MARTINA OTERO
Brooklyn,NY
Summary
Resourceful, meticulous accounting professional with over 31 years of experience in strategic problem-solving, customer relationship management, financial reconciliations, general ledger accounting and financial management. Team player commitment to accuracy in financial data entry and recordkeeping.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Media Control Specialist
Havas Media
New York, NY
07.2017 - 02.2024
- For Spot TV and Network Radio and Radio.
- Resolve discrepancies; invoicing for several accounts in a specific market.
- Converting electronic invoices; clearing invoices for payment.
- Customer service-interaction with station reps and buyers.
- Creating Credit Memo Spot forms by email interaction from buyer to stations.
- Assisting the buyers to resolve errors on the buys in the system; liaison between the buyers and the stations and Traffic Dept.
- Generating Draft bills for upcoming activity and approve bills for Live Billing for all media. Upload on excel sheet and sign off to our Clients. Through email or website.
- Reconciled bills against services rendered.
- Gathered information to produce accounts payable reports for review.
AP Coordinator Digital and Spot
Assembly Media
New York, NY
12.2015 - 04.2017
- Enter and pay invoices for Pulte commercials aired on Spot TV.
- Maintain filing system of invoice match reports.
- Entered invoices into Prisma.
- Cleared invoices for payment in the Print Buy Toolkit.
- Entered credit memos and adjustments against invoices in Prisma.
- Run reports in Print Buy Toolkit to analyze items that are pending and missing on a quarterly basis.
- Followed up with buyers and planners on invoices that need to be reconciled.
- Assisted in multiple areas as needed.
Reconciliation Specialist
Omnicom Media Group
New York, NY
08.2008 - 10.2014
- For Network and Spot TV.
- Resolve discrepancies; invoicing for several accounts in a specific market.
- Converting electronic invoices; clearing invoices for payment.
- Customer service-interaction with station reps and buyers.
- Creating Credit Memo and Missed Spot forms send out to the stations.
- Assisting the buyers to resolve errors on the buys in the system; liaison between the buyers and the stations and Traffic Dept.
Media Biller
Zenith Media/Resources
New York, NY
08.2001 - 07.2008
- Receive invoice/affidavits from Network, Cable and Syndication.
- Rectifying discrepancies for Network, Cable and Syndication.
- Pay the invoices on a day to day basis/ request missing invoices.
- Convert EDI or batch invoices by client, product, estimate to outsource data entry.
- Manually input invoices into the Donovan Data System.
- Generate draft bills for all media.
- Request live bills and forward to Managers.
Manager
TBS Media
New York, NY
04.1993 - 07.2001
- Maintained inventory accuracy by counting stock-on-hand and reconciling discrepancies.
- Planned and prepared workflow schedules, delegating tasks for 4 member team.
- Improved efficiency and productivity by implementing organization systems for financial reports, schedules and inventory control.
Assistant Manager of Client Accounting
06.1997
- Posting accounts receivable; coordinating reports for treasurer regarding Agings and AR.
- Tallying daily/weekly station payments; work with AP to make sure all checks are generated.
- Setting up all clients, estimates and products; billing clients monthly.
- Work with account teams to verify financial post analysis information.
Supervisor/Media Biller
06.1995
- Reviewing broadcast invoices for accuracy and coding invoices to be input into the system.
- Billing invoices and maintaining account logs.
- Confirming broadcast invoice cost and rectifying discrepancies to Accounting Manager.
- Record status of client bills.
Accounts Payable Coordinator
05.1994
- Assist vendors in tracking payments.
- Distribute detailed advertising reports to clients.
- Process all checks in Donovan system for payment to stations.
- Compose monthly reports for billers and account managers.
Education
Computerized Accounting Certificate -
Drake Business School
Skills
- Donovan Data System
- Invoice Processing
- Accounts receivable
- Accounts payable
- Client billing
- Customer service
- Data entry
- EDI
- Fluent in English and Spanish
Timeline
Media Control Specialist
Havas Media
07.2017 - 02.2024
AP Coordinator Digital and Spot
Assembly Media
12.2015 - 04.2017
Reconciliation Specialist
Omnicom Media Group
08.2008 - 10.2014
Media Biller
Zenith Media/Resources
08.2001 - 07.2008
Assistant Manager of Client Accounting
06.1997
Supervisor/Media Biller
06.1995
Accounts Payable Coordinator
05.1994
Manager
TBS Media
04.1993 - 07.2001
Computerized Accounting Certificate -
Drake Business School