Shemisa Ali

• Manage daily office operations, organize and maintain filing systems, oversee inventory, and ensure equipment is functional and well-maintained.
• Handle incoming and outgoing correspondence, such as emails, letters, and phone calls in a professional and timely manner.
• Process invoices, reimbursements, and payments efficiently while maintaining proper documentation.
• Assist with grant applications and reporting requirements.
• Monitor and record deposit activities to maintain accurate accounting records.
• Manage schedules, supervise staff, organize meetings, and prepare agendas and office materials.

• Reviewed organizations' weekly expenses and revenue to ensure posting accuracy according to organization procedures.
• Analyzed financial data to identify trends, variances, potential risks, and opportunities.
• Monitored fixed asset activity such as additions, disposals, transfers, and general ledger reconciliations.
• Assisted with annual audit and records preparation.
• Updated monthly housing and management financial reports summarizing budget and expenditures.

• Received and processed invoices and payments from customers.
• Assisted with the preparation of internal audits by providing requested backup and documentation.
• Assisted Operations team with updating inventory reports as needed.
• Routed incoming calls, managed deliveries, greeted and assisted visitors in office and plant daily.

• Managed daily bookkeeping functions; accounts receivable, accounts payable, and payroll for various organizations as assigned, per contract:

-Ronco 2017

-PortX Logistics 2019

-Ciminelli Real Estate 2020

-Buffalo Seminary High School 2022

-Allwel 2022

• Led and managed Specialized Systems accounts receivable department.
• Set up new accounts, courteously facilitated all incoming and follow up calls, deposited payments, and prepared monthly statements.
• Reviewed customer accounts and aging reports to assess past due balances, credit hold action, and collection of funds.
• Monitored unapplied cash balances and identified potential write-offs and or bad debt expenses.
• Accomplishment: Kept A/R under 20%, lowest in the company's 50-year history.

• Managed accounts receivable, including retail chargebacks, adjustments, refunds, and write-offs.
• Invoiced customers and submitted monthly statements.
• Processed all customer payments.
• Monitored all past due accounts, and collection efforts.
• Provided payroll and accounts payable support as needed.

• Invoiced customers and submitted monthly statements.
• Processed payments and credits to customers.
• Resolved customer complaints and concerns relative to billing and payments.
• Processed all incoming & outgoing mail.
• Assisted account payables personnel and management as needed with processing vendor payments, and other accounting tasks.

• Accounted, deposited, and posted high volume cash receipts to multiple lockboxes.
• Tracked and updated monthly financial reports.
• Posted payments to open invoices.
• Monitored account balances.