Experience

IDEX Fire & Safety

• United States
• Public Safety
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Accounts Receivable and Credit / Collection Manager

  • Apr 2018 - Present



Fluid Management Inc

• Wheeling IL

• Credit Manager

  • Jan 2012 - Mar 2018

  ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Took Past Dues from $3M (first started) down to $200K. (2% of total AR) Collected on a Sales Tax issue of $500K Rebuilt a good working relationships with customer . Established a great working relationship with our internal customer/department. Last three years running "ZERO" sox findings. Helped another business unit with Credit/Collections while still maintaining Monthly targets at main business. Lead several Kaizen Event (Rapped improvement events) * Hiring, training, developing and supervising all Credit, Collections and billing personnel * Compile statistics, metrics, and prepare various reports and audits for management and clients. * Develop and maintain sound, acceptable corporate billing and credit policies * Perform thorough credit investigations of new potential customers as well as reviewing existing customers on an annual basis. * Initiate timely contact, both verbal and written, with delinquent accounts to ensure prompt payment of any past due balances. * Identify accounts requiring third party collections intervention and coordinate collections with agencies or legal counsel. * Manage the sales tax, using vertex software and work with customers to resolve any disputes with sales tax issues. * Work with Sales and Customer Service to help resolve any customer disputes. * Meet with Customers that are having past due issues to help resolve outstanding issues with pricing, defective material, returns, third party service issues. * Work with customers and sales staff to research and resolve deductions. * Work Sarbanes-Oxley Audits each year.



Gast Manufacturing

• Accounts Receivable Specialist

  • Jun 2007 - Jan 2012

  Accomplishments:Reduced DSO from 50 days to 30 days within first two months.Helped to establish an earnable pricing discount with our OEMs.Reduced the monthly closing process from 1/2 day to within first two hours of start time on day one.Reduced my job to only 1/2 day in AR Other 1/2 of day Managed Accounts Payable department.* Analyze and document organizational structure, processes, and procedures.* Reconcile Accounts Receivable to the General Ledger.* Review daily credit hold accounts for approval or denial of orders.* Apply daily cash, work deductions, and unapplied cash.* Pursue collection of past due accounts through verbal and written communications with clients both international and domestic.* Prepare monthly receivable account reconciliation and resolving items in a timely manner.* Supervise accounts payable and help to resolve any outstanding invoice issues.* Help to implement new system software with other Idex Units.* Work Sarbanes-Oxley Audits each year.* Help with inventory / reconciliation each year.

• Accounts Payable Specialist

  • Apr 2000 - Jun 2007

  Accomplishments:* Process weekly check/ACH payment runs.* Update and maintain vendor master. * Perform monthly account reconciliation.* Provided employee expense report training and approve expense reports.* Support processing of non-purchase order invoices which include check request, employee type reimbursements, utilities and other special handling request.* Work with shipping, purchasing, customer service and materials to resolve invoice discrepancies, offer solutions and problem solver.* Process of 1099s each year.* Backup for Payroll – time adjustments, bonuses, deductions, raises, garnishments.* JD Edwards implementation – create instructions, help IT with conversion of old system to new, train employees on new system.