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Sherrell Gholston

Sherrell Gholston

Smithfield,VA

Summary

Results-driven business professional with a proven track record of delivering optimal outcomes and driving business value in the collections, account management, and various functions of the financial, credit, and account management industry. Known for exceptional organizational and multitasking abilities, this professional is reliable and hardworking. With over 10 years of experience in legal collections and office management, they have developed a strong ethical approach to account management. Their expertise includes thorough training in negotiation techniques and skip tracing methods. Currently seeking an administrative professional position where they can leverage their skills to increase business value and drive outcomes for a Fortune 500 company while further enhancing their personal skillset.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Collection Account Representative

CINTAS
01.2022 - Current
  • Monitor accounts on a daily/weekly basis
  • Identify outstanding account balances and review if invoices are short-paid / due for credits
  • Process payments as well as review payment remittance to verify posting
  • Resolve billing errors that would cause credits to be due
  • Request credits for incorrect invoices and providing revised invoices to customers to have correct balance paid
  • Managing 100-200 accounts monthly with a total financial amount of 1.04 million due MONTHLY
  • Prepare payment arrangements to allow customer to get caught up over time
  • Work hand-in-hand with service team to place accounts on hold to start the escalation of potential legal action if payment arrangements cannot be made or aren't maintained
  • Prep accounts for legal/collections based on non-payment/non communication

Collection Account Representative

LANGLEY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
01.2020 - 01.2022
  • Monitor accounts on a daily basis
  • Identify outstanding account receivables
  • Process payments and refunds
  • Resolve billing issues
  • Resolve customer credit issues
  • Effectively manage between 100 to 200 inbound and outbound calls daily
  • Advised debtors of their payment options and spearhead the payment plan process
  • Issue out repossessions and garnishments

Collection Account Representative

CRESCENT BANK
01.2019 - 01.2020
  • Initiated repossession proceedings or hand over account to law practice that specializes in debt collection
  • Effectively managed approximately 50-100 inbound and 75-150 outbound calls per daily
  • Advised debtors of their payment options and spearheaded the payment plan process
  • Attempted to reason with customers and negotiated full payment for over X past due accounts
  • Located customers using credit bureau information, background checks, loan documents, and other paperwork or databases
  • Completed monthly reconciliations of accounts, reporting assigned and offset forms

Legal Specialist

GRAND FURNITURE-CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
01.2016 - 01.2019

3Spearheaded an initiative to implement updated online collection procedures for payment which resulted in an X% increase in on-time payments

  • Routinely contact customers with balances over $ to resolve delinquency; provide solutions and options for customers to pay debts
  • Effectively managed approximately X inbound and outbound calls daily
  • Investigated billing discrepancies and implemented effective solutions to resolve concerns

Office Assistant

GRAND FURNITURE
01.2009 - 01.2016
  • Directed clients to appropriate personnel to address concerns, resolve complaints and answer account related questions
  • Received and screened a high volume of 100 internal and external communications including email and mail daily
  • Met with department managers regularly to discuss plans to increase profitability; review and complete daily and monthly account reconciliations for balance sheet accounts
  • Organized and sustained confidential financial documents and reports; handled cash, checks and credit card payments

Education

High School Diploma -

SMITHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
Smithfield, VA
01.2006

Skills

  • Account Management
  • Debts & Collections
  • Customer Service
  • Data Entry
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Lead Development
  • Time Management
  • Operating Systems: Windows 97-2013, XP, Vista, Mac OS X
  • Software: Microsoft Office Suite 2003-2007, 2010, 2013
  • Adobe WPM: 50/60
  • Collections Software: SHAW, GERS and Paymentus
  • Goal oriented
  • Payment processing
  • Credit analysis
  • Debt negotiation
  • Active listening
  • Decision-making

Accomplishments

  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.

Technical Summary

Windows 97-2013, XP, Vista, Mac OS X, Microsoft Office Suite 2003-2007, 2010, 2013, Adobe WPM, SHAW, GERS, Paymentus, Linked-In, Facebook, Instagram

Timeline

Collection Account Representative

CINTAS
01.2022 - Current

Collection Account Representative

LANGLEY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
01.2020 - 01.2022

Collection Account Representative

CRESCENT BANK
01.2019 - 01.2020

Legal Specialist

GRAND FURNITURE-CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
01.2016 - 01.2019

Office Assistant

GRAND FURNITURE
01.2009 - 01.2016

High School Diploma -

SMITHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
Sherrell Gholston