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Tyrone  Brown

Tyrone Brown

Los Angeles,CA

Summary

Accounts Receivable Specialist/ Business Management known for accuracy and attention to detail. A/R career spans over 15 years of experience in B2B Manufacturing, Retail, Real Estate, and other diverse industries, and has included accountability for the processing of up to 50,000 invoices ($1M) per month.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Merchandising /Sales /Reset Specialist

Coca Cola Bottling LLC.
Los Angeles, CA
01.2023 - Current
  • Sell and execute promotions, secure placement of equipment and use point-off Sale materials to grow sales.
  • Maintain appropriate inventory levels, maintain company assets and point of sale, ensure account meets Company merchandising standards, determine stores' product needs, place and transmit appropriate order in conjunction with existing geographic sales routes.
  • Restock displays, sections, racks, coolers and shelves in an aligned manner with labels facing outward for purchase and consumption
  • Build displays and other promotional items throughout the assigned store by moving, stacking and building items according to instruction and schedule made by supervisor and store general management
  • Rotate products to ensure that stores follow a first in first out stocking system by removing and organizing product on shelves at the end of each location visit
  • Maintain backrooms by organizing and consolidating back stock in a safely accessible way within the assigned loading dock area. This is done each day with every assigned customer
  • Communicate account activities to appropriate parties.
  • Transport, replace and maintain Point of Sale advertising as appropriate for account.
  • Other projects or duties as assigned.

Creative Director

Ty Duprie Handbags
Los Angeles, CA
02.2021 - 01.2023

• Follow-up with vendors to ensure that development and production samples are executed correctly and timely

• Communicate daily with overseas offices and vendors to track development and production statuses

• Prepare and submit prototype samples for weekly buying reviews

• Review and follow designers’ tech pack instructions to execute production development

• Coordinate with designers, buyers, and technical designers to ensure all production requirements such as colors, trims, fabric quality, and fit are met

• Ensure on time delivery of production samples by monitoring Time and Action Calendars

• Provide the Logistics department with shipping documents, TOP (Top of Production) approvals, and vendor shipping confirmation for prompt delivery

• Communicate with vendors/factories to ensure letters of credit, payment related documents, production sample delivery, development items, shipping documents, and cost sheets are completed accurately and on-time

• Review development items with Supervisor or Assistant Manager before sending items to vendors

• Ensure trim sheets and sewing details are provided to factories according to the time and action calendar

Billing Supervisor

Maersk Global Logistics
Los Angeles, CA
05.2020 - 02.2021
  • Responsible for settlement related to freight forwarding business.
  • Create Proforma for wait time
  • Per Diem Billing
  • Wait time Billing
  • Accessorial Billing
  • Amazon Billing
  • Dray Watch to identify door moves
  • Reinforce relationship with customers and carriers by leading effective and continuous communications
  • Prepare regular settlement status report for company management, customer, carriers and headquarters
  • Improve the settlement processes by developing automated processes to reduce manual processing
  • Process customer billing accurately on or before deadlines as per requirements and according to company policy for each division
  • Manage, analyze & prepare correction forms for billing corrections in access database.
  • Review and discuss essential freight documentation that supports charges invoiced and is required for payment.
  • Use accounting knowledge's & work experiences and possess understanding of how Billing functions affect P&L.
  • Audit carrier freight bills and interpret tariffs and contracts including DEM/DET, operational accessory invoices based on contracts with customers/truckers and process in system for payment in a timely manner or stipulated credit terms.
  • Work with the internal technologies required for daily functions.
  • Investigate and diagnose potential errors and duplicate carrier billing.
  • Perform ad-hoc reporting, as required.
  • Perform other job related duties as required
  • Perform collection activity for AR payments and manage overdue/past due invoices from customers within agreed terms
  • Produce weekly/monthly/quarterly reports with combining necessary data and report to customers and HQ.
  • Lead team members and manage overall work scope as a supervisor

Accounts Receivable / Billing Specialist

Stamps.com Inc
El Segundo, CA
02.2019 - 04.2020

• Process customer credit card charges, application of credit payments, update and maintain card information as provided by customers

• Determined existing fraud trends and assisted in the prevention of future trends.

• Generated suspicious activity reports and risk management reports for supervisors and managers.

• Cross trained in fraud claims, fraud prevention and Stamps. Com customer service.

• Recognized as a problem solver and a person of high integrity with attention to details.

• Government billing: establish and maintain relationships with government customers, manage uploading of invoicing into their billing systems (WAWF, IPP), as well as maintain current PO and contract balances

• Custom invoicing: manage customers for whom custom billing solutions have been developed, which includes both creating spreadsheet reconciliations, as well as uploading files into various billing systems

• Resolve billing errors or disputes with customer; account reconciliations as needed to assist customers, resolve collections/billing issues

• Update and maintain customer account information, tract changes, contact customers for additional information; cooperate with support team to update any changes to customer accounts daily

• Collaborate and communicate across departments to meet customer needs

• Assist as needed with month-end close, periodic invoice creation

Account Receivable Analyst

Accounts International / Robert Half
Century City, CA
07.2015 - 05.2019
  • Collected and reconciled past due invoices for Sony, Warner Bros, Disney, Walt Disney, Carlton Forge 30 days to charge off
  • Held and released orders based on delinquency/set credit limits Prepared and presented month end reports to management.
  • Negotiated payment arrangements to cure delinquent accounts
  • Received payments and posted amounts paid to clients account
  • Reviewed processed invoices and credit memos for correctness; sorted invoices and credit memos into batches for computer entry, calculating control totals and recording batch information on control sheet

Accounts Receivable /Budget Analyst

Vintage Capital Group
Los Angeles, CA
05.2010 - 04.2015

• Collected and reconciled past due invoices 30 days to charge off (portfolio consisted of over 100 Accounts with over $1MIL collected)

• Located and notified clients of delinquent accounts by mail, telephone, or personal visits in order to solicit payment

• Prepared and presented month-end reports to management

• Established payment arrangements to cure delinquent accounts

• Received payments and posted amounts paid to clients account

• Monitored overdue accounts

• Reviewed processed invoices and credit memos for correctness; sorted invoices and credit memos into batches for computer entry, calculating control totals and recording batch information on control sheet

• Reconciled development budgets

• Reconciled leasing contracts

• Prepared commercial tenants leasing agreements

• Prepared eviction notices

• Cooperated with the mall management office to resolve various tenant’s issues

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Management

Pepperdine University
Malibu, CA
06.2020

Associate of Arts - Real Estate

West Los Angeles College
Culver City, CA
06.1998

Skills

  • Accounts Receivable Processes & Management Invoices/Expense Reports/Payment Transactions
  • Corporate Accounting & Bookkeeping GAAP Standards & Government Regulations
  • Vendor Negotiations & Management
  • Contracts
  • Sales
  • Buyer
  • Fraud Prevention
  • Inventory Processes
  • Production
  • Customer Service
  • Records Organization & Management
  • Journal Entries & General Ledger
  • Team building & Staff Supervision
  • Accounting Reports
  • Marketing
  • Billing
  • Purchase Order Reconciliation
  • Data Entry
  • Real Estate Contracts
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Manufacturing

Reading Business Publications, Baseball, Football, Basketball

My hobbies include reading Business Publications, Designing Handbags, watching Baseball, Football and Basketball. 

Timeline

Merchandising /Sales /Reset Specialist

Coca Cola Bottling LLC.
01.2023 - Current

Creative Director

Ty Duprie Handbags
02.2021 - 01.2023

Billing Supervisor

Maersk Global Logistics
05.2020 - 02.2021

Accounts Receivable / Billing Specialist

Stamps.com Inc
02.2019 - 04.2020

Account Receivable Analyst

Accounts International / Robert Half
07.2015 - 05.2019

Accounts Receivable /Budget Analyst

Vintage Capital Group
05.2010 - 04.2015

Bachelor of Science - Business Management

Pepperdine University

Associate of Arts - Real Estate

West Los Angeles College
Tyrone Brown