Experience

THE APPOINTMENT GROUP (UK) LIMITED
• United Kingdom
• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Collections Supervisor

  • Dec 2021 - Present

BlackLine
• Germany
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Collections Specialist

  • Jul 2020 - Dec 2021

Creative Circle
• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 700 & Above Employee
• Collections Account Representative

  • Sep 2016 - Jul 2020


Accountemps

• United States
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Temporary Accountant

  • Dec 2015 - May 2016

  Venice, CA Accounts Receivables Temporary Consultant • Made calls and sent email notifications pertaining to collections. • Thoroughly reviewed and updated weekly aged receivables reporting based on collection efforts. • Processed credit applications and set up initial terms on accounts based on level of authority. • Drafted and sent demand letters & payment plan proposals on delinquent accounts and unresponsive clients. Playa Vista, CA Billing Supervisor Temporary Consultant • Managed Accounting email in-box and responded to client email inquiries accordingly. • Prepared, adjusted and sent invoices and account statements to clients on a monthly & quarterly basis. Show less



OPI Products, Inc.

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Credit & Collections Specialist

  • Mar 2015 - Dec 2015

  • Managed collection and AR activities for an assigned portfolio of accounts, including contacting Sales colleagues and customers for unresolved balances. • Evaluated status of accounts based on a thorough review of weekly aged receivables reporting. • Adjusted credit terms on accounts based on level of authority. • Approved and places credit holds on or releases credit holds on sales orders based on customer account status and level of authority. • Researched and resolve open deductions on accounts pertaining to shortage, freight, pricing, advertising, damage, and trade spend disputes. • Prepared credit and debit memo requests and issue adjustments within level of authority. • Teamed with Sales in the research of customer disputes and deductions, following through to resolution in the form of collection or credit issuance. Show less



Anonymous Content

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Accounts Receivables Manager

  • Feb 2014 - Jan 2015

  • Responsible for billing and collecting commercial production fees from advertising agencies & clients. • Manage all aspects of AR aged receivables reporting & daily/weekly AR reports for the executive management team. • Collaborate with management team regarding cash flow, forecasting and budgeting. • Approve and upload all production actuals prior to wrap meetings. • Partner with internal (Production teams, Talent Management) and external (ad agencies, record labels, client-direct) customers to reconcile accounts as well as resolve outstanding issues. • Update & maintain the Job Information spreadsheet for the Accounting team. • Collect, review and approve all overages, cost plus back up, & purchase orders on internal charges received by Production. • Reconcile all cost plus elements, organize/distribute cost plus back up & final bill actualized costs based on CP reconciliation. Show less



RealD

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• A/R Accountant

  • Jun 2009 - Oct 2013

  Accounts Receivables Accountant • Collecting box office admissions reporting & invoicing over 300 exhibitors on a weekly basis. • Providing assistance & resolution to external and internal client inquires. • Interfacing with sales, legal and business development departments to ensure all amounts due to the company have been invoiced & collected. • Communicating with past due customers to resolve issues & outstanding balances. • Maintaining & updating A/R reports: i.e., total receivables, incoming and outstanding payments. • Assisting in month-end & fiscal year close procedures. • Providing reporting & documentation as required for audit, bank financing and/or company requests. Show less



Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

• South Africa
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Credit Analyst

  • Feb 2006 - Mar 2009

  • Trained & mentored two in-house Analysts and three Analysts at a third party accounting firm as well as new hires during the on-boarding process. • Served on & lead department training manual cross functional team for creating, drafting and formatting the department training manual. • Managed an A/R portfolio that included top 10 accounts (Target, Best Buy, and Ingram Ent.) for timely & persistent collections, deduction reconciliation and dispute resolution. • Interfaced closely with Front-End Operations and Financial Operations in analyzing, collecting, and reconciling account discrepancies as well as provide support to the Sales group when necessary. • Monitored proper allocation of cash receipts and assisted the Cash Application Group by providing and/or obtaining payment remittance detail from Accounts Payable. • Prepared and presented weekly invoice trend reports, bi-weekly deduction reconciliation reports, high risk reports and other various management reports. • Made recommendations on restructuring and negotiated debt settlement arrangements of aging receivables, discrepancies and delinquent accounts. Show less



Sony Pictures Television

• France
• Movies, Videos, and Sound

• Credit Analyst

  • Jun 2005 - Feb 2006

  • Responsible for the Accounts Receivable portfolio of Domestic Syndication customers through collections. • Reconciled open items including invoices and partial payments with an annual reconciliation upward of $160MM. • Interfaced closely with Sales, Billing, Cash Apps, and customer Accounts Payables in analyzing, collecting and reconciling accounts. • Monitored proper allocation of cash receipts and assisted the Cash Application Group by providing and/or obtaining supporting documents from Sales and A/P. Performed thorough credit analysis on all accounts. • Partnered with Credit Manager to forecast, analyze and distribute critical management reports for month-end. Show less



MGM

• China
• Retail Apparel and Fashion

• Theatrical Accounts Receivables Clerk

  • Jun 2002 - Jun 2005

  • Prepared and mailed film rental statements for 60 theatrical circuits with over 700 theatres; maintained detailed files on exhibitor accounts. • Applied and adjusted money received from exhibitors in Theatrical Distribution database daily. • Drafted and submitted correspondence to exhibitors. • Collaborated directly with Theatrical Sales, Booking, & Print Control staff to maintain and update exhibitor accounts on current and upcoming releases. • Collected and processed box office reports. • Reduced accounts receivable by collecting delinquent payments and box office reports. Show less