Kenneth Bright
Lithia Springs,GA
Summary
Highly skilled Cash Manager with background in managing large-scale monetary transactions and financial reporting. Strengths include cash flow optimization, strategic planning, and team leadership. Past roles have demonstrated success in reducing costs through efficient cash management strategies, enhancing financial protocols, and fostering strong collaborative relationships within teams.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Order To Cash Manager
Warner Media
Atlanta , GA
2005.08 - 2021.05
- Trained and mentored staff of 20 on procedures, compliance requirements, and collections techniques
- Conducted 20 annual performance reviews and implemented improvement plans
- Reviewed billing problems, researched issues, and resolved concerns
- Managed monthly billing process to complete billings and returns to meet company revenue recognition policies
- Analyzed business processes to identify cost savings and operational efficiencies
- Prepared cash flow projections, cost analysis and monthly, quarterly and annual reports
- Established internal audit procedures to validate and improve accuracy of financial reporting
- Developed strategic plans for day-to-day financial operations.
Billing Supervisor
Warner Media
Atlanta , GA
2000.06 - 2005.08
- Maintain financial records to assist in internal and external audits meeting SOX guidelines
- Complete month end billing for domestic and international networks with revenue in excess of $200 million monthly
- Developed and implemented improvements to billing system to maximize efficiency, reduce delinquency and increase accuracy
- Coordinated with other internal departments and customers to keep operations running smoothly and solve both routine and complex problems
- Generated and submitted invoices based upon established accounts receivable schedules and terms
- Manage employee's daily/monthly responsibilities.
Sales Operations Supervisor
Warner Media
Atlanta , GA
1998.10 - 2000.06
- Lead team that strategically blend programming and commercial elements on the daily broadcast logs for CNN, HLN & CNN Airport Networks
- Create, maintain, and analyze reports as needed and configure the broadcast logs accordingly based on findings
- Steward large scale, high revenue advertiser campaigns from start to finish
- Proactively address advertiser priorities, conflicts, and discrepancies to deliver best client experience
- Coordinate efforts across departments to re-generate broadcast logs so as to add or protect revenue.
Education
Bachelor's degree - Business Management
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC, United States05.1994
Skills
- Cash Flow Management
- Payment Processing
- Cash flow optimization
- Credit analysis
- Debt management
- Budget Planning
- Quality Assurance
- Critical Thinking
- Team Building Leadership
- Decision-Making
- Compliance Assessment
- Operational Reporting
- Excellent Communication
- Relationship building and management
- Process Implementation
- Reliability
- Staff Management
- SOX requirements understanding
Timeline
Order To Cash Manager
Warner Media
2005.08 - 2021.05
Billing Supervisor
Warner Media
2000.06 - 2005.08
Sales Operations Supervisor
Warner Media
1998.10 - 2000.06
Bachelor's degree - Business Management
Appalachian State University
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