Michelle Seals
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Experience
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Lumina Foods
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United States
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Wholesale
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1 - 100 Employee
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Staff Accountant
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Sep 2015 - Present
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MModal Inc.
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Franklin, TN
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Treasury Analyst
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Jun 2013 - May 2014
Maintained the daily cash position for US and Foreign accounts in order to provide the actual cash position for the weekly cash forecast report. Reconciled and closed all US and Canadian accounts for month end. Verified that payments had not been duplicated between ACH payments, wire transfers and A/P weekly payments. * Initiated all ACH and wire transfer payments to foreign and domestic vendors. Verified the correctness of ACH and wire transfer payment instructions. * Proposed daily ACH and wire transfer vendor payments to be incurred post Chapter 11 filing. * Prepared and filed sales tax data on a monthly basis for US and Canadian accounts. Show less
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SouthComm Communications
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Nashville, TN
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A/R Collections (Contract/temp position)
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Sep 2012 - Feb 2013
Created a biweekly aging report to track and reduce aging A/R balances for multiple publications. Contacted clients with aging A/R balances over 60 days to collect funds or make payment arrangements while preserving customer relationships. Researched past due accounts to reconcile account underpayments. Researched incoming check payments lacking account information to ensure correct account application. Created a biweekly aging report to track and reduce aging A/R balances for multiple publications. Contacted clients with aging A/R balances over 60 days to collect funds or make payment arrangements while preserving customer relationships. Researched past due accounts to reconcile account underpayments. Researched incoming check payments lacking account information to ensure correct account application.
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McKesson Health Solutions
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Credit/Collections
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2013 - 2013
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Affinion Group
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United States
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Advertising Services
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400 - 500 Employee
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A/R Collections Analyst
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2005 - 2012
Acted as a liaison between the Sales, Legal, and Client Services departments and clients to manage information on outstanding/disputed accounts and collect outstanding monies while preserving customer relationships. Provided guidance to establish the amount of funds reserved for write off. Reviewed client contracts for billing, cost and termination clauses. Created monthly report to track financial metrics and reduce outstanding aging. Created monthly reserve report, a monthly terminations report and a monthly aging report for Sales and Finance departments at month end. Applied incoming cash, verified incoming monthly membership reports/invoices and contacted clients about invoice discrepancies. • Established research, reconciliation and contact protocol to collect outstanding monies, established a monthly report to track collections progress. • Recognized the banking crisis as problematic and established a quarterly report encompassing the effect failing banks would have on our business • Reduced outstanding accounts receivables aging from over 1M to under 137k Show less
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State Street
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Global Securities Services Notifications Analyst
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Jun 2002 - Mar 2004
Received, analyzed and reviewed all European, Middle Eastern, African, Canadian and South American incoming information with regard to ongoing and upcoming corporate actions to verify the completeness and veracity of pertinent information. Notified clients, fund managers and administrators of upcoming and ongoing corporate actions, as well as amendments or updates to those corporate actions. • Eliminated the transmission of errors to internal and external clients to protect the bank from monetary loss. • Established and maintained contacts at global agent banks in order to complete and correct corporate action information. • Efficiently and effectively established attainable response timelines for sophisticated investment clientele. Show less
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Covad Communications
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Telecommunications
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100 - 200 Employee
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Facilities Coordinator
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1999 - 2001
Developed, submitted and tracked central office augmentations through various Local Exchange Carriers (LEC’s) as changes in equipment, power or network occurred. Initiated central office application process and reconciled said process through space acceptance on corporate deployment database. Coordinated the efforts of the company’s marketing, engineering and legal departments and field technicians to ensure smooth and effective installation of the company’s DSL provider equipment in LEC collocation sites throughout the Southeastern United States • Established relationships with LEC collocation managers to anticipate and resolve various problems associated with the installation of company equipment in collocation sites. • Reviewed costs associated with the establishment of each central office and escalated issues with LEC’s when costs were neither detailed nor consistent in order to mitigate collocation expenses. • Communicated to regional staff the present/future status of problematic central office locations and acted effectively to resolve associated problems. • Assisted field office, provisioning and activations in the resolutions of facilities and central office problems preventing customer product installation. Show less
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Standby Letter of Credit Supervisor
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1997 - 1999
Produced and advised internal and external clients on all aspects of letters of credit, both standby and trade. Balanced departmental clearing account daily. Processed departmental month end balancing and closing. Verified correctness and efficiency of employees work. • Assisted employees in establishing annual goals and assessed their achievement of those goals. • Trained letter of credit specialists and supervisors. • Continued to manage largest import account at customer’s request. Show less
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Education
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Auburn University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), International Trade