Results-driven finance professional with extensive experience at Pitney Bowes, adept in EDI transactions and reconciliation procedures. Proven track record of reducing aging accounts by 35% and enhancing billing processes. Strong analytical skills combined with effective communication enable successful collaboration across teams to achieve financial objectives.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
OPS Finance Analyst
Pitney Bowes
10.2023 - Current
Tracks and resolves credit and billing issues 179 Accounts
Daily and monthly invoices sent via email and EDI
Maintains reporting databases and perform updates as necessary to ensure accuracy in workflows and reporting
Accurately analyze and collect data for various types of business reports
Creates business reports that provide insight into key data points upon request
Communicates the results of data analysis in written and verbal form to internal clients
Prepares and distribute monthly SOX reporting
Assists in scheduling monthly reports to team with client CEM
Runs weekly Aging via SAP, Account Analytics in High Radius per request
Ensure all receivables (ACH/LB/Manual Deposits) are posted to the correct account daily to perform bank reconciliation and resolve any outages
Maintains accurate reconciliations for general ledger and balance sheet accounts with variances researched, documented, and resolved
Receiving payment and posting amounts to customer accounts
Preparing statements for credit department if customer fails to respond
Initiating repossession proceedings or service disconnection
Keeping records of collection and account status
Monitoring customer accounts for non-payments and irregularities
Following up on, collecting, and allocating payments
Investigating historical data for each debt or bill
Senior Financial Analyst
McLaren
04.2022 - 10.2023
Evaluated new customer's credit data/financial statements to assess credit worthiness and risk and make a credit decision. Credit limit approval up to $250K
Managed a collection portfolio of $6-10 Million
Supervised delinquent account collection and established alternative payment plans
Negotiated contract terms, perform accurate risk assessment
Legal/ Collection Agency approval for 3rd party account escalation
Negotiated payoffs deadlines or payment plans for their portfolio up to 4 - 6 Months including proper risk mitigation
Documented collection activities and recommend charge-offs
Developed reports to ensure compliance with corporate policies and procedures
Assisted credit analysts in solving problems
Approved customer refunds up to $5K
Senior Billing Financial Analyst
ABM
06.2017 - 03.2023
Maintains an account control workbook (ACW) for each portfolio
Prepares and generates accurate invoices for multiple service types across a variety of bill cycles for assigned portfolios of On-Site National Accounts customers
Reviewed Test Cases for EDI transactions and executed them in the Quality Center testing environment
Reconciled balance sheet accounts monthly
Lead all aspects and activities related to standardizing, simplifying, and automating all order-to-cash ('OTC') processes: billing, credit, collections, and cash applications
Supported the monthly financial close process by processing the necessary journal entries
Reviewed data, resolved discrepancies, and enter all start/change and cancellation data into the system for the assigned portfolio of accounts
Analyzes and processes all invoice adjustments requests (NAAF form), including review and verification of information for accuracy, reasonableness and compliance to National/Client Solution SOX policy
Served as the first point of contact, support and subject matter expert for National Account Managers (NAM), Regional Controllers and Branch Managers
Answered inquiries, reviewing, identifying process or training issues and recommending solutions
Worked closely with Field Billing, Cash Applications, Sales, NAMs and Operations to ensure completeness of billing data and accuracy of invoices and collection assistance
Immediately following billing, place copies of all monthly billing records on the organization SharePoint site
Reviewed and resolved unapplied cash upon notification of receipts, A/R tracking
Provided aging reports to National Account Managers, collecting on aged accounts
Maintained the accuracy of account level billing procedures by making prompt changes to the documentation
Ensured all accounting procedures, records, and reports conform to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) are executed in compliance within policies
Government Billing / Collections Analyst
Intuitive Surgical
01.2020 - 12.2022
Established process improvements to help streamline efficiencies and increase productivity or reduce repetitive actions
Reviewed 180 accounts on credit hold to determine if account(s) need to remain on credit hold or if a credit increase, per account(s) history, is warranted
Reviewed Wells Fargo ACH, Lockbox and/or Bank Statement for research purpose and to monitor customer P2P/PTP
Reduced Aging by analyzing high risk accounts i.e., over 60 buckets by 35% in 6 months, exceed collection goal each month by 13M on average
Daily government billing and collection by purchase order
Managed Intuitive U.S. Cash Application process (posting, offsetting, research) to include training Contingent Employees
Tracked and resolve credit and billing issues
Submitted daily and monthly invoices via email and EDI
Maintained pertinent reporting databases and perform updates as necessary to ensure accuracy in workflows and reporting
Responsible for billing and collection of assigned accounts
Communicate & follow up effectively with sales department regarding billing and collection of customer accounts on a timely basis
Collection calls and/or correspondence to customers
Update account information to ensure customer billing address, contact, and other required information is current
Assist customers in bringing delinquent accounts current
Provide exceptional service to callers exceeding quality assurance standards
Project a positive image over the phone while utilizing negotiation skills to balance the needs of the customer and the business
Prepare monthly billings and reconcile to department reports to ensure accurate billing
Assist the Billing Manager in ensuring that all contracts are invoiced in a timely fashion
Support cash processing, including research for unidentified payments
Regularly examine data reports to locate and resolve inaccuracies throughout
Accurately analyze and collect data for various types of business reports
Created business reports that provide insight into key data points upon request
Communicates the results of data analysis in written and verbal form to internal clients
Acts as a reporting SME to vet new reporting processes, potential automation projects, conduct testing and provide feedback
Prepared and distribute monthly SOX reporting
Assisted in scheduling monthly reports to team
Senior Billing Credit / Collections Analyst
Andritz Inc
01.2020 - 09.2022
Manages distribution of invoices through various channels (mail, email, SAP Ariba & other various invoice portals)
Daily collections, daily credit evaluations, daily order releases
Assisted customers with tax disputes, freight, purchase order discrepancies and various customer requests
Generated monthly/quarterly intercompany replies to various legal entities for allocation of shared costs
Generates proforma invoices in support of customer prepayments and/or international shipments
Lead all aspects and activities related to standardizing, simplifying, and automating all order-to-cash ('OTC') processes: billing, credit, collections, and cash applications
Represent Billing function in process improvement strategies and cross-functional meetings
Prepare daily invoices, Reconciliation Billing / AP
Daily invoicing preparation and processing of billing adjustments
Manage invoice library and customer billing files
Monitored and corrected all EDI transactions and experience with EDI and SAP integration
Daily invoice payment processing and account coding
Track, process, and document accuracy threshold and rebills for accounts
Researched and resolved transaction and/or billing exceptions & errors daily, including reviewing & analyzing data, diagnosing any problem/error and performing all system and/or market corrections within applicable billing
Assisted with Notary to prepare Notarized invoices
Interact with customers for general billing, accounts receivable, payment and collection inquiries and responding to their business needs and/or problems
Senior Cash Analyst
Jaipur International Rugs
06.2014 - 06.2017
Performed reconciliation of deposits to cash postings
Researched unidentified payments for proper daily postings
Responsible for checks and wires received, matches remittances to deposited monies
Calculated all contractual allowances to be posted in conjunction with the posting
Created and uploaded AR/ AP Vendor invoices
Inventory Control which encompasses inventory, freight, parts payables and returned merchandise
Daily application of all payments: checks, remote, lockbox
Team Development - training and cross-training, reviewing and redistributing workloads, department meeting
Accurate posting of accounts received payments for lockbox, ACH and wire
Processed daily billing transactions and related activities
Supported in AR collections as needed (AP, GL Invoicing, Inventory Management)
Prepared and completed intercompany billing transactions
Reconciles the incoming shipments to the outgoing shipments
Prepares and provides financial information and support to outside auditors, governmental agencies, tax consultants and other organizations as needed
Lead all aspects and activities related to standardizing, simplifying, and automating all order-to-cash ('OTC') processes: billing, credit, collections, and cash applications
Worked closely with the billing, sales, contract administration, and finance teams in the review and interpretation of contract terms to ensure proper billing to clients
Lead efforts around policies and procedures to enhance audits identify revenue leakage and fraud detection
Reported on key receivables metrics (aging's, allowances, DSO reduction)