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SUSAN BRUNJES

Buford,GA

Summary

  • Experienced Senior Manager with demonstrated accomplishments in Billing, Accounting and Finance. Recognized for strong communication, analytical and negotiation skills to meet or exceed key performance metrics to drive profitability, customer satisfaction and system improvements. Effectively manage and train a team to translate contractual terms into complex pricing structures and implement those structures across various systems. Expertise includes:
  • Management/Training
  • Profitability/Margin Erosion
  • Problem Solving
  • Pricing Resolution
  • Financial Analysis
  • Resource Planning
  • National/High Profile Account Support
  • Process Improvements
  • Audit Support and Internal Controls

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Manager

INCOMM
Atlanta, GA
06.2010 - Current
  • Back Office Data Administration
  • Manage Team of 10
  • Strong focus on cross training and resource development
  • Current Operations SME for scope and implementation of Finance/Accounting Systems Transformation
  • Testing and implementation of new Pricing and Billing Engine
  • Testing and implementation of new Data Cloud to feed new Pricing and Billing Engine
  • Effectively manage tasks to support AR, AP, GL and Reporting
  • Enterprise Master Data Management
  • Pricing Enrichment
  • Contract Review and Translation to support setup of new financial structures and/or new products
  • Engagement with business teams to support new product development
  • Creatively resolve questions or issues in a timely manner by working with internal teams such as Sales, Account Management, IT and Business Intelligence
  • Develop and maintain relationships with both internal and external customers to facilitate strong and effective communications for proactive process development
  • Drive profitability by ensuring issues that affect billing, payables, reporting and accounting integrity are addressed and eliminated in a timely manner
  • Performed testing and implementation of Oracle R12 (2012)
  • Performed testing and implementation of Advanced Pricing and Channel Revenue Management (ChRM)

Billing Manager

INCOMM/PRE SOLUTIONS
Norcross, GA
01.2001 - 06.2010
  • Manage and train staff of 6
  • Provide timely, relevant, and accurate analysis of monthly results to facilitate process and system improvements, maintain invoicing integrity to exceed financial and performance metrics
  • Successfully manage $15 million in billing and ACH for US and Puerto Rico offices, with various cycles, to ensure all clients meet contractual obligations and customer objectives
  • Effectively communicate high level reporting and promotional management
  • Volume discounts – review contracts to ensure rating accuracy
  • Trailing credits – create business cases with sales and technology teams to ensure accuracy and timeliness

Account Manager/ Billing Supervisor

Citizens Communications
Roswell, GA
01.1996 - 01.2001
  • Managed staff of 3
  • Increased customer sales from $240k base to $350k base by working with customers to introduce the service throughout their organization
  • Identified and resolved issues with customer base by successfully working with the Business Development and IT Teams to ensure expansion of services to meet customer needs
  • Scheduled and monitored IR, press release and disaster recovery conference calls with international companies
  • Assisted team with reporting and problem resolution
  • Responsible for $50 million in monthly billing and receivables across US
  • Month-end closing duties including bank reconciliation and journal entries
  • Designed and implemented new billing and customer management database with an Oracle back end and Custom UI

SUSAN BRUNJES
  • Price changes – provide supporting documentation to Sales and Account Management
  • Work with IT to schedule updates and review testing of system enhancements
  • Creatively resolve billing and ACH issues in a timely fashion by working with customers and banks to determine root cause concerns
  • Involvement in Soft Collections on national and high-profile accounts to reduce exposure
  • Develop and maintain accounting relationships with both internal and external customers to facilitate strong and effective communications for process improvements and automation
  • Performed testing and implementation of Oracle 11i including the following modules:
  • AR
  • AP
  • GL
  • Accurately prepare month-end AR closing, audit scheduling and journal entries for US and Puerto Rico offices including financial analysis as needed
  • Achieve continuous improvement of Billing and AR through support audits and consistent reviews of billing procedures

Education

Women in Leadership - undefined

Gainesville Community College, Leadership Academy, Cornell University

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University of Arizona, Global

Skills

  • TECHNICAL SKILLS
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Oracle Financials
  • Billing Platform
  • Aptitude Accounting Hub

Timeline

Senior Manager - INCOMM
06.2010 - Current
Billing Manager - INCOMM/PRE SOLUTIONS
01.2001 - 06.2010
Account Manager/ Billing Supervisor - Citizens Communications
01.1996 - 01.2001
- SUSAN BRUNJES
Gainesville Community College, Leadership Academy, Cornell University - Women in Leadership,
University of Arizona, Global - ,
SUSAN BRUNJES