation, etc.) for tenants who do not remit payment
- Perform follow-up actions on a timely basis to ensure tenant commitments are met
- Identify tenant issues and resolve or escalate to Manager in a timely manner
- Collaborated with JDE and Salesforce teams to enhance data management processes.
Accounts Receivable Supervisor
3 Years 2 Months- Reviewed figures, postings, and documents to ensure accuracy
- Monitor group master accounts from check-in through checkout, ensuring correctness of billing. Prepared and posted city ledger adjustments.
- Monitor group master accounts from check-in through checkout, ensuring correctness of billing. Prepare and post city ledger adjustments as needed
- Coordinated tasks with other departments, mentoring team members and ensuring timely completion of work tasks to meet quality standards
- Followed up on past due accounts and vendor invoices to ensure resolution or payment in full
- Organize, secure, and maintain all files, records, cash and cash equivalents in accordance with policies and procedures
- Maintain an up-to-date deposit schedule
- Provide clerical support to accounting management
- Review credit applications in Dun & Bradstreet
Complex Accounts Receivable
3 Years 6 MonthsNight Audit Supervisor
6 MonthsEducation
Bachelor of Business Administration - Legal Studies Minor, Communications Minor, Social Work Minor
Business Administration
Skills
JD Edwards
Salesforce
Yardi
Wrike
Power BI
Agiloft
Dun & Bradstreet
Claude/ Claude Skill Builder
LANGUAGES
English
Spanish
Personal Information
Title: Senior Accountant, AR
Timeline
Manager, Accounts Receivable
Bridge 33 Capital
04.2025 - CurrentRead More
Supervisor, Accounts Receivable
Bridge 33 Capital
05.2024 - 01.2025Read More
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11.2012 - 05.2013Read More
Harold Washington College
Business Administration
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University of Arkansas
Bachelor of Business Administration from Legal Studies Minor, Communications Minor, Social Work Minor
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